US Plant Patent PP9406
Arctic Gold
Nectarine tree `Arctic Gold`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 24, 2015. 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
- PP9406
- Filed
- January 24, 1995
- Granted
- December 19, 1995
- Expires
- January 24, 2015
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEIGH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 2. Heavy and regular production of white flesh freestone fruit. 3. Fruit with firm white flesh having good handling and shipping quality. 4. Vigorous, upright growth habit. 5. Fruit with a high degree of red skin color. 6. Relatively uniform large fruit throughout the tree. 7. Ability of the fruit to hold firm on the tree 7-10 days after maturity (shipping ripe).
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 variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth and by being a productive and regular bearer of large, firm white flesh, freestone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having a high degree of attractive red skin color, having the ability to stay firm on the tree 7 to 10 days after maturity, having good handling and shipping quality and in comparison to its maternal parent Ruby Gold Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,101) the new variety is approximately 35 days later in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9406 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.