US Plant Patent PP35017
Whitewater
Peach tree named ‘Whitewater’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 14, 2041.
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
- PP35017
- Filed
- December 14, 2021
- Granted
- March 7, 2023
- Expires
- December 14, 2041
- Assignee
- UNIV ARKANSAS
- Inventor
- CLARK JOHN R; WORTHINGTON MARGARET
Abstract
A new and distinct peach tree named ‘Whitewater’ which originated from a hand-pollinated cross of ‘White County’ (female parent; U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,742) x ‘Souvenirs’ peach (male parent; U.S. Plant Pat. No. 26,920) is provided. This new peach tree cultivar can be distinguished by its white, low-acid, slow-melting flesh, early-season ripening, attractive appearance, postharvest performance, and resistance to bacterial spot disease.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of peach tree named ‘Whitewater’, substantially as illustrated and described.
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