Nectarine tree named ‘Summer Sugarine’

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica, broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety has a small non-showy blossom and blooms during the mid season, with a chilling requirement of about 550 hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in mid to late July, with first picking on Jul. 21, 2018. The fruit is uniform, very large in size, sub-acidic and sweet in flavor, globose to oblong in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, red to orange in skin color, and has a bitter tasting kernel.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Candysweet XII’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,580) nectarine by having a large size tree, by having globose leaf glands, by being self-fertile, by having a bitter kernel, by having a similar chilling requirement, and by producing nectarines that are mostly red in skin color, yellow in flesh color, clingstone in type, firm in texture, globose to slightly oblong in shape, and sweet in flavor, but is distinguished therefrom by having a small non-showy instead of large showy blossom and by producing nectarines that are larger in size and that mature about twenty-six days later.