US Plant Patent PP9673
Zee Diamond
Peach tree `Zee Diamond`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 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
- PP9673
- Filed
- July 10, 1995
- Granted
- October 29, 1996
- Expires
- July 10, 2015
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach tree with 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 a high degree of attractive red skin color. 3. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 4. Good handling and shipping quality of the fruit. 5. Vigorous semi-upright growth of tree. 6. Early maturity of the fruit.
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, semi-upright growth and by being a productive and regular bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with an attractive red skin color; the fruit is further characterized by having good eating, keeping and shipping qualities and in comparision to the commercial peach variety Spring Lady (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,661), which matures in the same maturity season, the new variety bears larger size fruit with heavier production.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9673 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.