US Plant Patent PP22758
Pearlicious I
Nectarine tree named ‘Pearlicious I’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 22, 2030.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 13, 2030. This patent earned 9 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.
The record
- Patent number
- PP22758
- Filed
- December 13, 2010
- Granted
- May 29, 2012
- Expires
- December 22, 2030
- Assignee
- BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN
- Inventor
- BRADFORD LOWELL GLEN
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica , broadly characterized by a medium size, moderately vigorous, half-hardy, self-fertile, very productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms early and requires about 350 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early June, with first picking on Jun. 4, 2010. The fruit is uniformly large in size for an early season variety, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm and melting in texture, white in flesh color, mostly red in skin color, and a tasty balance of sweet sub-acid and traditional nectarine flavors.
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1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘May Pearl’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,254) nectarine by producing nectarines that are white in flesh color, clingstone in type, firm in texture, and mostly sub-acidic in flavor, but is distinguished therefrom by requiring slightly less chilling hours, by having reniform instead of globose leaf glands, and by producing fruit that is larger in size, that is a fuller red in skin color, and that matures about ten days later.
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