US Plant Patent PP5745
Top Crest
Peach tree ("Top Crest")
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 16, 2004. 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
- PP5745
- Filed
- November 16, 1984
- Granted
- May 13, 1986
- Expires
- November 16, 2004
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree which has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Early maturity of fruit (ripening 2 to 3 days before Royal April Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,411). 2. Heavy production. 3. Extreme firmness of the flesh with excellent shipping characteristics. 4. Good handling and packing characteristics due to round shape. 5. Good eating and storage quality.
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 and upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of medium to large, very firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit; the fruit is further characterized in comparison to Royal April Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,411), by maturing 2 to 3 days earlier, being more round in shape, having firmer flesh and greater storage and shipping characteristic.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5745 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.