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US Plant Patent PP9850

P.F. 5B

Peach tree `P.F. 5B`

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
PP9850
Filed
January 16, 1996
Granted
April 8, 1997
Expires
January 16, 2016
Inventor
FRIDAY PAUL J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach Prunus persica, 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 semi-cling peaches. 2. Producing a very firm fruit having a resilient flesh texture. 3. A substantially spherical fruit with an attractive red skin coloring over a majority of the surface. 4. Very early maturing fruit of good taste. 5. A very early 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 medium size tree, a consistent bearer of pleasingly colored, large fruit for the very early peach growing season, said fruit being a semi-cling peach and at maturity being of spherical shape with firm flesh and red skin color.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9850 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.