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US Plant Patent PP16845

Vista Snow

Peach tree named ‘Vista Snow’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 9, 2024. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16845, the photograph of Vista Snow printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16845, 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
PP16845
Filed
April 9, 2004
Granted
July 18, 2006
Expires
April 9, 2024
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 ‘Nemaguard’ 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. Fruit ripening during the early maturing season. 2. Having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 250 hours at or below 45° F. 3. Fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor. 4. Vigorous, upright tree growth. 5. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 6. Fruit with a high degree of attractive orange-red skin color.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its low winter chilling requirement, its large size, vigorous upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, early maturing, white flesh, clingstone fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor and excellent eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having an attractive orange-red skin color and, in comparison to the low chilling variety ‘Desertgold’ Peach (non-patented), the fruit has a more attractive red skin color, firmer flesh and is approximately 27 days earlier in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16845 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.