US Plant Patent PP7889
Artic Rose
Nectarine tree `Artic Rose`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 5, 2010. 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
- PP7889
- Filed
- December 5, 1990
- Granted
- June 23, 1992
- Expires
- December 5, 2010
Abstract
Our new and distinct variety of nectarine tree has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with firm white flesh having good handling and shipping ability. 3. Fruit that will hold firm on the tree 5-7 days after tree ripe. 4. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 5. Relatively uniform ripening of the fruit on the tree. 6. Vigorous upright growth of the tree.
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, which is of large size, vigorous upright in growth and a heavy and regular bearer of white flesh, freestone fruit with firm flesh that can be handled without excessive bruising in the same procedure and with the packing equipment used to handle yellow flesh nectarines; the fruit is further characterized by having excellent flavor and eating quality and the ability to be shipped to long distance markets.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7889 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.