Snow Pearl

Snow Pearl

Nectarine tree named ‘Snow Pearl’

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 PP18696, the photograph of Snow Pearl printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18696, 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 fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in late August, with first picking on Aug. 24, 2006. The fruit is uniformly large in size, sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, white in flesh color, and almost full red with only slight freckling 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 its selected pollen parent, ‘Regal Pearl’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,695) nectarine, by producing nectarines that are nearly globose in shape, firm in texture, sub-acidic in flavor, and white in flesh color, but is distinguished therefrom by having a lower chilling requirement, by having globose instead of reniform leaf glands, by having a sweet instead of bitter kernel, and by producing nectarines that have much less skin freckling, that are somewhat larger in size, and that mature about one week later.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18696 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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