US Plant Patent PP10387
Valley Sweet
Peach tree `Valley Sweet`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 17, 2017. 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
- PP10387
- Filed
- January 17, 1997
- Granted
- May 12, 1998
- Expires
- January 17, 2017
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree (Prunus persica) which has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Heavy and regular production of large size fruit. 2. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 3. Relatively uniform fruit size throughout the tree. 4. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 5. Fruit that will hold firm on the tree 6-7 days after maturity (shipping ripe). 6. Vigorous and upright growth.
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 and upright growth, is a regular and productive bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh freestone fruit with sweet, subacid flavor; the fruit is further characterized by being relatively uniform in size throughout the tree, holding firm on the tree 6-7 days after maturity (shipping ripe) and, in comparison to O'Henry Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,964), the fruit has a higher degree of attractive red skin color and is approximately 10 days earlier in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10387 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.