US Plant Patent PP5926
JD-1
Plum tree ("JD-1")
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 14, 2005. 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
- PP5926
- Filed
- August 14, 1985
- Granted
- April 7, 1987
- Expires
- August 14, 2005
- Assignee
- YOUNG FAMILY TRUST
- Inventor
- YOUNG JOHN D
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of plum tree which is large, vigorous, upright, vase-formed, and hardy; foliated with medium size, ovate, acuminate, acutely pointed leaves having a doubly finely serrate margin, and opposite glands; blooms from hardy, plump, obtuse, free, glabrous flower buds of medium size and length; the flowers being single, blooming early, medium size, and white with a pink tinge; and is a regular and productive bearer of early ripening, uniform, small, broadly ovoid, freestone fruit having vivid, wine red skin with a light bloom, and dark red flesh; the fruit--of fresh market, dessert quality--having a pleasing, desireable flavor.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of plum tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized, in particular, by the regular and productive bearing of small but marketable size, early ripening, freestone fruit having wine red skin and dark red flesh; the fruit being of good eating quality and pleasing flavor.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5926 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.