USO0PP19842P3
(12) United States Plant Patent
(10) Patent N0.:
Rullo
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(45) Date of Patent:
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PLUM>
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Latin Name: Prunus salicinaxPrunum avium Varietal Denomination: Nadia
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Mar. 24, 2009
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References Cited
(75) Inventor: Joseph Rullo, Shepparton (AU)
PUBLICATIONS
(73) Assignee: Cherry Royale Pty Ltd, Bathurst, New (*)
Notice:
UPOV ROM GTITM Computer Database, GTI Jouve
South Wales (AU)
Retrieval Software 2008/02 Citation for ‘Nadia’.*
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35
* Cited by examiner
U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
Primary ExamineriWendy C. Haas (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiStratton Ballew PLLC
(22) Filed’
Aug‘ 7’ 2007
A plum>
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Prior Publication Data
new selection is the result of a controlled cross of ‘Black
Amber’ plum and ‘Supreme’ cherry, and is notable for its US 2009/0044301 Pl Feb. 12, 2009
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Int. Cl. A01H 5/00
Sweet’ red fmit
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Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Prunus salicinaxPrunus avium.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY
Variety denomination: ‘Nadia’. The following is a detailed botanical description of the new plum>
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY
Shepparton, Victoria, New South Wales, Australia, and fur
‘Nadia’ is a new interspeci?c hybrid resulting from a con
trolled cross of ‘Black Amber’ plum (not patented) and
‘Supreme’ cherry (not patented). The inventor hand polli
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ther based on observations of 2 year old trees made during the 2006/2007 growing season at Manjimup, Western Aus
Wales, Australia, with pollen from ‘Supreme’ cherry. After
tralia It should be understood that the botanical and analyti cal characteristics described will vary somewhat depending upon cultural practices and climatic conditions, and can vary
pollination, the limb was bagged to prevent further pollina
with location and season. Quanti?ed measurements are
nated a limb of a ‘Black Amber’ plum tree located in his
commercial orchard at Shepparton, Victoria, New South tion. Two hundred seeds were collected from fruit set on the
expressed as an average of measurements taken from a num
selected branch, and planted in pots for observation. Of the two hundred seeds planted, only 5 produced seedlings. The
ber of individual plants of the new variety. The measure ments of any individual plant, or any group of plants, of the new variety may vary from the stated average.
?ve seedlings were grown on until large enough to harvest budwood for further propagations. The budwood was top worked by grafting onto 20 plum rootstock trees for evalua
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tion. It was from these topworked trees that ‘Nadia’ was
Tree: Size.i3 to 4 m high; 2 m wide.
selected. Since the initial selection, four generations of
I/igoriMedium to strong; 75 cm per year.
asexual propagation have been carried out. It has been observed that the traits identi?ed in the original selection have been carried forward and remain stable and true to type
HabitiSemi-upright. Canopy density. iDense. 25
in the asexually propagated trees of ‘Nadia’.
BranchingiStrong. TrunkiDiameter 3 cm at 30 cm above soil level; bark
texture smooth; bark color greyed orange 172A. Len BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
ticels i length 3 to 5 mm, greyed orange 164B, density 6 to 8 per cm2 Production i more than 30
FIG. 1 shows the fruit of ‘Nadia’ with reference to a stan
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dard cherry sizing card;
AttitudeiErect to semi-erect.
FIG. 2 shows whole and sectioned fruit of ‘Nadia’; FIG. 3 shows the fruit and leaves of ‘Nadia’; and FIG. 4 shows a tree of the ‘Nadia’ variety.
tonnes/hectare. One year old shoot:
Number of lenticels.iMedium. 35
Position of bud in relation to shootiSlightly held out.
Anthocyanin coloration of tip of young shooti Medium.
US PP19,842 P3 4 Branch: SizeiRepresentative branch 1.5 cm diameter at 50 cm
above the ground Crotch angle of bearing branches.40 to 90° from ver tical. TextureiSmooth. ColoriFirst year Wood greyed orange 174A; second year Wood greyed orange 177A.
LenticelsiLength 1 mm, greyed orange 164B, density 3 to 4 per cm2. Leaf: Measurements are from mature leaves attached at mid
point of actively groWing upright shoots of current sea son’s groWth. LengthiMedium to long, 9 cm. WidthiMedium, 5 cm.
Ratio length to widthiMedium to large.
ShapeiElliptic. Shape of tipiPointed. MarginiCrenate. AttitudeiHoriZontal to doWnWards.
ColoriUpper side i light green 141A, glossy. ColoriLoWer side i light green 143A.
MidveiniWidth 0.5 mm; upper surface green 136A; loWer surface green 136A.
Pubescence of lower surfaceiWeak. PetioleiShort to medium, length 1 cm, Width 4 mm; green 140B.
Position of maximum diameteriToWard stalk end.
SymmetryiSymmetric. Depth ofsuture.i2 mm. CavityiVery shalloW, 5 mm; diameter 10 mm shoul der to shoulder.
Color of skiniDark red to purple 59A.
Thickness ofskiniMedium. Tendency to crackiNone. Size of lenticels on skiniVery small. Number of lenticels on skiniVery feW.
Color ofjuiceiRed. Color of?eshiDark red 57B.
Texture of?esh. iMelting. FirmnessiFirm to very ?rm.
AcidityiVery loW. SweetnessiHigh to very high, 20424o Brix.
JuicinessiStrong. Length of stalkiMedium, 2 cm. Abcission layer between stalk andfruitiPresent. Thickness of stalkiMedium, 2 mm. Stalk coloriGreen 140B.
Adherence of stone to ?eshiSemi-adherent. Fruit keeping qualityiExcellent, 7 to 10 days at room
temperature. Fruit shipping quality. iEXcellent.
Time of fruit maturityiMedium, eating ripe early January at Shepparton, Victoria, Australia (2005/ 2006 groWing season). First picking 5 January, last picking 10 January.
NectariesiPresent, orange yelloW. FloWer: Buds. 8410 per spur, length 5 mm, Width 2 mm; pedicel length 1 cm.
Diameter of corolla. iMedium to large. Petal shapeiBroad elliptic to obovate. Petal size. iMedium.
Relative position ofpetal marginsiFree. Undulation ofmarginiWeak.
Sepal shape. iElliptic. Bloom timeiFirst bloom 25 July, full bloom 8 August at Manjimup, Western Australia. Fruit: Size. iDiameter 42 to 48 mm, large to very large as compared to ‘Cherry Supreme’ cherry, small as com
pared to ‘Black Amber’ plum; Weight 60 g.
ShapeiCordate. Shape ofpistil endiPointed. Depth of stalk cavityiVery shalloW.
Stone:
SizeiVery small, length 1 cm, Width 1 cm.
Shape in pro?leiRound to round-elliptical. Shape in ventral view.4Globular. Shape in basal viewiRound.
SymmetryiSymmetric. Position of maximum widthiAt center. Size relative to fruitiVery small.
Color4Greyed yelloW 162D. Texture of lateral surfacesiFine grained. Margins of dorsal grooveiBroken. Sharpness of edgesiVery Weak. Width of ventral ZoneiMedium. Width of stalk end. iMedium. It is claimed:
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