US Plant Patent PP8441
Flame Glo
Nectarine tree `Flame Glo`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 15, 2013. 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
- PP8441
- Filed
- January 15, 1993
- Granted
- November 2, 1993
- Expires
- January 15, 2013
- Assignee
- GARDNER LEITH M, ZAIGER CHRIS F, ZAIGER GARY N, ZAIGER GRANT G
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
Our new development relates to a distinct variety of nectarine tree which has the following unique combination of features that are desirable in a new variety. 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 3. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit having good storage and shipping quality. 5. Vigorous upright growth. 6. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit throughout 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, characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth and a productive and regular bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good eating, storage and shipping quality; the fruit is further characterized in comparison to Flamekist Nectarine (non-patented) as having firmer flesh, a higher degree of attractive red skin color and maturing earlier by approximately 45 days.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8441 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.