US Plant Patent PP12057
Red Roy
Nectarine tree named ‘Red Roy’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 7, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12057
- Filed
- February 7, 2000
- Granted
- August 14, 2001
- Expires
- February 7, 2020
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS FLOYD; GARDNER LEITH MARIE; ZAIGER GARY NEIL; ZAIGER GRANT GENE
Abstract
Our new and distinct variety of nectarine tree ( Prunus persica var. nucipersica ), its novelty consists of the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety. The features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Hanford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., and with standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices, such as, pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization: 1. Heavy and regular production of early maturing, large size fruit. 2. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 3. Fruit with firm flesh, good handling and shipping quality. 4. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 5. Having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 350 hours below 45° F. 6. Relatively uniform size fruit throughout the tree. 7. Vigorous upright growth.
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We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of large, early maturing, firm, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the tree is further characterized by having a low winter chilling requirement of approximately 350 hours, producing fruit with good storage and shipping quality and in comparison to the low chilling nectarine ‘May Glo’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,245), the tree is more upright in growth and the fruit is larger in size and
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