US Plant Patent PP11208
Late Ross
Clingstone peach tree named `Late Ross `
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 26, 2018. 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
- PP11208
- Filed
- June 26, 1998
- Granted
- February 8, 2000
- Expires
- June 26, 2018
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- TSUJI BILL H; DEJONG THEODORE M; DOYLE JAMES F
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of peach tree (i.e., Prunus persica) is provided that originated as a scaffold mutation of unknown causation of the `Ross` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,863). The new cultivar forms attractive fruit that is well suited for canning which matures approximately ten days later than that of the parent `Ross` cultivar. Commonly a distinct red stripe is formed on the suture line of the fruit. All other characteristics of the new cultivar are believed to be substantially identical to those of the `Ross` cultivar. The later fruit maturity offers fruit growers and canneries more flexibility in the harvesting and canning of the fruit crop through the simultaneous growing of the `Ross` cultivar and the new cultivar of the present invention without sacrifice of fruit quality.
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 cultivar of peach tree exhibiting the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive fruit that matures approximately ten days later than that of the `Ross` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,863), (b) forms a distinct red stripe on the suture line of the mature fruit, and (c) exhibits other characteristics that are believed to be substantially the same as those as the `Ross` cultivar;
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