US Plant Patent PP9695
Sweet Scarlet
Peach tree "Sweet Scarlet"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 10, 2015. 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
- PP9695
- Filed
- October 10, 1995
- Granted
- November 19, 1996
- Expires
- October 10, 2015
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
Our new development is a distinct variety of peach tree which has the following unique combination of features that are outstanding in a new variety. 1. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 2. Vigorous upright in growth. 3. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 4. Fruit staying firm on the tree 10 to 12 days after maturity (shipping ripe). 5. Fruit with good handling and shipping quality. 6. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color.
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, is a regular and productive bearer of large, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with an attractive red skin color; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with a sweet sub-acid flavor, having the ability to ship to long distance markets and in comparison to Sweet Gem Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,952) the fruit is approximately 1 week early in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9695 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.