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US Plant Patent PP15497

P.F. Lucky 21

Peach tree named ‘P.F. Lucky 21’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 7, 2023. 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 PP15497, the photograph of P.F. Lucky 21 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15497, 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
PP15497
Filed
November 7, 2003
Granted
January 25, 2005
Expires
November 7, 2023
Inventor
FRIDAY PAUL JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach, Prunus persica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Producing a very firm fruit that can best be described as “crunchy” when bitten into when firm ripe. 2. The limbs of the tree naturally grow at wide angles creating a wide-spreading tree. 3. A substantially spherical fruit with yellow flesh having light red around the pit. 4. A mid-season peach variety that matures after ‘Redhaven’ (unpatented) and which hangs on the tree for many days staying extremely firm. 5. A peach variety that has excellent storage and shelf life.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15497 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.