US Plant Patent PP5263
Parker
Strawberry plant `Parker`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 23, 2002. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5263
- Filed
- December 23, 1982
- Granted
- July 24, 1984
- Expires
- December 23, 2002
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- VOTH VICTOR; BRINGHURST ROYCE S
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant of the short-day type charcterized by fruit production as early as 'Tufts' or 'Tioga' and persistence in fruiting later than 'Douglas'. The variety performs well in both summer and winter plantings in south and central coastal California. Early fruit of the variety tends to be malformed similar to 'Tufts' and ranges from long conic to long flat wedgy in shape; seldom hollow internally with flesh uniform in color. The variety is further characterized by its small and reflexed calyx borne on a distinct neck and by the extreme firmness and durability of its fruit which in size is as large as 'Douglas'. Fruit flavor is comparable to most California varieties in current use and the variety is suitable for both fresh market and processing.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of strawberry plant herein described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
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