US Plant Patent PP7920
Arctic Show
Nectarine tree "Arctic Show"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 5, 2011. 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
- PP7920
- Filed
- February 5, 1991
- Granted
- July 21, 1992
- Expires
- February 5, 2011
- Inventor
- Chris F. Zaiger; Gary N. Zaiger; Leith M. Gardner; Grant G. Zaiger
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which has the unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Late maturing, white flesh, freestone nectarines. 3. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and shipping qualities. 4. Vigorous upright growth. 5. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 6. The fruit staying firm on the tree 7 to 8 days after 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 a productive and regular bearer of large, firm, white flesh, freestone fruit with good storage and shipping qualities; the fruit is further characterized by its excellent flavor and eating quality and its late ripening, maturing approximately 10 days after Autumn Grand Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,894).
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7920 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.