US Plant Patent PP9858
Hiromi Red
Plum tree "Hiromi Red"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 16, 2016. 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
- PP9858
- Filed
- January 16, 1996
- Granted
- April 15, 1997
- Expires
- January 16, 2016
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GARY N; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of plum tree Prunus salicina, which has the following desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 4. Fruit with firm flesh, good storage and shipping quality. 5. Vigorous, upright growth. 6. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit throughout the tree. 7. Fruit holding firm on the tree 7 to 8 days after picking ripe.
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, being a productive and regular bearer of large, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with good storage and shipping quality, relatively uniform in ripening, and in comparison to Queen Rosa Plum (non-patented), the new variety has firmer fruit, heavier production and fruit ripening approximately 7 to 8 days earlier.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9858 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.