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US Plant Patent PP34238

Candysweet XIII

Nectarine tree named ‘Candysweet XIII’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 17, 2041.

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 PP34238, the photograph of Candysweet XIII printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34238, 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.

The record

Patent number
PP34238
Filed
December 17, 2021
Granted
May 17, 2022
Expires
December 17, 2041
Assignee
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN, QUISENBERRY JON M
Inventor
BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN; QUISENBERRY JON M

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 variety has a small non-showy blossom and blooms during the late season, with a chilling requirement of about 650 hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in mid July, with first picking on Jul. 9, 2021. The fruit is uniform, large in size, sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, dark red with only light freckling in skin color, and has a bitter tasting kernel.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Grand Bright’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 16,494) nectarine by having reniform leaf glands, by being self-fertile, by having a similar chilling requirement, and by producing nectarines that are mostly red in skin color, yellow in flesh color, clingstone in type, firm in texture, and fairly globose in shape, but is distinguished therefrom by producing nectarines that are larger in size, that are sub-acidic instead of acidic in flavor, that are much sweeter, that have a bitter instead of sweet kernel, and that mature four days earlier.

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