US Plant Patent PP8470
Flavorella
Plum cot tree "Flavorella"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 28, 2012. 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
- PP8470
- Filed
- December 28, 1992
- Granted
- November 23, 1993
- Expires
- December 28, 2012
- Assignee
- GARDNER LEITH M, ZAIGER CHRIS F, ZAIGER GARY N, ZAIGER GRANT G
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
Our new and distinct variety of Plum Cot tree (Plum×Apricot) has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety. 1. Heavy and regular production of medium size fruit. 2. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 3. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit throughout the tree. 4. Fruit with a high degree of soluble solids (Average 14.6 Brix). 5. Vigorous semi-upright growth. 6. Fruit, although mild and sweet, having a good balance between sugar and acid with a creative taste between Apricot and Plum. 7. Early maturity of the fruit.
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 Plum Cot tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, semi-upright growth and a productive and regular bearer of medium size, early maturing, clingstone fruit; the fruit is further characterized by having a good balance between sugar and acid with excellent flavor and eating quality and having firm flesh with the ability to ship to long distance markets.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8470 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.