NECTARINE TREEFiled Sept. 25. 1971 United States Patent O 3,325 NECTARINE TREE Frederick W. Anderson, Merced, Calif., assignor to Reedley Nursery, Inc., Reedley, Calif. Filed Sept. 23, 1971, Ser. No. 183,285 Int. Cl. A01h 5 03 U.S. Cl.
Plt.41 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA dwarf nectarine tree which is of medium size, vigorous, spreading, dense, foliated with large acutely pointed lanceolate leaves having a crenate margin and reniform glands, and a regular and very productive bearer of medium to small size, uniform, symmetrical, globose, clingstone fruitwhich ripens about a month before the freestone Golden Prolific (United States Plant Patent No. 2,193)having yellow skin substantially overspread with red, and firm, crisp, yellow flesh; the surface of the pit cavity being red, and the flesh having flecks of red therein.
the herein claimed new and distinct variety of nectarine treewas originated by me, in my experimental orchard located as aforesaid, as a selection from a block of open-pollinated seedlings which resulted from a planting of a large number of seeds of the Empress (United States Plant Patent No. 2,533) dwarf peach.
Such seedlingsofwhich about three-fourths were peaches and the remainder nectarines--were maintained under careful and continuing observation, and-when they bore fruitone of the seedling nectarines (and which is the present variety) evidenced commercially desirable characteristics. I, therefore, undertook asexural reproduction of such variety preparatory to introducing it to the trade.
the herein claimed new and distinct, dwarf variety of nectarine treeis of medium size, vigorous, spreading, dense, foliated with large acutely pointed lanolate leaves having a crenate margin and reniform glands, and a regular and very productive bearer of medium to small size, uniform, symmetrical, globose, clingstone fruit having yellow skin substantially overspread with red, and firm, crisp, yellow flesh; the surface of the pit cavity being red, and the flesh having flecks of red therein.
the fruit of the present varietywhich ripens about a month before the freestone Golden Prolific-is, by virtue of its firm flesh, of better long distance shipping quality, and which firmness also assures of an excellent shelf life.
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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.
