US Plant Patent PP7475

Zee Grand

Nectarine tree "Zee Grand"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 29, 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: PP7475
Filed: January 29, 1990
Granted: March 19, 1991
Expires: January 29, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree with the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Early maturity of the fruit. 2. Relative uniform size of fruit throughout the tree. 3. Fruit with an attractive red skin color. 4. Heavy and regular production. 5. Fruit with firm flesh, good flavor and eating quality. 6. The fruit having the ability to ship to long distance markets.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of early maturing, medium to large, firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the tree is further characterized by bearing fruit that are relatively uniform in size throughout the tree with a high degree of attractive red skin color and when compared to May Grand Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,794) matures 2 to 3 days earlier and producing a greater number of larger size fruit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7475 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.