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US Plant Patent PP8255

Gransun

Gransun nectarine tree

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 3, 2011. 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
PP8255
Filed
June 3, 1991
Granted
June 15, 1993
Expires
June 3, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which produces fruit which is mature approximately May 15 through May 31 in the San Joaquin Valley of central California and which further produces a large round shaped fruit which is semi-clingstone by nature and which further exhibits a bright red coloration and a light yellow flesh.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

Having thus described and illustrated our new variety of nectarine tree, what we claim as new and desire to be secured by Plant Letters Patent is: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree substantially as illustrated and described characterized by producing a fruit which is mature approximately May 15 through May 31 in the San Joaquin Valley of central California and which is a semi-clingstone having a bright red coloration, a pleasing flavor and aroma and with noteworthy shipping and handling characteristics.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8255 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.