ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. PP36,984, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to GoodFarms Genetics LLC (San Diego).
"Strawberry plant named 'GF Belle'" was invented by Jimmy Haig Bagdasarian (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Travis Stegmeir (Salinas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named 'GF Belle' is described here. This new short-day strawberry variety is characterized by moderate vigor plants producing attractive conical fruit, which has a great, sweet strawberry flavor, and a desirable glossy light red exterior color. The variety is fully remontant in cool coastal areas of California, producing high quality fruit all season l...