Sierra Pearl

Sierra Pearl

Nectarine tree named ‘Sierra Pearl’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 31, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 16, 2033. This patent earned 105 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25848, the photograph of Sierra Pearl printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25848, 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 variety blooms during the mid season and requires about 550 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in late July, with first picking on Jul. 26, 2013. The fruit is medium in size, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, white in flesh color, mostly red in skin color, and a tasty blend of acid and high sugar.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘August Pearl’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,926) nectarine by being self-fruitful, by having globose leaf glands, and by producing nectarines that are similar in size, firm in texture, mostly red in skin color, white in flesh color, globose in shape, clingstone in type and excellent in flavor, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that matures about one week earlier and that has a bitter kernel instead of sweet.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25848 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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