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US Plant Patent PP17581

Nectagala

Nectarine tree named ‘Nectagala’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 27, 2025. 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 PP17581, the photograph of Nectagala printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17581, 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
PP17581
Filed
April 27, 2005
Granted
April 10, 2007
Expires
April 27, 2025
Assignee
AGRO SELECTION FRUITS SARL
Inventor
MAILLARD LAURENCE; MAILLARD ARSENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, denominated ‘Nectagala’, has fruit of very long shelf life without alteration after harvesting, a semi-sweet yellow flesh of high eating quality and an attractive, very high percentage red skin. The tree is of medium size and is vigorous. Moreover fruit can be consumed crunchy or at maturity.

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 as illustrated and described, characterized by fruit of very long shelf life without alteration after harvesting, and with a semi-sweet yellow flesh of high eating quality and an attractive skin, with a very high percentage of red blush.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17581 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.