June Sweet

June Sweet

Nectarine tree named ‘June Sweet’

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 PP18752, the photograph of June Sweet printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18752, 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 nectarine tree, Prunus persica, and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in mid June, with first picking on Jun. 21, 2006. The fruit is uniformly large in size, sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, globose to somewhat oblong in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, and full 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, ‘Kay Sweet’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,884) nectarine, by producing nectarines that are very firm in texture, clingstone in type, sub-acidic in flavor, yellow in flesh color, and full red in skin color, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that is larger in size, that is sweeter in flavor, and that matures about eighteen days later.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18752 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract