US Plant Patent PP15216

Crimson Rocket

Peach tree named ‘Crimson Rocket’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 30, 2021. 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 1 of US plant patent PP15216, the photograph of Crimson Rocket printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15216, 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: PP15216
Filed: October 30, 2001
Granted: October 12, 2004
Expires: October 30, 2021
Assignee: US AGRICULTURE
Inventor: SCORZA RALPH

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach called ‘Crimson Rocket’ is characterized by a narrow, columnar growth form suitable for high-density plantings, home gardens and ornamental purposes. Fruit is yellow, melting-flesh of excellent dessert-quality flavor, and of medium to large size with approximately 80% red blush over a yellow ground color.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15216 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.