Peach tree `Snow Jewel`
OwnerChris Floyd Zaiger, Leith Marie Gardner +2inventors
InventorsChris Floyd Zaiger, Leith Marie Gardner, Gary Neil Zaiger, Grant Gene Zaiger
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Abstract
A new and distinct variety of peach, Prunus persica, tree with the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular production of large, white flesh, clingstone fruit. 2. Fruit with a mild, sweet, subacid flavor with excellent eating quality. 3. Fruit with firm white flesh, good handling and shipping qualities. 4. An attractive fruit with a white ground color nearly overspread with a red blush. 5. Large tree size with vigorous, upright growth. 6. Relatively uniform ripening of fruit throughout the tree.
Claims1
A new and distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth and being a productive and regular bearer of large white flesh fruit with excellent flavor and eating quality;
- the fruit is further characterized by having a high degree of attractive red skin color, having firm flesh with good handling and shipping quality and, in comparison to White Lady Peach (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,821), the new variety is aproximately 18 days earlier in maturity.
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