US Plant Patent PP8392

Jordanne

Apricot tree "Jordanne"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 28, 2012. 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: PP8392
Filed: December 28, 1992
Granted: September 28, 1993
Expires: December 28, 2012

Abstract

The present new and distinct variety of apricot tree has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Large size of fruit throughout the tree. 2. Early maturity of the fruit. 3. Fruit with good handling and shipping quality. 4. Heavy and regular bearing of fruit. 5. Vigorous and semi-spreading growth. 6. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 7. Fruit having high soluble solids (14.0 Brix) with a good balance between sugar and acid.

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, which is of large size, vigorous, semi-spreading in growth and a productive and regular bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh, freestone fruit with good flavor and eating quality and the ability to ship to long distance markets; the new variety is further characterized when compared to Flaming Gold Apricot (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,822) as having greater production and being approximately 12 days earlier in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8392 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.