the herein claimed variety of nectarine treeis of large to medium size, vigorous and spreading in growth, and a regular and productive bearer of large, mid-season freestone fruit having yellow flesh fiecked with red, and yellow skin substantially overspread with red; the variety being particularly characterized by firm fruit of good shipping quality, by fruit having a ripening period approximately with the clingstone Le Grand (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 549) nectarine but providing at such time freestone fruit with melting flesh and hence of better eating quality, and by fruit which has smoother skin and more red exterior color.
the herein claimed variety of nectarine treeis further characterized, in comparison to the freestone Sun Grand (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 974) nectarine, by fruit having a ripening period two to three weeks later; the fruit otherwise being generally similar and on the average is as large or slightly larger.
the herein claimed variety of nectarine treeis one of a series originated by me in order to extend the shipping ice season of freestone nectarines beyond that of the Early Sun Grand (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,420) nectarine and the Sun Grand nectarine; these two varieties having heretofore been the leading freestone nectarines packed and shipped in California of recent years.
the drawingis an illustration, by photographic reproduction in color, of fruit and leaves of the variety; one fruit being cut in half to expose and show the flesh, and with the stone remaining in place in one of such halves.
the illustrated flesh coloris somewhat lighter than the actual flesh color designated hereinafter.
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.
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 freestone fruit having firm yellow flesh flecked with red, and yellow skin substantially overspread with red; the variety being particularly characterized, in comparison to the clingstone Le Grand nectarine, by approximately the same ripening period but providing at such time freestone fruit with melting flesh, and by fruit which has smoother skin and more red exterior color; and further characterized, in comparison to the freestone Sun Grand nectarine, by generally similar fruit of the same or slightly larger size but ripening two to three weeks later.
