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US Plant Patent PP14571

Spring Flavor

Interspecific tree named ‘Spring Flavor’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 6, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 16, 2022. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14571, the photograph of Spring Flavor printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14571, 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
PP14571
Filed
December 16, 2002
Granted
March 2, 2004
Expires
January 6, 2023
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; ZAIGER GRANT GENE; GARDNER LEITH MARIE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree. 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, Calf., 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. Large size fruit maturing in the early season. 2. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 3. The tree with a vigorous, upright growth habit. 4. Fruit with a good balance between sugar and acid. 5. Fruit with good storage and handling quality. 6. Heavy and regular bearing of fruit. 7. Fruit with an attractive, reddish maroon color.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14571 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.