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
- Assignee
- NAKAGAWA ALLAN T, NAKAGAWA GLENN T
- 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.