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US Plant Patent PP17827

Cot-N-Candy

Interspecific tree named ‘Cot-N-Candy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 18, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 22, 2025. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17827, the photograph of Cot-N-Candy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17827, 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
PP17827
Filed
December 22, 2005
Granted
June 26, 2007
Expires
January 18, 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 Hanford 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 productive bearer of medium size fruit. 2. Vigorous, semi-spreading tree growth. 3. Fruit having very good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit with white flesh. 5. Fruit with an attractive reddish pink blush.

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

1. A new and distinct interspecific tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, semi-spreading growth and being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, white flesh fruit that has an attractive reddish pink blush; the fruit is further characterized by being relatively uniform in size throughout the tree, having excellent flavor and eating quality with a good balance between acid and sugar.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17827 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.