the present variety of peach treeis a bud sport of the Rio Oso Gem (United States Plant Patent No. 84), and there is general similarity in the tree, its productiveness, and the size, color, and quality of the (fruit; the distinguishing characteristic being a ripening period which is later by approximately two weeks.
the first picking of the fruit of the present variety of peach treebegins shortly after the last picking of the Rio Oso Gem; thus desirably extending the market season for the fruit of the type described.
the peach tree herein claimedwas discovered by me as a sport limb on a mature Rio Oso Gem peach tree in my orchard located near Porterville, California; such sport limb having first been noticed because the fruit was not ripe and did not ripen until after the last picking of the fruit on other limbs of such tree.
Fig. 1is an elevation of one of the fruit, together with twigs and leaves.
Fig. 2is a sectional elevation of one of the fruit, with the stone exposed.
peach treeis-as aforesaidgenerally similar to the Rio Oso Gem in tree and fruit characteristics, and the following outline description of the leaves, flowers, and fruit will serve for the purpose of more precise identification:
Flower budsU-usually two per znode, lateral to the foliage buds. Round conic; medium size; usually distinctly larger than the foliage buds; appressed. Color same as foliage buds.
FlavorfwSubacidmild; moderately sweet; very goo C0lor.Yellow (9-L-4 shading to 9-L-6), mottled and streaked with red (3-K-5) outwardly from th; stone cavity.
a new'and distinct variety of peach treeas illustrated and described, which bears large freestone fruit having yellow flesh mottled and streaked with red outwardly from the stone, and yellow skin blushed with red, characterizedin comparison with the Rio Oso Gem-by general similarity of tree and fruit, but having a ripening period approximately two weeks later; such fruit having a first picking subsequent to the last picking of saidRio Oso Gern.
