US Plant Patent PP10490
P.F. 7
`P.F. 7` peach tree
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 19, 2016. 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
- PP10490
- Filed
- December 19, 1996
- Granted
- July 14, 1998
- Expires
- December 19, 2016
- Assignee
- FRIDAY PAUL J
- Inventor
- FRIDAY PAUL JAN
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. The new and distinct variety of peach tree is of moderate upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of large peaches having a diameter of between about 21/2" to 3". 2. Producing a very firm fruit having a resilient flesh texture. 3. Blossoms are partially showy when in full bloom. 4. A substantially spherical fruit with skin of lavender-red color overlying a light to whitish yellow at maturity. 5. Early season maturing fruit of good taste. 6. An early season maturing fruit of good storage and shelf life.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree substantially as illustrated and described as a large size tree, vigorous in growth and a regular and productive bearer of large size, yellow flesh semi-cling fruit with good flavor and eating quality; and a fruit of substantially spherical shape having a firm flesh, and a red skin color covering over 80% of the fruit at maturity which occurs about 12 days before maturity of the `Redhaven` peach variety; and, this tree has a remarkable ability to produce practically all fruit void of split pits or skin blemishes; extraordinary for an early peach. This tree has a particularly wide leaf.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10490 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.