ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. PP37,418, issued on May 12, was assigned to EDWARD VINSON LTD. (Faversham, Great Britain).

"Fragaria plant named 'CH67'" was invented by Graham Clarkson (Faversham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new cultivar of Fragaria plant named 'CH67' that is characterized by its high marketable yields of fruit that is conical-shaped and very sweet in flavor, its very firm fruit with very good post-harvest shelf life, its plants that have strong vigor, a dense canopy and a semi-upright plant habit, its fruit that is orange red in color with a highly glossy surface, its leaves that are concave in the cross section, and its medium amount o...