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US Plant Patent PP18778

Majestic Pearl

Nectarine tree named ‘Majestic Pearl’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2026.

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 PP18778, the photograph of Majestic Pearl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18778, 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
PP18778
Filed
December 13, 2006
Granted
April 29, 2008
Expires
December 13, 2026
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica, broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in late July, with first picking on Jul. 23, 2006. The fruit is uniformly large in size, sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, very firm in texture, white in flesh color, and mostly red in 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, that is most similar to ‘Bright Pearl’ [U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,359] nectarine by producing nectarines that are nearly globose in shape, firm in texture, white in flesh color, and mostly red in skin color, but is distinguished therefrom by being more productive, by requiring a lower amount of chilling, by having the reniform instead of globose leaf glands, and by producing fruit that is larger in size.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18778 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.