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US Plant Patent PP17742

White County

Peach tree—named ‘White County’ cultivar

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 4, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 25, 2025. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17742, the photograph of White County printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17742, 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
PP17742
Filed
May 25, 2005
Granted
May 15, 2007
Expires
June 4, 2025
Assignee
UNIV ARKANSAS DIVISION OF AGRI
Inventor
CLARK JOHN REUBEN; MOORE JAMES NORMAN

Abstract

Description and specifications of a new and distinct peach variety which originated from a hand pollinated cross of Ark. 392 (non-patented)×Ark. 433N (non-patented) made in 1993 at the University of Arkansas Fruit Substation, Clarksville. This new peach variety can be distinguished by its features of mid-season ripening, high yields of high-quality, attractive, freestone, firm, low-acid, white-flesh fruits, and good plant vigor along with good resistance to bacterial spot disease.

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 ( Prunus persica cultivar ‘White County’) as herein described and illustrated, characterized by its mid-season ripening, high yields of high-quality, attractive, freestone, firm, low-acid, white-flesh fruits, and good plant vigor along with good resistance to bacterial spot disease.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17742 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.