US Plant Patent PP7176

Late Red Jim

Nectarine--Late 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: PP7176
Filed: December 13, 1988
Granted: March 6, 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 latter 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 nectarine tree, what is claimed as new and desired 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 latter part of the late season, having fruit with 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 PP7176 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.