US Plant Patent PP5461
Zaipride
Nectarine tree--Zaipride cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 22, 2003. 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
- PP5461
- Filed
- August 22, 1983
- Granted
- May 7, 1985
- Expires
- August 22, 2003
- Assignee
- STARK BROTHERS NURSERIES AND O
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F
Abstract
A new and distinct nectarine variety possessing a relatively low chilling requirement is provided. The fruit of the new variety is early maturing and unlike most low chilling nectarine varieties has a higher level of red skin coloration, and excellent commercial qualities such as firmness and the ability to withstand handling and shipping. The new variety originated as a second generation cross of the Red Grand nectarine variety U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,060) and the Desert Gold peach variety (non-patented). The new variety of the present invention is particularly suited for growing in the United States in zone 9 and the northern tip of zone 10.
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, characterized by (a) a large, vigorous, and upright growth habit, (b) a relatively low chilling requirement, and (c) the productive formation of good quality, early maturing, medium to large fruit having a high level of red skin coloration and a firm yellow flesh which possesses good eating and shipping qualities.
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