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US Plant Patent PP24835

Pearlicious XVII

Nectarine tree named ‘Pearlicious XVII’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 19, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 13, 2032. This patent earned 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24835, the photograph of Pearlicious XVII printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24835, 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
PP24835
Filed
December 13, 2012
Granted
September 2, 2014
Expires
December 19, 2032
Assignee
GLEN LOWELL
Inventor
GLEN LOWELL

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica, broadly characterized by a medium size, moderately vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms in the late season and requires about 650 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early September, with first picking on Sep. 2, 2012. The fruit is large in size, fairly globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm and melting in texture, white in flesh color, mostly red in skin color, and a tasty balance of light acid and sugar in flavor.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Snow Pearl’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,695) nectarine by having a moderately vigorous tree, having globose leaf glands, being self-fertile, and producing white flesh clingstone nectarines that are firm, are mostly red in skin color, and have a sweet kernel, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that is larger in size, matures about fifteen days later, is somewhat sweeter, and is a balance of light acid and sugar rather than sub-acid in flavor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24835 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.