Nectarine tree named ‘Candysweet XIV’

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 has a large 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 late July, with first picking on Jul. 21, 2021. The fruit is uniform, large in size, sub-acidic and very sweet in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, red to orange with considerable freckling in skin color, and has a bitter tasting kernel.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree named ‘Candysweet XIV’, substantially as illustrated and described, that is most similar to ‘Giant Bright’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,927) nectarine by having a medium size tree, by having reniform leaf glands, by being self-fertile, and by producing nectarines that are mostly red in skin color, that are yellow in flesh color, that are large in size, that are clingstone in type, that are firm in texture, and that mature in late July, but is distinguished therefrom by blooming about ten days earlier, by requiring less chilling hours, by having a large instead of small blossom and by producing nectarines that have a stronger amount of skin freckling, that have more red bleeding in the flesh, that are sub-acidic instead of acidic in flavor, that are much sweeter, that ripen about four days later, and that have a bitter instead of sweet kernel.