DWARF PEACH TREE fi i'T' M Frederic W. Anderson, Merced, Calif., assignor to L. E. Cooke (30., Visalia, Calif. Filed Sept. 16, 1974, Ser. No. 506,752 5 LeavesInt. Cl. A0111 5/03 Size.-Large. Average length 9%". Average US. Cl. Plt.--43 1 Claim width-1 F0rm.-Lanceolate. Acutely pointed.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE T iCA genetically dwarf peach tree of medium size, vig- 10 Maligm'creliate' orous, spreading, foliated with large lanceolate leaves Pet'0le Med1um1ength having a crenate margin, and productive of uniform, GlmidsTAverage number and posmomTusuany 2 medium size, symmetrical, lobose, freestone fruit having 512 325 3 2 or 3 on blade Alternate Medlum yi iislllciw skm partially overspread with red, and yellow C0l0r TOp Side Medium green (2.3 L 8) der SideLighter Green (22-L-7 Flower buds: BACKGROUND OF THE VARIETY SiZe Large to medium Over a substantial number of years I have engaged Fl wass; in an extensive and continuing plant breeding program Blooming peri0d.-March 2-March 10, 1974.
the present variety of dwarf peach treewas originated Si U if Medium. Average diameter i ll by me in my experimental nursery and orchard, located Average transversely i suture l as aforesaid, as an open-pollinated seedling of the Em- 7 press dwarf peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,533); such seedling having been grown under condition of careful and continuing observation. When such seedling bore fruit, I recognized that it was a new and distinct variety,
the drawingis an illustration, by photographic reproh i X Q 1'i I 1- 7i 6"; Average duction in color, of a twig with leaves, and separate F Vefage thlc 16 fruit; one of the latter being cut into halves to expose f q the flesh, and with the stone remaining 1n one half. Tendency to splitPsfight.
the dwarf peach tree and its fruit herein described Size.-Medium.may vary in slight detail due to climatic and soil condi- Vig0r.Vigor0us. tions under which the variety may be grown; the present Growth-Spreading. description being of the variety as grown in the Central Pr0ducti0n.Productive. Valley of California.
a new and distinct variety of genetically dwarf peach treesubstantially as illustrated and described, which is of medium size, vigorous, spreading, foliated with large lanceolate leaves having a crenate margin, and productive of uniform, medium size, symmetrical, globose, freestone fruit having yellow skin partially overspread with red, and yellow flesh; the variety being particularly 4 ⁇ characterized, in comparison with the Empress dwarf peach tree (the seed parent), by fruit which ripens over a month earlier, is somewhat larger, and is of better eating quality.
