US Plant Patent PP5146
Garden
Almond tree (Garden Princess)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 8, 2002. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5146
- Filed
- February 8, 1982
- Granted
- November 29, 1983
- Expires
- February 8, 2002
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of almond tree which is of small size, upright in growth, being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, soft shell, sweet kernel almonds. The tree is further characterized by having foliage of medium size leaves, an abundance of dark pink bloom, the blooming and harvest time being essentially with Mission Almond (unpatented).
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of almond tree, as illustrated and described, characterized by the tree being small size, upright in growth, and a heavy regular bearer of medium size, sweet kernel nuts harvesting at the same time as Mission; the tree is further characterized by its heavy set of dark pink bloom, blooming 4 to 5 days after Merced, and being self-fertile.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5146 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.