US Plant Patent PP7290

Rich Lady

Peach tree "Rich Lady"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 24, 2009. 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: PP7290
Filed: April 24, 1989
Granted: August 7, 1990
Expires: April 24, 2009

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of peach tree with the following unique combination of outstanding features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Fruit with an attractive high red skin color. 2. Very firm fruit with excellent handling and shipping quality. 3. Large fruit size throughout the tree. 4. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 5. Heavy and regular bearing of fruit. 6. Relatively uniform maturity of fruit throughout the tree. 7. Vigorous and upright growth.

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 variety of peach tree, as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of large, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with very good flavor and eating quality, the fruit is further characterized by having very firm flesh and maintaining good handling and shipping quality while being harvested near tree ripe, having an attractive red skin color and matures approximately 17 days earlier than its seed parent Amparo Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,472).

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7290 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.