US Plant Patent PP8070

Summer Sweet

Peach tree "Summer Sweet"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 2011. 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: PP8070
Filed: June 17, 1991
Granted: December 22, 1992
Expires: June 17, 2011

Abstract

The present discovery is a distinct variety of peach tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Fruit with very firm white flesh having good storage and shipping qualities. 2. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 3. Fruit with large size. 4. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 6. Coloring of fruit 7 to 10 days before ripening.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

The following is claimed: 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 large, very firm, white flesh, freestone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized in comparison to the white flesh varieties Giant Babcock Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,353) and Redwing Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 621) as having a higher degree of attractive red skin color, firmer flesh with greater handling and shipping qualities.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8070 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.