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US Plant Patent PP17832

Amigo II

Interspecific tree named ‘Amigo II’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 24, 2026. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17832, the photograph of Amigo II printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17832, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP17832
Filed
January 24, 2006
Granted
June 26, 2007
Expires
January 24, 2026
Assignee
GARDNER LEITH MARIE, ZAIGER GARY NEIL, ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Regular and heavy production of medium size fruit. 2. Fruit with an attractive red skin color. 3. The tree with a vigorous, upright growth habit. 4. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit with a good balance between acid and sugar with an average Brix of 17.6°. 6. Fruit with good shipping and storage trials.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth and being a productive and regular bearer of medium size, attractive red skin fruit with very good flavor and eating quality; in comparison to its interspecific maternal parent ‘Flavor Grenade’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,097), the fruit of the new variety has a darker, more uniform and attractive red skin color and is approximately 23 days earlier in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17832 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.