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US Plant Patent PP15578

Super Lady

Peach tree plant named ‘Super Lady’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 29, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 29, 2024. This patent earned 92 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15578, the photograph of Super Lady printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15578, 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
PP15578
Filed
March 29, 2004
Granted
February 22, 2005
Expires
June 29, 2024
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 ‘Nemagaurd’ 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 in the early maturity season. 2. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 350 hours at or below 45° F. 4. Fruit with firm, yellow flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 5. Heavy and regular bearing of fruit.

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 large size, vigorous, upright growth, and being a regular and productive bearer of medium to large size, early maturing, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality. The fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh, an attractive orange-red blush covering the rich, yellow skin color with good handling and shipping qualities and in comparison to the variety ‘Super Rich’ Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,860), the tree of the new variety requires approximately 350 hours less winter chilling and its fruit matures approximately 7 days earlier.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15578 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.