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US Plant Patent PP12375

92-287

Peach-challenger cultivar

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 19, 2019. 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.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12375, the photograph of 92-287 printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12375, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12375
Filed
January 19, 1999
Granted
January 29, 2002
Expires
January 19, 2019
Inventor
WERNER DENNIS JAMES; WORTHINGTON STEVE MARTIN; SNELLING LAYNE KARLTON

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree which is distinguished by the ability of its flower buds to survive cold temperatures that are typically injurious to flower buds of standard peach varieties during dormancy and bloom, resulting in the production of fruit even in years when such cold temperatures eliminate the crop on standard peach varieties. The variety produces freestone, yellow flesh fruit that are mature for fresh consumption approximately July 1 in south central North Carolina.

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 edible peach, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by high quality yellow flesh fruit, its late flowering, its high resistance of flower buds and flowers to cold temperatures, and its high resistance to bacterial spot disease.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12375 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.