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US Plant Patent PP23719

Plumred IX

Interspecific tree named ‘Plumred IX’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 14, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 8, 2031. This patent earned 68 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23719, the photograph of Plumred IX printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23719, 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
PP23719
Filed
December 8, 2011
Granted
July 9, 2013
Expires
February 14, 2032
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 productive tree. Being self-unfruitful, the present variety requires cross pollination from an apricot, interspecific, or plum that blooms during the mid to late season. The present variety produces a very good bloom with an average amount of pollen to entice good bee activity to facilitate pollination. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described during the last part of August, with first picking on Aug. 29, 2011, and will hang on the tree an additional twenty-five days. The fruit is uniformly medium in size, full red in skin color, clingstone in type, globose to oblate in shape, red to pink in flesh color, firm in texture, and excellent 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 similar to its seed parent, ‘September Yummy’ plum (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,220), by being self-unfruitful and by producing fruit that ripens in the late season, that is somewhat crack resistant, and that is full red in skin color, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that is full red to pink in flesh color, that is sweeter in flavor, somewhat smaller in size, and that matures about ten days earlier.

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