Peach tree named ‘Pearl Princess III’

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of peach tree, Prunus persica , broadly characterized by a small to medium size, moderately weak, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms during the early season and requires about 350 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early June, with first picking on Jun. 3, 2015. The fruit is uniform, large in size, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm and melting in texture, mostly red in skin color, white in flesh color, and sub-acid in flavor.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to its seed parent, ‘Pearl Princess V’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,919) peach, by having showy blossoms, by having reniform leaf glands, by being self-fertile, and by producing white flesh peaches that are mostly red in skin color, nearly globose in shape, and firm in texture, but is distinguished therefrom by having a smaller and less vigorous tree, by blooming earlier, by requiring less chilling hours, and by producing fruit that is clingstone instead of freestone in type, that is somewhat lower in acid, and that matures about seven days earlier.