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US Plant Patent PP26033

Plumgiant II

Interspecific tree named ‘Plumgiant II’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 29, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 16, 2033. This patent earned 164 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26033, the photograph of Plumgiant II printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26033, 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
PP26033
Filed
December 16, 2013
Granted
November 3, 2015
Expires
May 29, 2034
Assignee
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN

Abstract

The present invention relates to an interspecific tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a medium size, moderately vigorous, hardy, and very productive tree. Being self-unfruitful, the present variety requires cross pollination from an apricot, plum, or interspecific variety that blooms during the mid to late season, such as ‘Blackred V’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,576). The present variety produces a moderate amount of blossoms and pollen to entice strong bee activity to facilitate pollination. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in late July, with first picking on Jul. 27, 2013. The fruit is large in size, full black in skin color, orange yellow in flesh color, clingstone in type, oblate in shape, and very good in flavor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of interspecific Prunus sp. tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Plumgiant I’ plum tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,705) by being self-unfruitful and by producing fruit that is clingstone in type, entirely black in skin color, good in flavor, and that matures in the mid to late season, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that is slightly smaller in size, that is oblate in shape instead of globose, that is orange yellow in flesh color instead of white, and that is less prone to internal browning.

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