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US Plant Patent PP16068

Sweet Henry

Peach tree ‘Sweet Henry’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 20, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 2, 2024. This patent earned 140 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16068, the photograph of Sweet Henry printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16068, 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
PP16068
Filed
April 2, 2004
Granted
October 25, 2005
Expires
August 20, 2024
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 Handford 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 with an attractive red skin color. 2. Fruit with mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor. 3. Fruit that holds firm on the tree 8 to 10 days after maturity. 4. Fruit with firm, yellow flesh, good handling and shipping qualities. 5. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 6. Vigorous, upright growth of the tree.

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 being a productive and regular bearer of large, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor and excellent eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by its attractive red skin color, its firm flesh with good storage and shipping quality and, in comparison to ‘O'Henry’ Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,964), the fruit of the new variety has a higher degree of attractive red skin color and is approximately 7 days later in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16068 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.