US Plant Patent PP5651
Homedale
Apricot tree--Homedale Cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 23, 2004. 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
- PP5651
- Filed
- April 23, 1984
- Granted
- January 28, 1986
- Expires
- April 23, 2004
- Assignee
- STARK BROTHERS NURSERIES & ORC
- Inventor
- SHULTS GARFIELD
Abstract
A new and distinct apricot variety which has an extended bloom period and is somewhat spring frost tolerant is provided. The tree is very productive, spreading, hardy, and self-pollinating. The medium sized fruit of this new variety ripens over a relatively long period and is juicy, meaty textured, deliciously flavored, and has an orange skin with an attractive bright red blush. The fruit also has an edible sweet kernel.
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 apricot tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by (a) a medium-small spreading growth habit, (b) an extended bloom period, (c) enhanced spring frost tolerance, (d) abundantly forms deliciously flavored medium-sized fruit which is meaty textured and juicy and bears an attractive orange skin color having a bright red blush, and (e) forms a sweet edible almond-type kernel.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5651 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.