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US Plant Patent PP13504

Brittany Gold

Apricot tree named ‘Brittany Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 25, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13504, the photograph of Brittany Gold printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13504, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP13504
Filed
February 25, 2002
Granted
January 21, 2003
Expires
February 25, 2022
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apricot tree ( Prunus armeniaca ). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following combination of desirable features. 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with a high degree of soluble solids, average Brix 18°. 3. Fruit that has firmer flesh than most standard commercial apricots in California. 4. Vigorous, semi-upright growth of tree. 5. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 6. Fruit with an attractive, uniform, yellow skin color.

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 apricot tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, semi-upright growth and being a productive and regular bearer of yellow flesh, freestone fruit having very good flavor and eating quality, having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality and, in comparison to the fruit of the ‘Modesto’ Apricot (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,543), the new fruit has firmer flesh, higher Brix and is approximately 30 days later in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13504 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.