US Plant Patent PP7198
Earlicot
Apricot tree Earlicot
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 5, 2009. 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
- PP7198
- Filed
- April 5, 1989
- Granted
- March 20, 1990
- Expires
- April 5, 2009
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apricot tree which has the following unique combination of outstanding features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Early maturing fruit. 2. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 4. Heavy and regular production. 5. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit throughout the tree.
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, upright growth and a productive and regular bearer of large, firm, freestone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the new variety is further characterized in comparison to Flaming Gold Apricot (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,822) by maturing approximately 8 days earlier, having firmer flesh with greater handling and shipping quality.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7198 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.