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US Plant Patent PP19594

Sweet Juana

Peach tree named ‘Sweet Juana’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 4, 2028.

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 PP19594, the photograph of Sweet Juana printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19594, 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
PP19594
Filed
February 4, 2008
Granted
December 23, 2008
Expires
February 4, 2028
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 ‘Nemagaurd’ 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. The tree being a regular and productive bearer of large size fruit. 2. Fruit holding firm on the tree 7 to 8 days after maturity (shipping ripe). 3. Producing fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 4. Vigorous, upright tree growth. 5. Fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor. 6. Fruit with good storage and handling quality.

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

1. The present new variety of peach tree ( Prunus persica ), substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth, being a productive and regular bearer of large size, late maturing, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with a very good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having an attractive red skin color and being relatively uniform in size throughout the tree.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19594 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.