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SnowSweet®, Zestar!® and Honeycrisp Apples are protected under the US Plant Patent Act and by Plant Breeders Rights in several other countries.
Nurseries must be licensed to propagate and sell SnowSweet®, Zestar!® and Honeycrisp Apple trees.
If you want to become licensed to propagate protected varieties developed by the University of Minnesota, please contact:
James Rhodes
Technology Marketing Manager
Office for Technology Commercialization
University of Minnesota
1000 Westgate Drive, Suite 160
St. Paul, MN 55114-8658
Email: rhode086@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-0550
SnowSweet® tech i.d. #Z03140
Zestar!® tech i.d. #97120
Honeycrisp tech i.d. #88106
SnowSweet® and Zestar!® are trademarks of the University of Minnesota.