US Plant Patent PP8094

Artic Queen

Nectarine tree "Artic Queen"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 30, 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: PP8094
Filed: September 30, 1991
Granted: January 12, 1993
Expires: September 30, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety relates to a nectarine tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Production of white flesh fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 2. Heavy and regular bearing of fruit. 3. Firm flesh texture with good handling and shipping quality. 4. Vigorous upright growth. 5. Production of fruit with an attractive red skin color. 6. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit.

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, white flesh, freestone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by being relatively uniform in ripening, having an attractive red skin color, with firm flesh texture and good handling and shipping qualities.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8094 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.