US Plant Patent PP4338
Plumcot
Plumcot tree
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 20, 1997. 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
- PP4338
- Filed
- December 20, 1977
- Granted
- December 5, 1978
- Expires
- December 20, 1997
- Inventor
- ZAIGER C FLOYD
Abstract
This variety relates to an plumcot tree (plum × apricot) which is of medium to large size, medium vigorous, medium dense and slightly spreading in growth; the tree being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, early ripening, firm, freestone fruit with good flavor and shipping quality.
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 plumcot tree (plum × apricot) substantially as illustrated and described, which bears medium, firm, freestone fruit having mottled yellow-red flesh and a red exterior color; said fruit has a soft down covering similar to an apricot and a pronounced aroma which is predominantly apricot but suggestive of plum, the fruit is further characterized by early ripening and good eating quality.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4338 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.