US Patent Issued to Florida Foundation Seed Producers on March 3 for "Hybrid lime plant named 'C4-5-14'" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. PP37,293, issued on March 3, was assigned to Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc. (Marianna, Fla.).

"Hybrid lime plant named 'C4-5-14'" was invented by Jude Grosser (Winter Haven, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of hybrid lime (Citrus sp.) plant named 'C4-5-14', characterized by near-seedlessness, high productivity, HLB tolerance, consistent aroma, juiciness, and multiple blooms throughout the year. The new cultivar 'C4-5-14' is suitable for the fresh fruit industry and for dooryard trees. The new cultivar 'C4-5-14' is a triploid hybrid from an interploid cross of alletetraploid somatic hybrid ['Santa Teres...