Plumsweet VII

Plumsweet VII

Interspecific tree named ‘Plumsweet VII’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 7, 2026.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18667, the photograph of Plumsweet VII printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18667, 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.

Abstract

The present invention relates to an interspecific tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, and productive tree. Being self-unfruitful, the present variety requires cross pollination from an apricot, interspecific, or plum that blooms during the early season. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described during late June, with first picking on Jun. 26, 2006. The fruit is uniformly medium in size, mostly red with greenish yellow freckling in skin color, clingstone in type, oblate in shape, red to pink in flesh color.

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1. A new and distinct variety of interspecific Prunus sp. tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is similar to ‘YUMMYrosa’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,476) plum by being self-unfruitful and by producing fruit that is medium in size, that is clingstone in type, and that matures in late June, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that is firmer in texture, that is entirely red to pink in flesh color, that is more oblate in shape, that has abundant greenish yellow freckling, and that is somewhat sweeter in flavor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18667 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract