Nectarine tree named ‘Pearlicious IV’

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, Prunus persica, broadly characterized by a small to medium size, moderately vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The variety blooms just before mid season and requires about 500 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in the last week of May, with first picking on May 23, 2021. The fruit is uniform, medium to large in size, globose to oblate in shape, semi-freestone in type, firm in texture, sub-acidic and very sweet in flavor, white in flesh color, almost full red 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 ‘Pearlicious I’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,758) nectarine by being self-fertile, by having a large blossom and by producing nectarines that are white in flesh color, that are almost full red in skin color, that are firm in texture, and that are sweet and sub-acidic in flavor, but is distinguished therefrom by blooming later, requiring more chilling hours, and having globose instead of reniform leaf glands and by producing nectarines that are slightly larger in size, that are semi-freestone instead of clingstone in type, that have a bitter instead of sweet kernel, and that mature about three days earlier.