the present inventionrelates to a peach tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety thereof broadly characterized by vigorous and regular bearing; moderate- 1y early bloom; and large, firm, fine-textured, yellowfleshed freestone peaches having a minimum of split pits.
the instant varietyblooms about the same time as the Elberta (unpatented) peach tree. Its fruit ripens at about the same time as the Rio Oso Gem peach tree of U.S. Plant Patent No. 84 and the Merricle L-l4 of U.S. Plant Patent No. 1,954, the latter of which the instant variety most closely resembles. In further comparison, its fruit retains the high color, good firmness and fine flesh texture of the Merricle L-l4 peach but is distinctivetherefrom by being larger in size and having fewer split pits.
the accompanying drawingis a water color painting of a characteristic twig of the subject peach tree bearing foliage and a mature fruit and additionally, showing a fruit of the subject variety divided on its suture plane to reveal flash coloration and pit characteristics.
Tree SizeLarge, vigorous, vase formed and moderately open by pruning, and regular bearer. Trunk: Medium slender, medium shaggy. Branches: Lenticels, medium in quantity, medium sized. Leaves (selected from midportion of vigorous unbranched terminal shoot):
FormVariable, globose to some slightly flattened in suture plane.
Stem.Short, length diameter /s" to SkinMedium thick, medium tough, tenacious to flesh.
Tlzickness.% to 1average F0rm.-Ovate with pronounced tip.
Ventral edge-Thickwithout wing.
a new and distinct variety of peach treesubstantially as illustrated and described and which is characterized by its vigorous growth; its moderately early blooming at about the same time as the Elberta (unpatented) peach tree; and its regular and heavy bearing of large, freestone, yellow-fleshed fruit of firm, fine texture which ripens approximately at the same time as fruit of the Rio Oso Gem peach tree of US.
Plant Patent No. 1,954which it most nearly resembles but from which it is distinguished in its greater vigor and productivity and in its bearing of larger, finer fruit having pits with a greater resistance to splitting.
