the present inventionrelates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree which bears yellow-fieshed,"free-' stone fruit having yellow skin mottled with red; the variety being of the type embraced by group 111 of the classification by Caillavet and Souty, Monographie desPri ncipales Varits de Pchers, 1950 edition, page 46.
the varietywas originated by me in my experimental orchard located near Merced, California, and is a cross between the Late Le Grand nectarinc (United States Plant Patent No. 1,035) and the Star Grand nectarine (United States Plant Patent No. 1,327).
Fig. lis an elevation showing one of the nectarines
Fig. 2is a sectional elevation of one of the nectarines.
Suture.Distinctextends from base to apex, with slight depression beyond pistil point.
the tree and its fruit herein describedmay vary in slight detail due to climatic and soil conditions under which the variety may be grown; the present description being of the variety as grown in the Central Valley of California.
a new and distinct variety of nectarine treeas illustrated and described, which bears yellow-fleshed freestone fruit having yellow skin mottled with red; said variety-in comparison with the Sun Grand nectarine having leaves with reniform instead of globose glands, and bearing fruit which is larger, ripens approximately ten days earlier, and has less red exterior color.
