Patents Assigned to Fruit Tree Research Station
  • Patent number: PP9179
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Japanese pear tree bearing fruit with yellow-reddish-brown skin; having good vigor, a stout shoot, high resistance to black spot disease, and high productivity. This tree produces circular-shaped fruit which mature late in the season (i.e., from the middle to end of October), in the central part of the Kanto district of Japan. This fruit is large, with an average weight of 607 g. The white flesh is soft, crisp, and very juicy. This flesh has a moderate Brix (the pH of the juice being about 4.32) and no aromatic flavor: thus, it possesses excellent dessert quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignees: Fruit Tree Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Inventors: Kazuo Kotobuki, Yoshihiko Sato, Kazuyuki Abe, Toshihiro Saito, Isao Shimura, Kanetsugu Seiko, Mitsuo Omura, Ichiro Kajiura, Yutaka Machida, Akio Kurihara, Tatsushi Ogata, Teruo Kozono