ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA peach tree which is large in size, hardy and vigorous in growth, spreading and round-topped in form, and a regular and productive bearer of large, late ripening freestone fruit having yellow flesh, and yellow skin substantially overspread with red at maturity.
the present new and distinct variety of peach treeis large in size, hardy and vigorous in growth, spreading and round-topped in form, and a regular and productive bearer of large freestone fruit having yellow flesh, and yellow skin substantially overspread with red at maturity; such fruit having firm flesh, and a late ripening period.
a normal yearthe fruit ripens, for harvest, about September 7th; this ripening period being a few days before the Kirkman Gem (United States Plant Patent No. 506).
the drawingis an illustration, by photographic reproduction in color, of a twig with leaves and a fruit remaining attached; other fruit being shown detached, and one such detached fruit being cut in half to expose the flesh, and with the stone remaining in one out half.
Colon-Yellow (9-L-5)overspread to substantial extent with red (6-L-6) at maturity; the red being partly mottled and streaked.
the peach 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 peach treesubstantially as illustrated and described, which is large in size, hardy and vigorous in growth, spreading and roundtopped in form, and a regular and productive bearer of large, late ripening freestone fruit having yellow flesh, and yellow skin substantially overspread with red at maturity; the variety being particularly characterized by the late ripening fruit whose flesh is firm, and which fruit ripens shortly before the Kirkman Gem peach.
