US Plant Patent PP10915
Flavor Gem
Interspecific tree `Flavor Gem`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 25, 2017. 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
- PP10915
- Filed
- November 25, 1997
- Granted
- May 25, 1999
- Expires
- November 25, 2017
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree (Prunus salicina×Prunus armeniaca)×Prunus salicina)×Prunus salicina)! which has the following unique combination of desirable features. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on nemaguard rootstock, grown on Hanford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA hardiness zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., and with standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices, such as, pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation, fertilization, etc: 1. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 2. Fruit having high soluble solids, average Brix 20.5°. 3. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 4. Precocious production of fruit, usually producing fruit in the second year after planting. 5. Maturity of fruit being relatively uniform throughout the tree. 6. The flavor of the fruit being distinctively different, with a blend between plum and apricot. 7. Vigorous, semi-spreading growth of tree.
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We claim: 1. A new and distinct interspecific tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its medium size, vigorous, semi-spreading growth and being a productive and regular bearer of firm, yellow flesh, freestone fruit; the fruit is further characterized by having a high degree of soluble solids (average 20.5° Brix), having excellent flavor and eating quality and, in comparison to the fruit of the interspecific variety Flavor King (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,026), the present variety is approximately 1 week later in maturity.
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