US Plant Patent PP8033

PC6659-2

Sweet cherry tree `PC6659-2`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 4, 2011. 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: PP8033
Filed: March 4, 1991
Granted: November 17, 1992
Expires: March 4, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree, which bears medium size (average 9 grams in weight), bright, glossy red fruits. Its high quality, attractive fruits ripen about early to mid-Lambert season (5 days after Bing) and are much firmer than Lambert. The tree possesses a broad, spreading habit of growth, being much less upright in growth habit than either Lambert or Bing.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of cherry tree obtained as a seedling of the cross Lambert×Van (both unpatented) is characterized by bearing fruit relatively late in the season that is firmer than that of Lambert, for shipment to the late season fresh market, and by bearing an exceptionally large number of flower buds.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8033 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.