US Plant Patent PP12046
Sugar Time
Peach tree named ‘Sugar Time’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 28, 2019. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12046
- Filed
- December 28, 1999
- Granted
- August 14, 2001
- Expires
- December 28, 2019
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree ( Prunus persica ), which has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety. The features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on Nemaguard Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Hanford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., and with standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices, such as, pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization: 1. Early maturity of large size, yellow flesh fruit. 2. Fruit having a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor with excellent eating quality. 3. Fruit having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality. 4. heavy and regular production of fruit. 5. Fruit having a high degree of attractive red skin color. 6. The tree having a vigorous, upright growth habit.
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 large size, vigorous, upright growth and being a productive and regular bearer of large, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh, good packing and storage quality, having an attractive red skin color, and, in comparison to the mild, sweet, sub-acid Sweet Gem Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,952), the variety is approximately 16 days later in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12046 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.