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US Plant Patent PP26837

Kay Diamond VIII

Nectarine tree named ‘Kay Diamond VIII’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 22, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 15, 2034. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26837, the photograph of Kay Diamond VIII printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26837, 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
PP26837
Filed
December 15, 2014
Granted
June 21, 2016
Expires
January 22, 2035
Assignee
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN, QUISENBERRY JON M
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN; QUISENBERRY JON M

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica , broadly characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms during the early to mid-season and requires about 500 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in late May, with first picking on May 27, 2014. The fruit is uniformly medium to large in size, globose in shape, acidic and sweet in flavor, clingstone in type, firm and melting in texture, yellow in flesh color, and nearly full red in skin color.

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, that is most similar to its pollen parent, ‘Kay Diamond VII’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,715) nectarine by being self-fertile, by having showy blossoms, by requiring about 500 chilling hours, and by producing nectarines that are nearly full red in skin color, yellow in flesh color, firm in texture, globose in shape, clingstone in type, very good in flavor, and medium to large in size for the early season, but is distinguished therefrom by having globose leaf glands instead of being eglandular, by blooming about 6 days later, and by producing fruit that matures about ten days later.

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