US Plant Patent PP9002
Earlirich
Peach tree "Earlirich"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 7, 2014. 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
- PP9002
- Filed
- February 7, 1994
- Granted
- December 6, 1994
- Expires
- February 7, 2014
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree with the unique combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular production of large size fruit. 2. Tree ripe fruit with very firm flesh, good shelf life and shipping quality. 3. Fruit coloring two weeks before maturity and having an attractive red skin color. 4. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit holding firm on the tree 8-10 days after picking ripe. 6. Relative uniform ripening of the fruit. 7. Having vigorous, upright growth.
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 peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth, and a productive and regular bearer of large, very firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having an attractive red skin color, good storage and shipping quality, being relatively uniform in size at maturity, holding firm on the tree 8 to 10 days after picking ripe and in comparison to Rich Lady Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,290) the new variety is 4-5 days earlier in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9002 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.