US Plant Patent PP9864
Autumn Glow
Apricot tree "Autumn Glow"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 5, 2016. 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
- PP9864
- Filed
- February 5, 1996
- Granted
- April 22, 1997
- Expires
- February 5, 2016
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apriocot, Prunus armeniaca tree with the following combination of unique features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Late maturity of yellow flesh fruit. 2. Heavy and regular production. 3. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 5. Vigorous, semi-spreading growth. 6. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit throughout the tree. 7. Fruit with a high degree of soluble solids (average 16% Brix).
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of apricot tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, semi-spreading growth and being a productive and regulaar bearer of large, yellow-flesh freestone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by being relatively uniform in ripening throughout the tree, having a high degree of soluble solids (average 16% Brix), having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality, and ripening in the late maturity season.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9864 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.