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US Plant Patent PP12833

Gulfrose

Plum tree named ‘Gulfrose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 12, 2020. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12833, the photograph of Gulfrose printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12833, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12833
Filed
July 12, 2000
Granted
August 6, 2002
Expires
July 12, 2020
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC, STADSKLEV THOMAS D
Inventor
SHERMAN WAYNE B

Abstract

A Japanese-type plum tree characterized by its low winter chilling, high heat requirement for adaptation to central and north Florida, mid- to late May ripening of dark red skin, blood flesh, semi-freestone fruit and regular, high annual fruit production.

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, which is moderately vigorous and large, and semi spreading in growth with a low winter chilling, high heat requirement for adaptation to central and north Florida producing annual crops of good flavor and eating quality fruit of medium size, semi-freestone fruit with full red skin and blood flesh which ripen about 7 to 10 days after ‘Gulfruby’ and having firm flesh with good shipping characteristics for its intended fresh market use.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12833 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.