Nectarine tree `Prince Jim`

Abstract

The tree of this invention, `Prince Jim`, is large, vigorous, spreading, open, vase formed, and regularly productive. Fruit formed is early, large for the early season, attractive, has fruit with a nearly totally red overcolor, yellow flesh irregularly striated with red and is clingstone. Fruit flesh is unusually firm at ripeness allowing for fruit in an advanced state of maturity to be harvested, shipped, and marketed for the fresh fruit market. As a result, fruit from this tree is distinctly sweeter than that from other, similar trees of similar market timing.

Having thus described and illustrated my new nectarine tree, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, substantially as herein shown and described, with fruit of yellow flesh around the base in early stages of maturity, being cling stone type, with tree ripe fruit having an under color of deep orange and increasing to deeper red orange with increasing maturity, having a maturity period in the early part of the season with good eating quality, bearing fruit of much larger size than other varieties at this season and being much firmer than fruit of other varieties so it can be harvested at a very mature stage.