US Patent Issued on Oct. 28 for "Nectarine tree named 'Mike's Fire'" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. PP37,064, issued on Oct. 28.

"Nectarine tree named 'Mike's Fire'" was invented by Lacey Marie Gardner (Modesto, Calif.) and Tracee Louise Bettencourt (Modesto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree (Prunus persica var. nucipersica). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on Nemaguard' Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, California, with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelt...