the present variety of nectarine treewhich is of me dium size and vigorous growth, is a regular and productive bearer of large, globose, late ripening clingstone fruit having yellow flesh, and yellow skin substantially overspread with red at maturity; the instant variety being generally similar to the September Grand nectarine (United States Plant Patent No. 1,755) and ripens at approximately the same time, but in comparison the fruit is more attractive in appearance and much less susceptible to growth cracks and decay.
the drawingis an illustration, by photographic reproduction in color, of a twig with leaves, and detached fruit; one fruit being cut in half to expose the flesh, and with the stone remaining in one cut half.
Type-Clingadheres to flesh over entire surface.
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 nectal'ine treesubstantially as illustrated and described, which is of medium size, vigorous growth, and a regular and productive bearer of large, globose, late ripening clingstone fruit having yellow flesh, and yellow skin substantially overspread with red at maturity; the variety being characterized by general resemblance to the September Grand nectarine and bearing fruit ripening at approximately the same time but in comparison such fruit is more attractive in appearance and much less susceptible to growth cracks and decay.
