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US Plant Patent PP17874

Super Zee

Peach tree ‘Super Zee’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 13, 2025. This patent earned 13 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17874, the photograph of Super Zee printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17874, 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
PP17874
Filed
December 13, 2005
Granted
July 17, 2007
Expires
December 26, 2025
Assignee
GARDNER LEITH MARIE, ZAIGER GARY NEIL, ZAIGER GRANT GENE
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 ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Hanford 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 very early maturity season. 2. Fruit with an attractive red skin color. 3. Having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 150 to 200 hours at or below 45° F. 4. Vigorous, upright growth of the tree. 5. A productive and regular bearer of medium size fruit. 6. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality.

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 a productive and regular bearer of medium size fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized with maturing in the very early season, the tree having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 150 to 200 hours at or below 45° F. and in comparison to ‘Snow Angel’ Peach (Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/355,917), the new variety is approximately 14 days earlier in maturity and has yellow flesh compared to white flesh.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17874 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.