US Plant Patent PP7402

Earliglo

Nectarine tree "Earliglo"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 18, 2009. 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: PP7402
Filed: December 18, 1989
Granted: December 25, 1990
Expires: December 18, 2009

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which has the following combination of unique desirable features. 1. Early maturity of fruit. 2. Low chilling requirement of approximately 200 hours. 3. Fruit with a high degree of red skin color. 4. Regular and heavy bearing of medium size fruit. 5. Fruit having firm flesh, good shipping and storage quality. 6. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality.

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 regular and productive bearer of medium size, firm, yellow flesh, early maturing, clingstone fruit, maturing 4 to 5 days before May Glo Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,245); the tree is further characterized by having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 200 hours and producing fruit with an attractive red skin color, good flavor and eating quality and the ability to store and ship to long distance markets.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7402 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.