US Plant Patent PP8415
Snow King
Peach tree "Snow King"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 31, 2012. 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
- PP8415
- Filed
- December 31, 1992
- Granted
- October 12, 1993
- Expires
- December 31, 2012
- Assignee
- GARDNER LEITH M, ZAIGER CHRIS F, ZAIGER GARY N, ZAIGER GRANT G
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree, its novelty consists of the following unique combination of features that are outstanding in a new variety. 1. Heavy and regular bearer of fruit. 2. Having large, firm, white flesh, freestone fruit. 3. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 4. The ability of the fruit to stay firm on the tree 6-7 days after maturity (shipping ripe). 5. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 6. Vigorous 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, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth and a productive and regular bearer of large, white flesh, freestone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality, holding firm on the tree 6 to 7 days after maturity (shipping ripe), having an attractive red skin color and ripening in the late maturity season, approximately 5 to 6 days after O'Henry Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,964).
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8415 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.