US Plant Patent PP9254
Dapple Dandy
Interspecific tree named `Dapple Dandy`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 28, 2014. 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
- PP9254
- Filed
- November 28, 1994
- Granted
- August 22, 1995
- Expires
- November 28, 2014
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of interspecific (plum×plum cot) tree which has the unique combination of the following desirable features: 1. Excellent flavor and eating quality. 2. Fruit having a high soluble solids, average Brix 17.4. 3. Heavy and regular production of large size fruit. 4. Vigorous upright growth. 5. Fruit with good shipping and storage quality. 6. Relatively uniform size of fruit throughout 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 upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of large, firm, clingstone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having high soluble solids, average Brix of 17.4, maturing relatively uniformly throughout the tree and having good shipping and storage quality.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9254 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.