AUTUMN BRIGHT

AUTUMN BRIGHT

Nectarine tree named ‘AUTUMN BRIGHT’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2026.

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 PP18751, the photograph of AUTUMN BRIGHT printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18751, 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

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica, broadly characterized by a medium size, moderately vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in mid September, with first picking on Sep. 12, 2006. The fruit is uniformly large in size, acidic and sweet in flavor, globose to slightly oblong in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, and mostly red in skin color.

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1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to its parent, ‘September Bright’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,475) nectarine, by producing nectarines that are firm in texture, clingstone in type, yellow in flesh color, and mostly red in skin color, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that matures about seven days later.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18751 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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