US Plant Patent PP11530
Jork 57/201
Sweet cherry tree named `Jork 57/201`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 4, 2018. 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
- PP11530
- Filed
- February 4, 1998
- Granted
- September 26, 2000
- Expires
- February 4, 2018
- Assignee
- JORK FRUIT RESEARCH STATION
- Inventor
- TIEMANN KARL-HEINZ
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree named `Jork 57/201` characterized by: excellent tolerance to rain-induced fruit splitting; blooms 3-4 days later than `Bing` (one of the latest blooming among late-blooming varieties); one of the best of late-blooming varieties in terms of fruit size and quality; the color of the stem and of the unfolded and partially unfolded leaves are different than `Bing`; flowers open later than most other cultivars; and pedicels are shorter and a darker shade of yellow-green than `Bing`.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of cherry tree, substantially as herein shown and described.
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