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US Plant Patent PP28442

Plumcandy XII

Plum tree named ‘Plumcandy XII’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 6, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 11, 2035. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28442, the photograph of Plumcandy XII printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28442, 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
PP28442
Filed
December 11, 2015
Granted
September 26, 2017
Expires
January 6, 2036
Assignee
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN, QUISENBERRY JON M
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN; QUISENBERRY JON M

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plum tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, and very productive tree. Being self-unfruitful, the present variety requires cross pollination from another plum or interspecific tree that blooms during the mid to late season, such as ‘Plumsweet IV’ interspecific tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 16,461). The present variety's abundance of blossoms and pollen entices strong bee activity to facilitate pollination. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described during the first week of October, with first picking on Oct. 1, 2015. The fruit is uniform, very large in size, nearly full red in skin color, freestone in type, pure yellow in flesh color, firm in texture, juicy, and very good in flavor.

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, prunus salicina , substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to its seed parent, ‘September Yummy’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,220) plum, by having a large, vigorous, and very productive tree, by blooming in the mid to late season, by being self-unfruitful, and by producing plums that are fairly globose in shape, nearly full red in skin color, very good in flavor, juicy, and firm in texture, but is distinguished therefrom by producing plums that are much larger in size, by having full yellow flesh color without red bleeding near the skin, and that ripen about twenty days later.

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