US Plant Patent PP12008
Honey Royale
Nectarine tree named ‘Honey Royale’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 10, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
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
- PP12008
- Filed
- January 10, 2000
- Granted
- July 24, 2001
- Expires
- January 10, 2020
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree ( Prunus persica var. nucipersica ), which has the following unique combination of desirable features, that are outstanding in a new variety. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on Nemaguard Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Hanford sandy loam soil, with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., and with standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 3. Fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor with excellent eating quality. 4. Fruit having firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 5. Produces relatively uniform large, yellow flesh, freestone fruit throughout the tree. 6. Fruit holding firm on the tree for 2 weeks after maturity (shipping ripe). 7. Vigorous, upright growth.
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We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, which is of large size, vigorous upright growth and a regular bearer of large, yellow flesh fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor with excellent eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by having firm flesh with good storage and shipping quality, holding firm on the tree for two weeks after maturity (shipping ripe) and, in comparison to Honey Kist Nectarine (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,333), which has a similar mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor, the fruit of the new variety is larger in size and is approximately 25 days later in maturity.
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