US Plant Patent PP9937
Earli-Autumn
Apricot tree "Earli-Autumn"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 19, 2015. 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
- PP9937
- Filed
- December 19, 1995
- Granted
- July 1, 1997
- Expires
- December 19, 2015
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apricot tree Prunus armeniaca, which has the following unique combination of outstanding features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Late maturity of fruit. 2. Producing mild, sweet, sub-acid fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit with good handling and shipping quality. 4. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 5. Vigorous, semi-spreading growth. 6. Fruit having a high soluble solids (average of 16.0 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 a productive and regular bearer of medium size, yellow flesh, semi-freestone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having good handling and shipping quality, having a high degree of soluble solids (average 16.0 Brix), and ripening in the late maturity season.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9937 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.