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US Plant Patent PP10285

Flavorosa

Interspecific tree "Flavorosa"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 13, 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
PP10285
Filed
January 13, 1997
Granted
March 17, 1998
Expires
January 13, 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 salicina×Prunus armeniaca)! which has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 3. Early maturity of fruit. 4. Large tree size with vigorous, upright growth. 5. Precocious production of fruit, usually producing fruit in the second year after planting. 6. Fruit with an attractive blackish, violet skin color. 7. Fruit with firm flesh and good shipping 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 variety of interspecific (plum×plum cot) tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth and a productive and regular bearer of early maturing fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm, dark ruby red flesh with good handling and shipping quality and, in comparison to the interspecific variety Flavor Supreme (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,763), the new variety is flatter in shape and is approximately 19 days earlier in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10285 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.