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US Plant Patent PP14479

Snow Peak

Peach tree named ‘Snow Peak’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 31, 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 PP14479, the photograph of Snow Peak printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14479, 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
PP14479
Filed
March 31, 2003
Granted
January 20, 2004
Expires
March 31, 2023
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree. 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. Vigorous, upright growth. 2. Heavy and regular production of medium size fruit. 3. Fruit having an attractive red skin color. 4. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit with mild, sweet, sub-acid, white flesh. 6. Fruit that ripens in the early maturity season.

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

Claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth and being a productive and regular bearer of medium size, white flesh fruit that ripen in the early maturity season, with sweet, sub-acid flesh that has very good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by its attractive red skin color, its good handling and shipping quality and, in comparison to ‘May Crest’ Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,064) the flesh is white instead of yellow, it is sub-acid instead of acidic and ripens approximately 2 days earlier.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14479 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.