US Plant Patent PP9162
Emerald Beaut
Plum tree `Emerald Beaut`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 14, 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
- PP9162
- Filed
- November 14, 1994
- Granted
- June 13, 1995
- Expires
- November 14, 2014
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of plum tree with the unique combination of the following desirable features: 1. Fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality. 2. Fruit that will remain firm on the tree three weeks after maturity (shipping ripe). 3. Fruit with a high degree of soluble solids (average 16.0 Brix). 4. Relatively uniform ripening of the fruit throughout the tree. 5. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 6. Fruit with good storage quality. 7. Vigorous 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 plum tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of large, firm, clingstone fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by relatively uniform maturity throughout the tree, holding firm on the tree for 3 weeks after maturity (shipping ripe) and, in comparison to its female parent Wickson plum (non-patented), it is approximately 30 days later in maturity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9162 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.