US Plant Patent PP11868
Glacier
Peach tree named ‘Glacier’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 29, 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11868
- Filed
- January 29, 1999
- Granted
- May 15, 2001
- Expires
- January 29, 2019
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree ( Prunus persica ). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ rootstock (unpatented), grown on Handford Sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as, pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following unique combination of features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Regular and heavy production of fruit. 2. Fruit with large size and good firmness. 3. Fruit having an attractive red skin color. 4. Sweet, sub-acid fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit having firm, white flesh, with good storage and shipping qualities. 6. Fruit that has the ability to remain firm on the tree 7 to 10 days after maturity (shipping ripe).
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 and upright growth; being a productive and regular bearer of large size fruit with firm, white flesh, sweet sub-acid flavor and excellent eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by its good storage and shipping quality, its ability to remain firm on the tree 7 to 10 days after maturity; and, in comparison to the ‘Summer Sweet’ Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,070), the new variety is approximately 7 days later in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11868 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.