Elmer C Nilsson

US Patent:

PP86932, Apr 19, 1994

Filed:

Nov 5, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/972287

Inventors:

Elmer Nilsson - Chico CA

International Classification:

A01H 500

US Classification:

Plt 381

Abstract:

A plum tree which is of medium to large size, open density, vigorous, upright to spreading-upright, foliated with medium size, obovate and linear, vigorous upright shoots having coarsely crenate margins, mostly globose and occasionally reniform glands which are very small in size, and the stipules are small and very thin with a small percentage remaining on the tree late into the season, blooms abundantly in mid-season with a medium size bud which is conical and quite plump in shape and remaining slightly cupped inwards even at full expansion, white medium flowers, and a regular productive bearer of medium to large, uniform, symmetrically formed, very late ripening clingstone fruit having deep mahogany to a lighter red apple color skin with a range of shades in between, and amber yellow to darker amber flesh, and red pigmentation is present under the skin surface and sometimes deeper. The fruit ripens substantially after the last commercial variety presently grown and has an unusually long harvest season with fruit remaining on the tree in good condition until early September.