US Plant Patent PP8376

Stanislaus

Peach tree "Stanislaus"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 21, 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: PP8376
Filed: December 21, 1992
Granted: September 14, 1993
Expires: December 21, 2012

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. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit that maintains an excellent shape, texture and appearance after being canned. 3. Very firm non-melting flesh suitable for mechanical pitters for stone removal. 4. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality both fresh and canned. 5. Vigorous semi-upright growth. 6. Relatively uniform maturity of firm fruit throughout the tree. 7. Fruit with good storage and shipping quality.

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, semi-upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of large, non-melting, very firm, yellow flesh clingstone fruit which after being canned maintains an excellent shape, texture and appearance with good flavor and eating quality; the tree is further characterized in comparison to the Loadel peach (non-patented) by being more vigorous, larger in size and producing larger, firmer fruit which are approximately 7 to 8 days later in maturity.

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