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US Plant Patent PP15291

Honey Diva

Nectarine tree named ‘Honey Diva’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 29, 2023. 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 1 of US plant patent PP15291, the photograph of Honey Diva printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15291, 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
PP15291
Filed
December 29, 2003
Granted
November 2, 2004
Expires
December 29, 2023
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree ( Prunus persica var. nucipersica ). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemagaurd’ 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 combination of desirable features: 1. Regular and heavy production of fruit. 2. Fruit with very good eating quality, mild, sweet, low-acid flavor. 3. Late fruit maturity with an attractive red skin color. 4. Fruit with good storage and shipping quality. 5. Vigorous and upright growth of tree. 6. Fruit holding firm on the tree 10 to 12 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 size, firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with very good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by its high degree of attractive red skin color, holding firm on the tree 10 to 12 days after maturity and having good storage and shipping quality.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15291 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.