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US Plant Patent PP12392

Autumn Blaze

Nectarine tree named: ‘Autumn Blaze’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 7, 2021. 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.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12392, the photograph of Autumn Blaze printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12392, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12392
Filed
May 7, 2001
Granted
February 5, 2002
Expires
May 7, 2021
Inventor
ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree ( Pruns var. nucipersica ). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95 in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following unique combination of features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Vigorous upright growth. 2. Regular and heavy production of fruit. 3. Late maturity of fruit. 4. Fruit with an attractive blush that partially covers a bright yellow ground color. 5. Large size of yellow flesh clingstone fruit. 6. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 7. Fruit with firm flesh, good storage and shipping qualities. 8. Fruit that has the ability to remain firm on the tree 12 to 14 days after maturity, (shipping ripe).

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 being a productive and regular bearer of large, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with an attractive skin color, the fruit is further characterized by having very good flavor and eating quality, flesh that has the ability to remain firm on the tree 12 to 14 days after maturity and, in comparison to its pollen parent ‘Zee Glo’ Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,408), the new variety is approximately 18 days later in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12392 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.