NECTARINE TREEFiled Aug. 17, 1959 w i T N E s s a, N v E N T 0 K fii 'edl'ic 67/. flnaezzs'on ATTYS.
nectarine treeis quite similar to the Sun Grand (United States Plant Patent No. 974) in size, color, and eating and shipping qualities of the fruit, butin comparison-has reniform instead of globose glands on the leaves, and the fruit ripens approximately ten days later.
Such later ripening periodis of substantial commercial advantage, as it will extend the marketing season of the type of nectarine represented by the Sun Grand, and whichat present-is the most extensively grown freestone nectarine in California.
the herein claimed variety of nectarine treewas originated by me in my experimental orchard located near Merced, California, as an open-pollinated seedling of an unnamed seedling of the Sun Grand nectarine.
the parent treewas maintained by me under careful and continuing observation and when it reached maturity I recognized its distinct and'desirable characteristics and selected it for reproduction.
FIG. 1is an elevation showing one of the nectarines, together with a twig and leaves.
Fig. 2is a sectional elevation of one of the nectarines with the stone remaining in place.
TrunkSize.--Medium. T exture.--Medium.
Col0r.Yell0w(9L2 to 9-L-5), streaked with red (1-L-3) adjacent the stone.
the tree and its fruit here describedmay vary in slight detail due to climatic and soil conditions under which this 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 freestone fruit having yellow flesh streaked with red adjacent the stone, the skin being yellow, overspread and mottled to a substantial extent with red; the variety being similar to the Sun Grand in size, color, and eating and shipping qualities of the fruit, but-in comparison-has reniform instead of globose glands on the leaves, and the fruit ripens ten days later.
