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US Plant Patent PP5480

N15500

Nectarine tree--N15500

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 26, 2003. 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
PP5480
Filed
September 26, 1983
Granted
May 28, 1985
Expires
September 26, 2003
Inventor
NAKAGAWA GLENN T

Abstract

A nectarine tree which is large, vigorous, upright when young and spreading at maturity; foliated with medium size, lanceolate, dark green leaves having a broadly crenate margin and medium size, reniform, uniform, alternate stem glands; blooms from hardy, conic flower buds of medium size and length, the bloom time being medium compared with other varieties and very similar to Flamekist; the flowers being abundant, large, light pink, and showy; and is a regular and productive bearer of late-ripening, large, uniform, clingstone fruit nearly round to ovate in lateral aspect and globose in axial aspect; the fruit having red-blushed-over-yellow, glossy skin, yellow flesh, and a dark brown stone.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, particularly characterized, in comparison with the Flamekist, by late-ripening, clingstone fruit which, at commercial maturity, has more red blush and more skin wax, whereby the fruit has a brighter, glossier overall external finish and appearance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5480 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.