US Patent Issued to Florida Foundation Seed Producers, University of Florida Research Foundation on Sept. 8 for "Strawberry plant named 'FL 19.66-220'" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. PP37,674, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc. (Marianna, Fla.) and University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Strawberry plant named 'FL 19.66-220'" was invented by Vance M. Whitaker (Brandon, Fla.), Cheryl Dalid (Valrico, Fla.) and Luis Osorio (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct variety of strawberry (Fragaria X ananassa), which originated from seed produced by a hand-pollinated cross between 'FL 16.30-128' and 'FL 17.66-44'. The new strawberry, named 'FL 19.66-220', can be distinguished at least by its white internal fruit color when fully ripe; whi...