USPP9173P - Apricot tree--Earli Sun cultivar - Google Patents
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- the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ apricot because of its early fruit maturity date has aided commercial growers, and currently represents one of major cultivars that is being grown to yield an early season apricot crop in California in spite of its recognized small fruit size and the marked tartness of the resulting fruit crop.
- the new apricot cultivar of the present invention was discovered during May of 1986 as a single bud sport or limb mutation of unknown causation that appeared on one of three main scaffolds of a four year-old tree of the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ cultivar located in an orchard of such variety situated on the northwest corner of Clarkson and Temperance Avenues near the City of Selma, County of Fresno, State of Calif. Had I not discovered and preserved the new cultivar of the present invention it would have been lost to centuries. Initially I was primarily attracted to the new variety because the distinctly larger fruit that it consistently exhibited.
- (c) exhibits a growth habit that is more vigorous than that of the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ cultivar.
- the fruit of the new variety has been found to average approximately 70 to 100 percent larger in the axial and transverse diameters than the fruit of the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety.
- the fruit of the new variety has been observed to mature approximately two days later than that of the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety.
- the fruit flesh of the new vareity is noticeably lesser in acidity and thereby lacks the tartness of the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety as is readily apparent by subjective organoleptic evaluation.
- the pattern of fruit reipening between the new variety and the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety tends to be different. More specifically, the fruit of the new variety begins to ripen near the pit and commonly requires a greater length of time for the entire flesh to ripen. This commonly is demonstrated by the longer time required for the development of the flesh color from pale greenish-yellow to orange throughout the entire flesh. Accordingly, the new variety can be harvested with more green skin coloration being present than the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety.
- the new variety In a side-by-side comparison planting, the new variety has been observed to yield heavy crops over a six year period, whereas the parent ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety has produced light crops in two of those years thereby suggesting that the new variety may crop more consistently than the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety.
- the growth habit of the new variety tends to be more vigorous than that of ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety. Also, the new variety tends to form larger leaves than the parent ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety. Additionally, in early Spring, the current season's vegetative growth of the new variety tends to be more orange-yellow in coloration than that of the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety. This difference in the coloration of the vegetative growth becomes indistinguishable as the season progresses.
- the new variety of the present invention has been asexually reproduced by budding onto Nemaguard peach rootstock beginning in lae May of 1986. During the following winter, the resulting trees were dug and were transplanted to a different orchard site near the intersection of Conejo and Fowler Avenues, south of the City of Selma, County of Fresno, State of California. The asexually reproduced trees were planted adjacent to comparable trees of the ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ variety that were also propagated onto the same Nemaguard peach rootstock.
- the new cultivar has been named the ⁇ Earli Sun ⁇ cultivar.
- FIG. 1 illustrates typical foliage and mature fruit of ⁇ Earli Sun ⁇ apricot of the present invention that was harvested on May 14, 1992 with some of the fruit being divided along the suture plane so as to reveal the flesh color and the freeness of the pit. The photograph was taken on May 22, 1992 following the cold storage of the fruit.
- FIG. 2 illustrates at the left five mature fruits of the parent ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ apricot that were harvested on May 14, 1992, and at the right five mature fruits of the new ⁇ Earli Sun ⁇ apricot that were harvested on May 17, 1992.
- the photograph was taken on May 22, 1992 following the cold storage of the fruits. Significant differences in fruit size, and the similarity in fruit coloration are apparent. The fruit coloration is velieved to be more accurately depicted in FIG. 1 than in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 3 illustrates at the left the more vigorous growth habit of a typical ⁇ Earli Sun ⁇ tree, when compared at the right to that of a typical ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ tree. The photograph was taken on Jun. 4, 1994.
- Width --Approximately 50 to 75 mm.
- Shape --Broadly ovate with acuminate leaf tip.
- Petiole.--Length Approximately 30 mm. Thickness: Approximately 1 to 2 mm.
- Size approximately 5 mm in length, and approximately 3 to 4 mm in width.
- Axial diameter --Approximately 50 to 54 mm.
- Transverse diameter at right angles to suture plane --Approximately 50 to 54 mm.
- Shape among fruits tends to be substantially uniform as illusrated in FIG. 2.
- Suture.--Distinct slightly depressed, approximately 82 to 94 mm in length, and commonly does not extend to the opposite side of the stem cavity or pistil tip.
- Aroma.--Mildly aromatic similar to ⁇ Castlebrite ⁇ .
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USPP10651P (en) * | 1996-10-16 | 1998-10-20 | Kovacevich; John J. | Apricot tree named `Louisa` |
USPP24933P2 (en) | 2012-05-16 | 2014-09-30 | The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary Of Agriculture | Apricot tree ‘Twocot’ |
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Ramming, D. W., et al., "`Castlebrite` Apricot" Hortscience 13(4):485. 1978. |
Ramming, D. W., et al., Castlebrite Apricot Hortscience 13(4):485. 1978. * |
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USPP10651P (en) * | 1996-10-16 | 1998-10-20 | Kovacevich; John J. | Apricot tree named `Louisa` |
USPP24933P2 (en) | 2012-05-16 | 2014-09-30 | The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary Of Agriculture | Apricot tree ‘Twocot’ |
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