US Plant Patent PP21724
Burnecttwentyfour
Nectarine tree named ‘Burnecttwentyfour’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 14, 2029.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP21724
- Filed
- December 14, 2009
- Granted
- February 22, 2011
- Expires
- December 14, 2029
- Assignee
- BURCHELL NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- SLAUGHTER JOHN K; GERDTS TIMOTHY J
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Nectarine tree ( Prunus persica sub species nucipersica ), denominated varietally as ‘Burnecttwentyfour’, and which produces an attractively colored firm-fleshed, sub-acid, clingstone nectarine, which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately May 27 to June 5 under ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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1. A new distinct variety of Nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, and which is characterized principally as to novelty by producing an attractively colored, firm-fleshed, sub-acid, clingstone nectarine which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately May 27 to June 5 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
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