US Plant Patent PP10386
Geo Pride
Interspecific tree "Geo Pride"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 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
- PP10386
- Filed
- February 13, 1997
- Granted
- May 12, 1998
- Expires
- February 13, 2017
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct interspecific tree (Prunus salicina×Prunus armeniaca) which has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Regular and heavy production of fruit. 2. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 3. Fruit holding firm on the tree 10 to 12 days after maturity (shipping ripe). 4. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit with high soluble solids (Brix) averaging approximately 18° with the refractometer. 6. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit throughout the tree. 7. Vigorous, semi-upright growth of the tree.
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 tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, semi-upright growth and a productive and regular bearer of medium size, firm, freestone fruit; the fruit is further characterized by having a good balance between sugar and acid, excellent flavor and eating quality, good handling and shipping quality and, in comparison to the interspecific tree Flavor King (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,026), the fruit of the new variety is approximately 21 days earlier in maturity.
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