US Plant Patent PP6409
Tasty Zee
Peach tree named `Tasty Zee`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 6, 2007. 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
- PP6409
- Filed
- February 6, 1987
- Granted
- November 22, 1988
- Expires
- February 6, 2007
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Firm white flesh freestone fruit. 2. Fruit having attractive red skin color. 3. Fruit with ability to store 3 weeks and maintain good flavor and eating quality. 4. Heavy and regular bearer of large size fruit. 5. Vigorous upright growth.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, upright growth and being a productive and regular bearer of large, firm, white flesh, freestone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized in comparison to Giant Babcock Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,353) by having firmer white flesh, a higher degree of attractive red skin color and being 4 to 5 days earlier in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6409 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.