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US Plant Patent PP25299

Gulfsnow

Peach tree named ‘Gulfsnow’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 27, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 14, 2032. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25299, the photograph of Gulfsnow printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25299, 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
PP25299
Filed
September 14, 2012
Granted
February 24, 2015
Expires
October 27, 2032
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE, UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND, CHAPARRO JOSE X, BECKMAN THOMAS G, CONNER PATRICK J, Flordia Foundation Seed Producers
Inventor
BECKMAN THOMAS G; CHAPARRO JOSE X; CONNER PATRICK J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated ‘Gulfsnow’, has a winter chilling requirement estimated at 400 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-upright in growth habit. It bears showy, pink flowers, and leaves with globose glands. Trees of ‘Gulfsnow’ are self-fertile and regularly bear annual crops of early season fruit that are large size (185 g) for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm with non-melting white flesh. Fruit are nearly round, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 50 to 60% red skin. The fruit of ‘Gulfsnow’ usually ripen 10 days after ‘Gulfcrimson’ peach in early June at Attapulgus, Ga.

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 peach tree as illustrated and described, characterized by a moderate chilling requirement, and bearing fruit having firm, white and non-melting, clingstone, and smooth textured flesh of good eating quality and an attractive, high percentage red skin.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25299 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.