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US Plant Patent PP9895

P.F. 24-007

Peach tree `P.F. 24-007`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 16, 2016. 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
PP9895
Filed
January 16, 1996
Granted
May 20, 1997
Expires
January 16, 2016
Inventor
FRIDAY PAUL J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach Prunus pessica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. The new and distinct variety of peach tree is of moderate upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of large peaches having a diameter of between about 21/2" and 3". 2. Producing a very firm fruit having a resilient flesh texture. 3. Blossoms are partially showy when in full bloom. 4. A substantially spherical fruit with skin of lavender-red color overlying a light to whitish yellow at maturity. 5. Mid-season maturing fruit of good taste. 6. A mid-season maturing fruit of good storage and shelf life.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree substantially as illustrated and described as a large size tree, a consistent bearer of lavender-red colored, large fruit for the mid-season peach growing season, said fruit at maturity being of spherical shape with firm flesh.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9895 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.