Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.

United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.

University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated

Flordia Foundation Seed Producers

Jose X Chaparro

Wayne B Sherman

Thomas G Beckman

Patrick J Conner

Gerard W Krewer

Wayne B Shermain

A new and distinct cultivar of peach tree plant named 'UFRuby'. This new cultivar has a moderate winter chilling requirement estimated at 200 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-spreading in growth habit. It bears showy, pink flowers, and leaves have reniform glands. Trees of 'UFRuby' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are of medium size (approximately 118 g) for its ripening season. Fruit are clingstone, uniformly firm with non-melting white and smooth-textured flesh. Fruit are nearly round, and uniform with a substantially symmetrical shape, have an attractive 60%-70% red skin, ripen evenly, and are of high eating quality. The fruit of 'UFRuby' usually ripen in late April in Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'UFRuby'

A new and distinct cultivar of peach tree plant named 'UFSol'. This new cultivar has a low winter chilling requirement estimated at 200 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-spreading in growth habit. It bears showy, light pink flowers, and leaves have reniform glands. Trees of 'UFSol' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are of large size for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm and yellow with non-melting, clingstone flesh. Fruit are nearly slightly oval, and uniform with a substantially symmetrical shape, have an attractive golden yellow skin. The fruit of 'UFSol' ripen in approximately the third week in April in Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'UFSol'

A new and distinct variety of hybridtree, denominated 'UFGlow', bears fruit that ripen in mid October in north central Florida. The tree is evergreen, of medium size, and has a moderately vigorous and semi-spreading growth habit. Trees are self-fertile and bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that ripen in the second half of October in Gainesville, Fla. Fruit are firm, juicy, sweet tasting, easy peeling, and seedless. Fruit are oblate with a slightly depressed stem end.

Mandarin tree named 'UFGlow'

A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated 'GulfAtlas', has a winter chilling requirement estimated at approximately 400 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-spreading in growth habit. It bears showy, pink flowers, and leaves with reniform glands. Trees of 'GulfAtlas' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops. Fruit are uniformly firm and have yellow, non-melting flesh. Fruit are nearly round, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive approximately 75% red skin. The fruit of 'GulfAtlas' typically ripen about 3 weeks after &#x2018;Gulfcrimson&#x2019; in midJune at Attapulgus, Ga.

Peach tree named 'GulfAtlas'

'UFGem' is a new and distinct variety of peach tree that has an estimated winter chilling requirement of 175 chill units. The tree is of large size and is highly vigorous with a semi-upright growth habit. Flowers are showy and pink and leaf glands are small and reniform. Trees are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early-season fruit, which are large for its ripening season. Fruit are firm, yellow, and non-melting, clingstone flesh. Fruit are uniform, substantially symmetrical in shape, attractive, and have a bright red skin over nearly 100% of the deep yellow ground color. The fruit usually ripens 5 to 7 days after 'UFSun' in early May in Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'UFGem'

A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated 'Gulfsnow', has a winter chilling requirement estimated at 400 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-upright in growth habit. It bears showy, pink flowers, and leaves with globose glands. Trees of 'Gulfsnow' are self-fertile and regularly bear annual crops of early season fruit that are large size (185 g) for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm with non-melting white flesh. Fruit are nearly round, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 50 to 60% red skin. The fruit of 'Gulfsnow' usually ripen 10 days after &#x2018;Gulfcrimson&#x2019; peach in early June at Attapulgus, Ga.

