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US Plant Patent PP35144

Cardinal Joy

Peach tree named ‘Cardinal Joy’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 5, 2042.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP35144, the photograph of Cardinal Joy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35144, 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
PP35144
Filed
August 5, 2022
Granted
May 2, 2023
Expires
August 5, 2042
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
CHEN CHUNXIAN; OKIE WILLIAM R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of peach tree, denominated ‘Cardinal Joy’, has firm, melting, semi-freestone fruit with a high coverage of red blush, yellow flesh, normal acidity, rich flavor and pleasant eating quality at maturity. The fruit typically ripen about a week after ‘Flavorich’ (syn. ‘Rich May’) and a few days before ‘Carored’ in mid to late May at Byron, Ga. The tree has self-fertile showy pink flowers and is moderately vigorous and semi-spreading in growth habit. This cultivar has a winter chilling requirement of approximately 850 chill hours, crops well most years, and is suited for high chill areas.

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 cultivar of peach tree named ‘Cardinal Joy’ as illustrated and described, characterized by a high chilling requirement, an early maturity, and attractive ripe fruit with abundant red blush, vivid yellow ground color, semi-freestone, melting texture, yellow flesh, normal acidity, rich flavor, and pleasant eating quality.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35144 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.