US Plant Patent PP8450
Arctic Pride
Nectarine tree "Arctic Pride"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 11, 2013. 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
- PP8450
- Filed
- January 11, 1993
- Granted
- November 9, 1993
- Expires
- January 11, 2013
- Assignee
- GARDNER LEITH M, ZAIGER CHRIS F, ZAIGER GARY N, ZAIGER GRANT G
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which has 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 with firm white flesh having good handling, storage and shipping quality. 4. Fruit having a high degree of soluble solids, (14.8 Brix). 5. Fruit ripening in the late maturity season. 6. Relatively uniform maturity of large, freestone fruit. 7. Having a vigorous, upright growth habit.
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 being a productive and regular bearer of large, white flesh, freestone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality, relatively uniform ripening throughout the tree, having a high degree of soluble solids (14.8 brix) and maturing in the late season with an attractive red skin color.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8450 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.