NECTARINE TREEFiled Nov. 15, 1967 INVENTOR Frederic W. Anderson BY Mela 5m awbham ATTORN EYS United States Patent 2,894 NECTARINE TREE Frederic W. Anderson, Merced, Califi, assignor to Reedley Nursery, Inc., Reedley, 'Califl, a corporation of California Filed Nov. 13, 1967, Ser. No. 682,688 Int. Cl. A01h 5/08 US. Cl.
Plt--41 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA large to medium size, vigorous nectarine tree which is a regular and prodctive I bearer of large, uniform, globose fruit of clingstone type; the fruit having yellow flesh, and yellow skin partially overspread With red.
nectarine treewas originated by me, at my experimental nursely and orchard located as foresaid, as a cross between the Late Le Grand nectarine (United States Plant Patent No. 1,035) and an unnamed seedling of the Gold King nectarine (United States Plant Patent No. 1,424).
the herein claimed variety of nectarine trewwhich is of large to medium size, vigorous, and spreading in growth-is a regular and productive bearer of large, uniform, globose fruit having a cling stone, yellow fiesh, and yellow skin partially overspread with red; the variety being particularly characterized by a ripening period of the fruit which is slightly later than the Regal Grand (United States Plant Patent No. 1,751) and the Gold King, and in general somewhat resembles the latter.
the herein claimed variety of nectarine treeis further characterized, in comparison to the Regal Grand and Gold King, by fruit which has better shipping qualities and longer shelf life; the fruit lacking the red suture line (which undesirably colors and ripens, and hence softens, before the remainder of the fruit) which is present in the Gold King.
the drawingis an illustration, by photographic repro- Plant Pat. 2,894 Patented June 10, 1969 "ice duction in color, of a twig with leaves, and detached f-r-uit; one fruit being cut in half to expose the flesh, and with the stone remaining in one cut half.
Suture-Distinct to shallowextends from base to apex with slight depression beyond pistil point.
Type-ClingSize.Medium. Average length-1 /s”. breath-l”. Average thickness Farm.-Globose to oblong.
the nectarine 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, and wherein in 1967 all fruit ripened over two weeks later than normal.
a new and distinct variety of nectarine treesubstantially as illustrated and described, which is of large to medium size, vigorous and spreading in growth, and a regular and productive bearer of large, uniform, globose fruit having a clingstone, yellow flesh, and yellow skin partially overspread with red; the variety being particularly characterized, in comparison to the Regal Grand and Gold King, by a slightly later ripening period of the fruit which in general somewhat resembles said Gold King, by better shipping qualities and longer shelf life, and by an absence of the red suture line, of the Gold King, which colors and ripens before the remainder of the fruit.
