Marchini

Marchini

Almond tree named ‘Marchini’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 6, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13220, the photograph of Marchini printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13220, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

The present invention relates to an almond tree, botanical classification Prunus dulcis cultivar ‘MARCHINI’, and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, self-sterile, productive and regular bearing tree whose nuts mature under the ecological conditions described approximately the last week in August. The nut is medium in size and is enclosed by a soft, open shell that is easily removed by hand or by machanical shellers. The shelled nut may be marketed as a whole, blanched, sliced or diced product. The inshell nut is very suitable as a roasted and salted product.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of almond tree, substantially as illustrated and described, which is most similar to ‘Nonpareil’ (unpatented) by being a relatively early blooming variety that produces light colored nuts enclosed in a soft shell, but is distinguished therefrom and an improvement thereon by having a smaller nut, by harvesting one week later, by being more productive, by appearing to be free of bud-failure, and by being interfertile with both ‘Nonpareil’ and ‘Carmel’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,641).

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13220 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

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