Plants – Fruit – Stone fruit tree
Plant Patent
2000-06-16
2002-10-08
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Fruit
Stone fruit tree
Plant Patent
active
PP013053
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW VARIETY
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of apricot tree which will hereupon be denominated varietally as ‘Rosy Bell’ apricot tree and more particularly to an apricot tree which produces fruit which are mature for commercial harvesting and shipment May 17-21 in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. This new variety is an open pollinated seedling from one of its possible parents—‘Early Perfection’ (unpatented), ‘Tilton’ (unpatented), ‘Patterson’ (unpatented), and other unnamed varieties. This new variety produces a medium size, semi-freestone fruit with a golden yellow thick skin with a light red blush.
ORIGIN AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION OF THE NEW VARIETY
The present variety, an open pollinated seedling, has been budded and/or grafted in Nemaguard rootstock on exisiting older apricot tree (variety unknown) in
1994 in an apricot orchard of seven acres located at
5841 B. King Canyon Road, Fresno, Calif. The invention has been examined and confirmed that all of its distinctive characteristics have been maintained in a successful generation of asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE NEW VARIETY
The ‘Rosy Bell’ apricot tree is characterized by producing a medium size fruit with a golden yellow center and a light red blush over approximately 40% of the fruit, which is ripe for commercial harvest and shipment May 17-21 in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. This new and novel variety is an open pollinated seedling of unknown parentage—possibly ‘Early Perfection’ (unpatented), ‘Tilton’ (unpatented), ‘Patterson’ (unpatented), and other unnamed varieties, from which it is distingushed by early maturity, uniform fruit production, distribution, size and shape.
REFERENCES:
patent: PP3345 (1973-05-01), Garabedian
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database, 2001/02, GTI JOUVE Retrieval Software, citations for ‘Rosy Bell’.
Garabedian John M.
Stewart Malcolm H.
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
McCormick Susan B.
Stewart Malcolm H.
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