Broccoli type adapted for ease of harvest

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2004-05-19

2011-10-04

Fox, David T (Department: 1638)

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and

Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se

Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part

Reexamination Certificate

active

08030549

ABSTRACT:
A broccoli plant characterized in having an exerted head having a crown higher than the leaf canopy and a harvestable head of at least about 200 grams when planted at a density of 40,000 plants per hectare, where the harvestable head comprises the top 25 centimeters of said stalk.

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