ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. PP37,270, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Plant Sciences Inc. (Watsonville, Calif.).

"Strawberry plant named 'PE-14.250.070'" was invented by Stephen M. Ackerman (Salinas, Calif.), Steven D. Nelson (Watsonville, Calif.) and Michael D. Nelson (Watsonville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named 'PE-14.250.070'. This new strawberry plant named 'PE-14.250.070' is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its orange red fruit color, medium fruit size, conical fruit shape, with very slight diffe...