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US Plant Patent PP18369

Cascade

Nectarine tree named: ‘Cascade’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 14, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 9, 2026. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18369, the photograph of Cascade printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18369, 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
PP18369
Filed
August 9, 2006
Granted
December 25, 2007
Expires
August 14, 2026
Assignee
GARDNER LEITH MARIE, ZAIGER GARY NEIL, ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree. 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 consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor. 2. Vigorous, upright tree growth. 3. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 4. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and storage 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.

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, freestone fruit, having a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor with excellent eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by its attractive red skin color, having firm flesh with good shipping and storage quality and in comparison to the fruit of its proprietary maternal parent (32RB351), the new variety has flesh with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor compared to acidic type flesh and is approximately 5 days later in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18369 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.