US Plant Patent PP5847
Lemonine
Variegated lemon-lime tree named Lemonine
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 30, 2004. 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
- PP5847
- Filed
- July 30, 1984
- Granted
- January 6, 1987
- Expires
- July 30, 2004
- Inventor
- TURMES JR NICOLAS A
Abstract
A citrus tree producing lemon-lime combination fruits and ample foliage wherein both foliage and fruits are variegated, such variegation of both arising from the type of bud variation known as white-over-green periclinal chimera.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of lemon-lime hybrid citrus tree, substantially as herein shown and described characterized particularly as to novelty by foliage and fruits both being variegated, said variegation arising from the type of bud variation known as white-over-green periclinal chimera.
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