Patent ID: 7877925
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A method of cultivating fruit comprising the steps of a) providing a structure having a covering adapted to permit sufficient light, nutrients and moisture, while substantially precluding access by potentially virus-carrying insects; b) providing ungerminated or germinated fruit seeds; c) planting the ungerminated or germinated fruit seeds within the structure with a predetermined spacing and density; and planting the seeds within tracks designed to concentrate soil and nutrients; d) mulching or fertilizing the planted seeds, so as to permit the seeds to grow to small plants, wherein the small plants are Maradol papaya plants; e) shielding the plants with ground cover to prevent weed and grass growth and to reflect light; f) selecting hermaphroditic plants and optionally removing female plants from the growing Maradol papaya plants; g) growing the remaining plants to bear parthenocarpic seedless fruit without the need for either plant breeding or genetic manipulation, and h) harvesting the seedless fruit.