Majestic Sweet

Majestic Sweet

Nectarine tree named ‘Majestic 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 PP18714, the photograph of Majestic Sweet printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18714, 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 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 fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in mid to late August, with first picking on Aug. 19, 2006. The fruit is uniformly large in size, sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, and red to orange 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 ‘Sweet August’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,474) nectarine by producing nectarines that are firm in texture, clingstone in type, yellow in flesh color, mostly red in skin color, and sub-acid in flavor, but is distinguished therefrom by being eglandular rather than having globose leaf glands and by producing fruit that is somewhat larger in size, that matures about seven days later, and that is not as susceptible to corking in the flesh.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18714 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract