Pearlicious V

Pearlicious V

Nectarine tree named ‘Pearlicious V’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 26, 2027.

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 PP19917, the photograph of Pearlicious V printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19917, 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 small size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms during the mid season and requires about 525 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in late June, with first picking on Jun. 18, 2007. The fruit is medium to large in size, a delicious balance of nectarine flavor with very high sugar, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm and melting 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 similar to ‘Spring Pearl’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 16,034) nectarine by producing nectarines that are firm, mostly red in skin color, white in flesh color, globose in shape, and clingstone in type, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that matures about one week later and that has a blend of traditional nectarine flavor with very high sugar, rather than mildly sub-acidic in taste.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19917 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

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