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US Plant Patent PP12419

Spring Treat

Peach tree named ‘Spring Treat’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 16, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 30, 2021. This patent earned 17 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12419, the photograph of Spring Treat printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12419, 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
PP12419
Filed
January 30, 2001
Granted
February 26, 2002
Expires
February 16, 2021
Inventor
ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree ( Prunus persica ); the features of the tree and its fruit are characterized by the tree budded on Nemaguard (non-patented) rootstock, which is the primary rootstock used for peaches in California. The new peach tree was grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in the USDA hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commerical fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following combination of features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Fruit having firm flesh with good storage and shipping quality. 2. Early maturity of medium to large size fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit having a high degree of attractive red skin color. 4. Regular and heavy production of fruit. 5. The tree having the ability to produce commercially quality fruit in areas with only 250 to 300 winter chilling hours.

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 variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its low winter requirement of 250 to 300 hours, its ability to produce commercially quality fruit in areas with less winter chilling than most commercially successful varieties, which is of large size, vigorous upright growth; being a productive and regular bearer of medium to large, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having a high degree of attractive red skin color and firm flesh with good storage and shipping quality.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12419 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.