Peach tree named 'Gulfsnow'

'UFBest' is a new and distinct variety of peach tree which has a winter chilling requirement slightly less than 100 chill units. The tree is of large size and is highly vigorous with a semi-spreading growth habit. Flowers are showy and pink and leaf glands are small and reniform in shape. Trees are self fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit which are large for its ripening season. Fruit are firm, yellow, and non-melting, clingstone flesh. Fruit are uniform, substantially symmetrical shape, attractive, and have a bright red skin over nearly 100% of the deep yellow ground color. The fruit usually ripens 5 days before 'UFSun' in late April to early May at Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'UFBest'

A new and distinct peach rootstock 'MP-29', which is an interspecific hybrid rootstockspecies hybrid&#xd7;, which was developed for use as a clonal commercial rootstock under peach cultivars. It is distinguished by its resistance to peach tree short life/bacterial canker complex, Armillaria root rot, and to several species of root-knot nematodes.

Peach rootstock named MP-29

A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated 'UFSharp', has a low winter chilling requirement estimated at 325 chill units (cu). The tree is of medium size, has a moderate vigorous and upright growth habit. It has showy, pink flowers, and leaves with globose glands. Trees of 'UFSharp' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early, mid-season fruit that are large for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm and yellow with non-melting flesh which are clingstone. Fruit are oval, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 50 to 70% bright red skin. The fruit of 'UFSharp' ripens about 6 days after &#x2018;UF2000&#x2019; peach in late May at Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'UFSharp'

A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated 'UFGlo', characterized by a winter chilling requirement estimated at 400 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-spreading in growth habit. It bears showy, pink flowers, and leaves with reniform glands. Trees of 'UFGlo' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are medium size (125g) for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm with non-melting white flesh. Fruit are nearly round, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 70 to 80% red skin. The fruit of 'UFGlo' usually ripen 10 to 14 days before &#x2018;UFSharp&#x2019; peach in mid-May at Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'UFGlo'

A new and distinct variety of peach tree, denominated 'UF ONE', has a low winter chilling requirement estimated at 150 chill units (cu). The tree is of medium size, has a moderate vigorous and semi-spreading growth habit. It has showy, pink flowers, and leaves with globose glands. Trees of 'UF ONE' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are large for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm and yellow with non-melting, clingstone flesh. Fruit are slightly oval, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 40% bright red skin. The fruit of 'UF ONE' blooms about 3 days before and ripens about 8 days after &#x2018;UFBeauty&#x2019; peach after the first week in May at Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'UF ONE'

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, denominated 'UFRoyal', has a low winter chilling requirement estimated at 250 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size and moderately vigorous with a semi-spreading growth habit. It produces showy, pink flowers and small reniform leaf glands. Trees of 'UFRoyal' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are large for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm and yellow with non-melting flesh which are clingstone. Fruit are oval, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 90 to 100% bright red skin. The fruit of 'UFRoyal' ripen about 1 week before &#x2018;UFQueen&#x2019; nectarine in early May at Gainesville, Fla.

Nectarine tree named 'UFRoyal'

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, denominated 'Flordabest', has a low winter chilling requirement estimated at 250 chill units (cu). The tree is of medium size, has a moderate vigorous and semi-upright growth habit. It has non-showy, pink flowers, and leaves with reniform glands. Trees of 'Flordabest' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are large for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm and yellow with melting flesh which are semi-clingstone. Fruit are oval, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 90 to 100% bright red skin. The fruit of 'Flordabest' ripens about 7 to 10 days before &#x2018;TropicBeauty&#x2019; peach in early May at Gainesville, Fla.

Peach tree named 'Flordabest'

A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree, denominated 'Gulfcrimson', has a winter chilling requirement estimated at 400 chill units (cu). The tree is medium size, moderately vigorous, and semi-spreading in growth habit. It bears non-showy, pink flowers, and leaves with reniform glands. Trees of 'Gulfcrimson' are self-fertile and regularly bear heavy annual crops of early season fruit that are large for its ripening season. Fruit are uniformly firm and yellow with non-melting flesh. Fruit are nearly round, and uniform with substantially symmetrical shape, and have an attractive 80 to 100% red skin. The fruit of 'Gulfcrimson' usually ripen with &#x2018;June Gold&#x2019; peach in the last half of May at Attapulgus, Ga.

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Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Jose X Chaparro