UFRuby

UFRuby

Peach tree named ‘UFRuby’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 29, 2042.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 8, 2042. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP34792, the photograph of UFRuby printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34792, 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 cultivar of peach tree plant named ‘UFRuby’. This new cultivar has a moderate winter chilling requirement estimated at 200 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-spreading in growth habit. It bears showy, pink flowers, and leaves have reniform glands. Trees of ‘UFRuby’ are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are of medium size (approximately 118 g) for its ripening season. Fruit are clingstone, uniformly firm with non-melting white and smooth-textured flesh. Fruit are nearly round, and uniform with a substantially symmetrical shape, have an attractive 60%-70% red skin, ripen evenly, and are of high eating quality. The fruit of ‘UFRuby’ usually ripen in late April in Gainesville, Fla.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct tree named ‘UFRuby’ as illustrated and described herein.

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