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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2025
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Stephen J. Stringer, Poplarville, MS (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A new and distinct muscadine grape plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized by mid-late season ripening berries, typically beginning in mid-August in Mississippi and Texas. 'USDA-ARS-Bertha Mae' has pistillate flowers and requires self-fertile pollinator cultivars to be grown nearby to achieve adequate pollination and fruit set. ‘USDA-ARS-Bertha Mae’ produces very large (˜14 g) berries having sweet and plum-like flavor, a relatively thin skin, and crisp pulp. Berries separate with high percentage of dry stem scars and are highly resistant to rain-induced physiological splitting.