US Plant Patent PP7186

Early Red Jim

Nectarine -- Early Red Jim

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 13, 2008. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

The record

Patent number: PP7186
Filed: December 13, 1988
Granted: March 13, 1990
Expires: December 13, 2008

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree characterized by a yellow fleshed, cling stone fruit, which is attractive in appearance and having excellent sugar content and flavor, and, further, having the characteristic and advantage of maturing in the early part of the late season, thereby becoming marketable at a time when comparable fruit is likely to be less available.

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Having thus described and illustrated my new variety of plum tree, what is claimed as new and described to be secured by Letters Patent is: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree with fruit of yellow flesh, cling stone type, substantially as herein shown and described, having a maturity period in the early part of the late season, and having fruit of good sugar content, the fruit being large with skin of a deep red color over much of the exterior, and flesh of a firm texture with good flavor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7186 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.