US Plant Patent PP7828

Red Glo

Nectarine tree "Red Glo"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 28, 2010. 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: PP7828
Filed: November 28, 1990
Granted: March 17, 1992
Expires: November 28, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree with the unique combination of desirable features: 1. Early maturity of large size fruit. 2. Low winter chilling requirement of approximately 250 hours. 3. Fruit with firm flesh providing good handling and shipping quality. 4. Fruit with an attractive red skin color. 5. Heavy and regular production. 6. Ability to grow and produce in southern areas with warm winter climatic conditions, such as Indio, Calif. 7. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality.

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 substantially as illustrated and described; characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of early maturing, large, firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized in comparison to its low chilling paternal parent Sun Red Nectarine (non-patented), by having firmer flesh, a higher degree of attractive red skin color and ripening one month earlier, and in comparison to June Glo Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,228), the new variety is lower in chilling by approximately 600 hours and will grow and produce in more southern fruit growing areas.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7828 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.