Southern Star

Southern Star

Peach tree named “Southern Star”

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 10, 2022. 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 PP14347, the photograph of Southern Star printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14347, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree (Prunus persica), named 'Southern Star', is described. The new variety is a selection derived from the open pollinated seed of 'Yumyeong' (not patented) and is distinguishable from the parent variety by ripening 1 week earlier than 'Yumyeong' and having sweeter, more aromatic fruit. Its novelty consists of a unique combination of features that include late flowering, heavy and regular cropping, large, very firm, white flesh, crisp-textured, clingstone fruit with a red overcolor. Fruit have a sweet, sub-acid flavor.

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 substantially as herein described and illustrated characterized by late flowering, vigorous spreading growth; regular and heavy cropping of large, very firm, white-fleshed crisp-textured fruit which are clingstone with mild and sweet sub-acid flavor and fruit aroma, the fruit being further characterized by pink over-colour and very good handling qualities.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14347 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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