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US Plant Patent PP15553

Holiday

Plum tree named ‘Holiday’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 30, 2023. 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 PP15553, the photograph of Holiday printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15553, 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
PP15553
Filed
December 30, 2003
Granted
February 8, 2005
Expires
December 30, 2023
Inventor
ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of plum tree ( Prunus salicina ). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemagaurd’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Fruit ripening in the late maturity season. 2. Fruit holding firm on the tree 2 weeks after maturity (shipping ripe). 3. Fruit with a high Brix of 18.7°. 4. Fruit with very good storage. 5. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 6. Fruit with relatively uniform large size fruit throughout the tree.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

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 productive and regular bearer of large, late maturing, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh, holding firm on tree 2 weeks after maturity (shipping ripe), having very good storage and good shipping quality and in comparison to the late maturing ‘Autumn Pride’ Plum (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,843), the new variety is larger in size and is approximately 30 days later in maturity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15553 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.