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US Plant Patent PP12774

Tasty Rich

Interspecific tree named ‘Tasty Rich’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 21, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 24, 2021. This patent earned 148 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12774, the photograph of Tasty Rich printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12774, 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
PP12774
Filed
January 24, 2001
Granted
July 16, 2002
Expires
June 21, 2021
Inventor
ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

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 (unpatented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following unique combination of features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit that has firmer flesh than standard apricots in California. 4. Produces medium to large size freestone fruit with an attractive yellow orange skin color.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct interspecific tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, semi-spreading growth and being a productive and regular bearer of medium to large, freestone fruit with excellent flavor that is predominately apricot, but suggestive of plum with a desirable lingering aftertaste and, in comparison to the fruit of the interspecific tree Honey Rich (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,292), the fruit is lighter orange

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