Randy

Randy

Male Pistachio tree named ‘Randy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 21, 2025. This patent earned 210 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18262, the photograph of Randy printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18262, 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

A new and distinct variety of pistachio tree denominated ‘Randy’ is described. This cultivar is an early flowering male that will be used as a pollenizer for ‘Golden Hills’ and ‘Lost Hills’. It has excellent flowering synchrony with ‘Golden Hills’ and ‘Lost Hills’ and can be used to cover the earlier part of the ‘Kerman’ flowering period during seasons in which ‘Kerman’ flowering is extended. This generally occurs during seasons of low chill, which are expected to become more frequent in the future due to continued global warming ‘Peters’, the standard male used to pollenize ‘Kerman’, often flowers too late to cover the earlier part of the ‘Kerman’ bloom period under these conditions. ‘Randy’ was selected for high pollen viability, durability, and a high level of pollen production (based on visual evaluation). ‘Randy’ flowers 2 to 4 weeks earlier than ‘Peters’, the standard pollenizer for ‘Kerman’. ‘Peters’ flowers too late to be a very effective pollinator for the new cultivars.

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1. A new and distinct variety of pistachio tree substantially as shown and described herein.

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The record

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