Nectarine tree named ‘Sugarred III’

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica, broadly characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms during the mid season and requires about 600 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early July, with first picking Jul. 6, 2007. The fruit is uniformly large in size, acidic and sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm and melting in texture, mostly red in skin color, and nearly full red in flesh color.

1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is similar to its seed parent, ‘Spring Bright’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,507) nectarine, by producing nectarines that are firm, mostly red in skin color, clingstone in type, and acidic in flavor, but is distinguished therefrom by producing fruit that is nearly full red instead of yellow in flesh color, that is larger in size, and that matures about twenty days later.