US Plant Patent PP10292
Honey Rich
Interspecific tree "Honey Rich"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 4, 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
- PP10292
- Filed
- February 4, 1997
- Granted
- March 24, 1998
- Expires
- February 4, 2017
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Interspecific (Prunus armeniaca×(Prunus salicina×Prunus armeniaca))×Prunus salicina!×Prunus armeniaca; its novelty consisting of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Regular and heavy production of early maturing fruit. 2. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 4. Relatively uniform fruit size throughout the tree. 5. Fruit with a high degree of attractive orange skin color. 6. Vigorous, semi-spreading growth habit.
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 interspecific tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, semi-spreading growth and a productive, regular bearer of medium size, orange flesh, freestone fruit with very good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with a high degree of soluble solids (average 15 Brix), having good handling and shipping quality, and having a high degree of attractive orange skin color.
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