USPP1830P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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May 1959 E. s. BOERNER Plant Pat. 1,830

' ROSE PLANT Filed Oct. 20, 1958 ROSE PLANT Eugene S. Boerner, Newark, N.Y., assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N.Y., a corporation of New York Application October 20, 1958, Serial No. 768,505 1 Claim. (Cl; 47-61) The present invention relates to 'a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the large-flowered polyantha class, which was originated by me by crossing the variety Independence (Plant Patent No. 1,036) with the variety Fashion (Plant Patent No. 7 8 9).-

The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose of the floribunda type corresponding to the parent varieties, but in which the plants are characterized by a freer blooming habit and more upright growth, as well as flowers of deeper color than those of Fashion. This objective was fully achieved, along with other desirable improvements, including the attainment of flowers which have more petals per bloom than those of Fashion.

The new variety is clearly differentiated from its parents as well as from all other varieties of which I am aware, as evidenced by the following unique combination of outstanding characteristics:

l) Foliage which closely resembles that of the variety Pinocchio (Plant Patent No. 484), which is one of the distant parents;

(2) Freedom of bloom; (3) Heavily flowered clusters; (4) Long stems of the cluster shoots;

(5) Individual buds and flowers closely resembling those of the variety Pinocchio; and

(6) A distinctive Begonia Rose, slightly overcast with Rose Doree, general color tonality of the flowers, which is different from any other fioribunda in this general color range.

tions.

The accompanying drawing shows typical specimens of the vegetative growth and flowers of my new variety in different stages of development and as depicted in color as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in a color illustration of this character.

The following is a detailed description of my new variety, with [color terminology in accordance with Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature:

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent.--Independence. Pollen parent.-Fashion.

Classification:

Botanic.Large-flowered polyantha. Commercial.-Floribunda.

Flower (Observations made from specimens grown in a greenhouse at Newark, New York, in the early afternoon during the latter part of March.) Blooming habit: Recurrentcontinuous.

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Size-Medium.

pear. Size.small. Aspect-smooth. Odor when rubbed-none. I Pea'luncla-Lengtlr medium. Aspect rough. Strength-erect; slender. Color-Light Cress 'Green, Plate 31., Opening-Opens up well; is not affected-by-adverse weather conditions.

Bloom:

Size.-Large. Average size when fully expandedfrom 3% inches to 4 inches.

Borne.ln irregular clusters.

Stems-Medium length; strong.

Form (when first open).Cupped. Permanenceflattens.

Petalage.-Double (full but open center). Number of petals under normal conditions-from 40 to 45.

Color.-Center of flower-Begonia Rose, Plate 1. Outer petalsRose Doree, Plate 1. Base of petals (aiglet)-Citron Yellow, Plate 16. Inside of petals-Begonia Rose, Plate 1, slightly overcast with Rose Doree, Plate 1. Reverse of petals-Spinel Pink, Plate 26.

General tonality froma distance.Begonia Rose,

Plate 1.

Discoloration.-General tonality at end of first day Rose Doree, Plate 1, with a slight overcast of Begonia Rose, Plate 1. General tonality at end of second day-Rose Doree, Plate 1, with a slight overcast of Begonia Rose, Plate 1. Third day- Begonia Rose, Plate 1.

Petals:

Stamens, anthers: Medium size; few; regularly arranged around styles. Color-Pinard Yellow, Plate 4.

Stamens, filaments (threads): Medium length. Color- Ochraceous-Bufi, Plate 15.

Pollen: Color-Maize Yellow, Plate 3.

Styles: Loosely separated; uneven length; medium length;

Stigmas: Color-Light Chalcedony Yellow, Plate 17.

Ovaries: All enclosed in calyx.

Hips: None.

Seeds: None.

Plant Form: Bush.

Patented May 5, 1959 Vigorous stems? from 30 to 36 inches long;

unri ht. Foliage: Compound of 5 to 7 leaflets.

Size.Medium. Quantity.--Abundant. i Colon-New foliage: upper sidc=:.- Pa1-rott Green, Platel6', with serrations of Victoria. Lake, Plate 1; under side-Madder Brown, Plate 13. Old foliage: upper. sideeevarley s Green, Plate 18 under sideLigh-t'Cress Green, Plate 31. Shape -Oval. pointed. Iexturer-Upper;sideewglossy. Under side-smooth.

Ribs and veins.-,--Ordinary. Edge;.-.Serrated (saw-toothed).

Serration-.-.Botli double and single; small. Leg stem.- Color?A bsinthe Green, Plate 31.

Under sidere-prickly; StipulesreMedium length; smooth. Wood:

New w00 d.,-ColorRinnemanns Green, Plate 18.

Bark-smooth. Old wood.ColorBice Green, Platev17; Bark-- smooth,

4, Thorns:

Thorns.--Quant-ity:- on main stalks from base-- many; on laterals from stalkmany. Formnarrow base; medium length; hooked downward. Color (when young)-Eugenia Red, Plate 13.

Prickles.-Quantity: on main stalks-none; on

lateralsnone.

Short needles.--Quantity: on main stalks--none; on

laterals-none.

I claim:

A new'and'distinct variety of rose plant of. the. largeflowere-d polyantha class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of foliage closely resembling that of the variety Pinocchio (Plant Patent No. 484), freedom of bloom, heavily flowered clusters, long stems of the cluster shoots, individual buds and flowers closely resembling those. of the variety Pinocchio, and atdistiricgeneral color tonality'of the flowers.

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