ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. PP36,742, issued on June 17, was assigned to Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc. (Marianna, Fla.).
"Lemon plant named 'CE-D5-1-9-42'" was invented by Frederick Gmitter Jr. (Lakeland, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of lemon plant named 'CE-D5-1-9-42', characterized by nearly seedless fruit, early fruiting, and high fruit production. Additionally, the new lemon cultivar also is compatible with trifoliate orange rootstocks, unlike most lemon varieties. This new cultivar has high quality fresh fruit, as well as juice, peel oil, and other lemon by-products viable for processing. Further, given the new lemon cu...