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US Plant Patent PP34237

Giant Sugarine

Nectarine tree named ‘Giant Sugarine’

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 PP34237, the photograph of Giant Sugarine printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34237, 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
PP34237
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, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety has a small non-showy blossom and blooms during the early season, with a chilling requirement of about 400 hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early June, with first picking on Jun. 8, 2021. The fruit is uniform, large in size for an early season variety, sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, fairly globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, and full red in skin color.

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 ‘June Sweet’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,752) nectarine by being self-fertile, by having reniform leaf glands, by having a bitter kernel and by producing nectarines that are yellow in flesh color, clingstone in type, firm in texture, fairly globose in shape, and sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, but is distinguished therefrom by blooming earlier, by requiring less chilling hours, by having a small non-showy instead of large showy blossom and by producing nectarines that are larger in size, darker red in skin color, and that mature about six days earlier.

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