Andes Nec-5

Andes Nec-5

Nectarine tree named ‘Andes Nec-5’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 5, 2039.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP32853, the photograph of Andes Nec-5 printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32853, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree named ‘Andes Nec-5’ with high vigor, which produces a nectarine with a slow pulp softening rate during the last two weeks before a commercial harvest, the nectarine has a high postharvest life potential, the nectarine is round, symmetrical, it is white in flesh color and most of the nectarine surface is covered by 90 to 100% red blush, and the nectarine has a balanced acid/sweet flavor.

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Having this described and illustrated the new variety of nectarine tree, I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree with high vigor, substantially as illustrated and described, and which produces a nectarine which differs from its progenitor by a slow pulp softening rate during the last two weeks before a commercial harvest, the nectarine has a high postharvest life potential, the nectarine is round, symmetrical, it is white in flesh color and most of the nectarine surface is covered by 90 to 100% red blush, and the nectarine has a balanced acid/sweet flavor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32853 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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