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US Plant Patent PP12409

Dapple Fire

Interspecific tree named: ‘Dapple Fire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 2021. 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 4 of US plant patent PP12409, the photograph of Dapple Fire printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12409, 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
PP12409
Filed
March 26, 2001
Granted
February 12, 2002
Expires
March 26, 2021
Inventor
ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct interspecific tree [(Plum×Plum nectarine)×(Peach×Plum peach)]; the characteristics of the tree and its fruit are with the tree budded on Citation Rootstock (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,112), and grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., using standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Vigorous and upright growth. 3. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit with a high degree of attractive brownish red skin color. 5. Fruit having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality.

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 productive and regular bearer of large, clingstone fruit with very good flavor and eating quality, the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with good storage and shipping quality and, in comparison to the fruit of the Interspecific Tree Dapple Dandy (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,554), it has a darker red, more attractive flesh color and is approximately 2 weeks earlier in maturity.

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