USPP418P - Peach tree - Google Patents

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Aug. 27, 1946. p SUNDAY Plant Pat. 418

PEACH TREE Filed NOV. 27, 1959 Patented Aug. 27, 1940 Plant Pat. 418

PEACH TREE GeorgaP. Sunday, Baroda, Mich, assignor to The Greening Nursery Company, Monroe,

Mich., a, corporation of Michigan Application November 27, 1939, Serial No. 306,372

1 Claim. This discovery appertains to anew and distinct variety of peach tree, originating as a chance seedling, and found by me to have definite, novel and important characteristics which distinguish it from other known varieties of the free-stone class in which this new variety also belongs.

My new variety of peach tree may be said to resemble the J. H. Hale more than it .does any other known variety, especially in respect to the large size of the fruit, its firm flesh, bright and attractive yellow and red coloring, with slight, if any, pubescence, excellence of quality and It is noticeably and definitely different from the J. H. Hale in that whereas Hale has some bitterness around the pit of the fruit, my new variety has no bitterness and is less red in color around the pit.

uniformly large peaches.

In habit of growth, my new variety of peach tree is superior to J. H. Hale, in that whereas J. H. Hale is semi-dwarf, spreading and not very hardy, my new variety is vigorous, large, hardy and upright to spreading.

The fruit of the present variety ripens about one week later than the J. H. Hale, grown under comparable conditions, and this characteristic, as Well as the other characteristics referred to above, have been tested and found to be fixed, and materially enhance the importance and value of the new variety from a commercial standpoint.

My new variety of peach differs from the variety known as Fertile Hale (Plant Patent No. 1'75) in essential characteristics of the fruit itself. That is to say, both ground color and cheek are brighter; the flesh is firmer; of finer texture and brighter in color; the skin is smoother, Fertile Hale having more fuzz; and the shape of the Fertile Hale averages rounder than the peaches of this new variety.

is obviously meant:

Tree: Large; vigorous; upright to spreading; open; vase formed; hardy; productive; regular bearer.

Trunk-Medium size; smooth.

Branches-Medium size; smooth; brown;

glossy.

LenticelsNumerous; medium to largein size.

Leaves Length 7 4 inches; width 1%, inches. Large; ovate; acuminateg acutely pointed; medium green; smooth. Margin-Coarsely serrate. PetioleMedium length; medium thickness. GlandsAverage number-three to five; alternate; medium size; mixed, some reniform, others ovate or round; green; positlonupper petiole and lower leaf. Stipules-None.

Flower budsI-Iardy; medium size; medium length; conic; plump; free; pubescent.

Fruit: Maturity when described-Eating ripe about September 9th.

Size-Large; diameter axial-2% inches; transverse in suture plane2% inches; at right angles to suture plane2% inches.

FormUniform; symmetrical; conical, to-

Ward apex.

Suture-Distinct line; has depression beyond pistil point.

Ventral surface-Rounded slightly.

Cavity-Elongated in suture plane with suture showing on both sides. Depth inch. Breadth% inch.

Base-Cuneate.

Apea:Rounded to truncate. Pistil pointapical.

StemLength inch. Medium size; slightly pubescent. Adherence to stonestrong.

Skin-Thick; tough; tenacious to flesh. Tendency to crack-none in wet or dry seasons. ColorTones of Old Rose, Plate XIII, and Coral Pink, Plate XIII, blending with Flesh Ochre, Plate XIV, and with darker check of deep Corinthian Red, Plate XXVII, and dark Indian Red; check color in fairly equal proportion to remainder of surface. DownScant or wanting; short.

FZeshColorBlending tones from Ochraceous Orange near skin through Ochraceous-buff and light Ochraceous-buif, Plate XV, at pit, Where lightest tone is flushed with Carrot Red, Plate XIV. Surface of pit cavity-tones ranging from Chestnut Brown, Plate XIV, Hazel, Plate XIV, Cinnamon-rufous, Plate 25V, Madder Brown, Plate XIII, and Van Dyke Red, Plate XIII. A m y g a d a l i n-Wanting. JuiceModerate, rich. Texture-Firm, fine, melting. Fibres Fine, tender. Ripens--Even. FlavorSubacid. Aroma -Distinct. Eating quality-Best.

thickness; medium 4 Stone-Free; retains short fibre-like threads along ridges. Size-Medium. Length-- 1' inches. vBreadth1% inches. Thickness inch. Form Generally oval, pointed toward the apex. Base-Oblique. Hilum-Oblong. SidesUnequal, curved on right. Surface -Irregu1arly furrowed near base, toward apex throughout; ridged near base throughout; pitted toward base throughout. Ridges-Rounded. Pits'Elongated. Ventral edge-Medium thick, withoutwing toward base throughout. Dorsal edge- Full with deep groove toward base, ridges on either side, interrupted. Color of stone Tones ranging through Chestnut Brown, Plate XIV, Hazel, Plate XIV, and Cinnamon-rufous, Plate XIV; Tendency to split None.

Apex-Acuminate.-

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

.-A new .anddistinct variety of peach tree char- 10 .acterizecl astonovelty by its similarity to the J. H. Hale in general details, but having a later 1 ripening period of its fruit, less bitterness and red color around the pit of, the fruit, greater abundance of large fruit of slightly elongated and 15 tapering form, more vigorous, greater hardiness, generally large and more upright habit-of growth,

and its self-fertilizing habit, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE P. SUNDAY. 20

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