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US Plant Patent PP16590

Flavor Finale

Interspecific tree named ‘Flavor Finale’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 23, 2024. This patent earned 142 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16590, the photograph of Flavor Finale printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16590, 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
PP16590
Filed
November 23, 2004
Granted
May 30, 2006
Expires
April 14, 2025
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 [ Prunus salicina× ( Prunus salicina×Prunus armeniaca )]. 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. Heavy and regular fruit production. 2. Producing fruit ripening in the late maturity season. 3. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and storage quality. 4. The tree having vigorous, upright growth. 5. Fruit having firm, reddish yellow flesh with very good flavor and eating quality. 6. Fruit with high soluble solids (Brix) averaging 18.2°.

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, (Plum×Plumcot), substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, firm, reddish yellow flesh with very good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by being relatively uniform in size throughout the tree and holding firm on the tree approximately 3 weeks after maturity (shipping ripe).

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