US Plant Patent PP7976
May Kist
Nectarine tree "May Kist"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 22, 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
- PP7976
- Filed
- April 22, 1991
- Granted
- September 15, 1992
- Expires
- April 22, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree with the unique combination of desirable features: 1. Early maturity of medium size fruit. 2. Heavy and regular bearer of fruit. 3. Fruit with firm flesh, good storage and shipping qualities. 4. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color.
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 large size, vigorous upright growth; it is a productive and regular bearer of medium size, firm, clingstone fruit with good eating, storage and shipping qualities; the early maturing fruit is further characterized in comparison to the May Grand Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,794) and the Ruby Gold Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,101) by its maturing approximately 3 weeks earlier.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7976 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.