US Plant Patent PP6283
Necta Zee
Nectarine tree ("Necta Zee")
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 26, 2006. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP6283
- Filed
- March 26, 1986
- Granted
- September 13, 1988
- Expires
- March 26, 2006
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features. 1. Dwarf size (6 to 8 feet at maturity). 2. Regular and productive bearer. 3. Fruit with attractive red skin color. 4. Fruit with firm flesh and good eating quality. 5. Medium to large freestone fruit. 6. Uniform maturity of fruit. 7. Close leaf nodes with attractive dense foliage.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which is dwarf in size, (6 to 8 feet at maturity) moderate in vigor, dense, spreading growth and a regular and productive bearer of medium to large, firm, yellow flesh, freestone fruit with a high degree of red skin color, maturing in late June to early July; the tree is further characterized by having attractive dense foliage with close leaf nodes and producing large showy pink flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6283 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.