Nectarine tree named ‘Pearlicious XV’

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 550 chilling hours. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in mid to late August, with first picking on Aug. 18, 2021. The fruit is uniform, large in size, sub-acidic and very sweet in flavor, globose with slight asymmetry in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, white in flesh color, dark red over greenish yellow background in skin color, and has a sweet tasting kernel.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree named ‘Pearlicious XV’, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Pearlicious XVI’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,828) nectarine by being self-fertile, by requiring a similar amount of chilling hours, by blooming in the mid season, by having globose leaf glands, and by producing nectarines that are white in flesh color, that are clingstone in type, that are firm in texture, that are sub-acidic in flavor, and that ripen in August, but is distinguished therefrom by producing nectarines that are slightly larger in size, that are a fuller and darker red in primary skin color, that harvest about five days later, and that have a sweet instead of bitter tasting kernel.