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US Plant Patent PP18750

SNOW ANGEL

Peach tree named ‘SNOW ANGEL’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 3, 2023. This patent earned 809 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18750, the photograph of SNOW ANGEL printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18750, 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
PP18750
Filed
February 3, 2003
Granted
April 22, 2008
Expires
April 22, 2025
Assignee
GARDNER LEITH MARIE, ZAIGER GARY NEIL, ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; 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 (non-patented), 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 consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Fruit ripening during the early maturity season. 2. Fruit with firm, white flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 3. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 4. Fruit with an attractive red skin color. 5. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 6. Having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 200 hours.

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, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, semi-spreading growth and being a productive and regular bearer of medium size, white flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh, an attractive red skin color and good handling and shipping quality.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18750 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.