Nectarine tree `Fire Sweet`

Abstract

The present invention relates to a nectarine, Prunus persica tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described approximately the last week in July, with first picking on Jul. 24, 1995. The fruit is uniformly large in size, subacidic in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, very firm in texture, and nearly full red in skin color. The variety was a first generation cross using Summer Fire (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,506) yellow flesh nectarine as the selected seed parent and an unnamed white flesh nectarine seedling as the selected pollen parent, which was previously developed by crossing August Red (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,363) nectarine by Bradcrim (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,461) nectarine.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, which is most similar to its seed parent, the Summer Fire (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,506), by producing yellow flesh clingstone nectarines that are nearly full red in skin color and very firm in texture, but is distinguished therefrom and an improvement thereon by producing fruit that is subacidic rather than acidic in flavor, that ripens about 6 days later, that is more globose in shape, and that has a bitter kernel instead of sweet.