US Plant Patent PP12074
Flavor Gold
Interspecific tree named ‘Flavor Gold’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 31, 2020. 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
- PP12074
- Filed
- January 31, 2000
- Granted
- August 28, 2001
- Expires
- January 31, 2020
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
Our new and distinct variety of interspecific tree [ Prunus salincina ×( Prunus salicina ×( Prunus salicina × Prunus armeniaca ))×( Prunus salicina × Prunus armeniaca (], which has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety. These 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., and with standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices, such as, pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization: 1. Heavy and regular production of large size fruit. 2. Fruit maintaining firm flesh with a good balance between sugar and acid. 3. Fruit with excellent eating quality. 4. Fruit with good handling and shipping quality. 5. Flavor of the fruit being excellent with a blend between plum and apricot. 6. Mature fruit having good shipping quality and shelf life. 7. Having a vigorous, upright growth habit. 8. Fruit maintaining firmness on the tree approximately 2 weeks after maturity.
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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 size, yellow flesh fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality, having high soluble solids (Brix 22.1°) and, in comparison to the interspecific tree ‘Flavor Queen’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,420), the fruit of the new variety has firmer flesh, is larger in size and is approximately 1 week later in maturity.
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