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US Plant Patent PP26874

SSL 93

Strawberry plant named ‘SSL 93’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 2, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2034. This patent earned 143 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26874, the photograph of SSL 93 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26874, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP26874
Filed
March 12, 2014
Granted
June 28, 2016
Expires
August 2, 2034
Assignee
EDWARD VINSON LTD, VINSON PETER EDWARD, MCCARTHY ILONA EVA
Inventor
VINSON PETER EDWARD; MCCARTHY ILONA EVA

Abstract

A new and distinct short day Mediterranean cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘SSL 93’ that is characterized by its upright, semi-compact and dense growth habit, its conical to cordate shaped berries that are uniformly large to medium in size, its berries with very firm skin and moderately juicy, soft flesh, its berries that are highly glossy and bright medium orange-red in color, its moderately vigorous growth with substantial fruit yield, its short day fruiting habit with early season production, its excellent tolerance to fruit skin damage caused by bruising, its moderate to heavy petiole pubescence, and its tolerance to Botryotinia cinerea and slight susceptibility to Podosphaera leucotricha (powdery mildew) and Phytophtora cactorum (crown rot).

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘SSL 93’ as herein illustrated and described.

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