US Plant Patent PP8039

August Glo

Nectarine tree "August Glo"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 4, 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: PP8039
Filed: June 4, 1991
Granted: November 24, 1992
Expires: June 4, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Late maturity of fruit. 2. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Vigorous upright growth. 4. The ability of bear relatively uniform sized fruit with very heavy production. 5. Large size of yellow flesh clingstone fruit. 6. Fruit with firm flesh, good storage and shipping qualities. 7. Fruit with bright yellow ground colored skin, overspread with an attractive red blush.

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 as illustrated and described, characterized by large size, vigorous upright growth; and a productive and regular bearer of yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with an attractive red skin blush; the fruit is further characterized by have good eating, storage and shipping qualities; and in comparison to Autumn Grand Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,894) as having fruit with a greater degree of attractive red skin blush and maturing approximately 10 days earlier.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8039 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.