Pepino plant, Cascade Gold

Abstract

The invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Solanum muricatum which has been designated the "Cascade Gold" pepino. The subject variety was genetically mutated from plants which originated in La Serena, Chile. This fruit resembles other varieties of pepinos, but is superior to them in respect to having a very sweet flavor with no typical pepino aftertaste, and its ability to set and bear fruit in abundance in Lynden, Wash.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Solanum muricatum (pepino) substantially as illustrated and described, broadly characterized as to novelty by its ability to set abundant amounts of fruits which begin ripening in early September under the ecological conditions prevailing at Lynden, Wash., and by its producing a fruit which is very sweet and lacks the typical astringent aftertaste of its species.