US Plant Patent PP8922
Flavorglo
Plum Cot tree "Flavorglo"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 31, 2014. 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
- PP8922
- Filed
- January 31, 1994
- Granted
- October 4, 1994
- Expires
- January 31, 2014
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Plum Cot tree (plum×apricot) which has the unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 2. Regular and moderate production of large size fruit. 3. Fruit with firm flesh. 4. Vigorous semi-upright growth. 5. Fruit ripening in the early maturity season. 6. Bearing fruit with an attractive yellow 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 Plum Cot tree, as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, semi-upright growth and a moderately productive and regular bearer of firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by being of large size, nearly uniform throughout the tree and in comparison to the Plum Cot Flavorella (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,470) the fruit is larger in size and matures approximately 7 days earlier.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8922 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.