US Plant Patent PP7751

Eva's Pride

Peach tree "Eva's Pride"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 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: PP7751
Filed: October 29, 1990
Granted: December 17, 1991
Expires: October 29, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree with the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Low winter chilling requirement of approximately 250 hours. 2. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 3. Producing large, firm, yellow flesh fruit. 4. Fruit with good storage and shipping quality. 5. Fruit having good flavor and eating quality. 6. Vigorous, semi-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, semi-upright growth, its low winter chilling requirement of approximately 250 hours and being a regular and productive bearer of large size, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; in comparison to its low chilling parent, Desert Gold Peach (non-patented), the fruit is larger in size, has firmer flesh with greater shipping quality, ripens more uniformly, and is approximately two weeks later in maturity.

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