US Plant Patent PP6973
Vester
Walnut tree named Vester
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 14, 2008. 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
- PP6973
- Filed
- September 14, 1988
- Granted
- August 8, 1989
- Expires
- September 14, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Persian Walnut Tree having an abundance of fruit particularly when young. The nuts are of an oblate shape and have a high percentage of sweet mild kernels.
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 cultivar of Persian Walnut Tree as herein described and illustrated and characterized by being of a medium size, having a moderate to dense foliage, a vigorous growth with spreading branches producing a tree about as broad as it is high, elliptical leaves about 7 to 9 per lateral, that flowers abundantly on both laterals and terminals, produces a very early crop of abundant fruit on both laterals and terminals with some large clusters, with shells which are thin and smooth and well sealed and of a rounded oblate shape and a yellowish brown color, and which are small to medium in size with a high percentage of full plump kernels of a mild sweet taste and good quality, the tree being hardy and resistant to cold.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6973 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.