Pearlicious III

Pearlicious III

Nectarine tree named ‘Pearlicious III’

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 PP18706, the photograph of Pearlicious III printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18706, 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 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. 14, 2006. The fruit is uniformly large in size, sub-acidic and very sweet in flavor, globose in shape, freestone in type, very firm in texture, white in flesh color, and mostly 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 ‘Diamond Pearl’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,242) nectarine, by producing nectarines that are nearly globose in shape, very firm in texture, white in flesh color, and nearly full red in skin color, but is distinguished therefrom by having globose instead of reniform glands, by having a sweet instead of bitter tasting kernel, and by producing nectarines that are freestone instead of clingstone in type.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18706 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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