USPP1024P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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Aug 1951 E. s. BOERNER Plant Pat. 1,024

ROSE PLANT Filed May 29, 1950 Patented Aug. 7, 1951 Plant Pat. 1,024

Eusene S, Reamer, Newark, N. Y., asslgnor to. lacksondr Per mm Newark. Y.

acorporationof New York Application May 29, 1950,;8erial No. 164,896

,Th res vention relates tea new and i t variety .1: osepiant oi t e poiyantha to improve the color oi .the polyantha parent variety i ph 0r ean This ob ec ive was fully attained, as evidenced by the fact that the new variety has the. same general olyantha habits as Triumph dOrleans, but has larger d brighter individual florets in the clusters,

thereby making a better rose for florist pot plant use. i

The improved color of the flowers of the new variety may be described as Spectrum Red, lightly overcast with Rose Doree, with the eye of the bloom White in color.

Other improved characteristics of this new variety are evidenced by its habit of having no thorns on the plant except for sharp hooks on the mid-rib of the under surface of each leaf, and by the freedom and ease of bloom when used as a pot plant.

Asexual reproduction of the new variety by budding at Newark, New York, and at Pleasanton, California, shows that the foregoing characteristics come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.

The accompanying drawing shows a specimen potted plant of the new variety, with the flowers and foliage in difierent stages of development.

The following is a detailed description of "the new variety, with color terminology in accordance with Ridgeways Color Standards and Nomenclature:

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent-Triumph dOrleans. Pollen parent-"Mrs. Pierre S. Du Pont. Classification:

Botanic.--Polyantha. Commercial.F1oribunda.

Flower (Observations made in the greenhouses at Newark, N. Y., late in the month of March, 1950.)

Blooming habit: Recurrent-continuou's. Bud:

Size-Small. Form-Pointed. Is not aflected by wet or hot weather.

lclai n. (cur-s1) 0olor.When sepals first divide-Poniegranate Purple, Plate i2i when petals begin to unfurlCarr n ine, Plate 1. When half blown-inside of petals: Spectrum Red, Plate 1; reverse of petals: Scarlet Plate 1. f; Sepals-.Slightly branched. Qurl back when petals begin to unfurl. -C0191 Inside: Absinthe Green, Plate 31; Outside: Light Cress Green, grate 31.; I r '(fair/a:. -Shape'--'-funrie"l.' siae srna'll, Ase rmo O q i henr bbedr olorLight Cress Green. .Platehi, Peduncla-Length-short. Aspect-rough. Color-Cress Green, Plate 31. Strength bending; slender. Opening.-Bud opens up well. Is not affected by adverse weather conditions. Bloom:

Size.--Small. Average size when fully expanded, 2 inches. Berna-In rounded clusters. Stems-Short; normal. Form.-When first open-cupped. Permahence-flattens. Pdtalage-Semi-double (full but open center). Number of petals under normal conditions, 25-30. C0l0r.--Center of flower-Spectrum Red, Plate 1, overcast with Rose Doree, Plate 1.

: Outer petals-Rose Doree, Plate 1. Base of petals-Pale Pinkish Bull, Plate 29. Inside of petals-Spectrum Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Rose Doree, Plate 1, and with White, Plate 53, extending up about one-fourth of the petal from the base, thus giving the appearance of a white, Plate 53, eye. Reverse of petals-- Spectrum Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast withBegonia Rose, Plate 1, and with White, Plate 53, extending up about onefourth of the petal from the base. General tonallty from a. distance-Spectrum Red, Plate 1, overcast with Rose Doree, Plate 1.

Discoloration.-General tonality at end of first day-Spectrum Red, Plate 1, overcast with Rose Doree, Plate 1. Second dayspectrum Red, Plate 1, overcast with BegoniaRose, Plate 1. Third day-Rose J Doree, Plate 1.

Outside Stamens, anthers. Small, few. C0lors- Capucine Yellow, Plate 3. Arrangementregular around styles." Stamens, filaments (threads) or-Sulphur Yellow, Plate 5. PolZen.-Co1or---Pale Ye1low-.0range, Plate 3; StyZes.--Bunched, of uneven length.

thin. Stigmas.--Color-Light Orange-Yellow, Plate Ovaries-All enclosed in'calyx.

. Plant Form: Bush. Growth: Vigorous and compact. Foliage: 5 to '7 leaflets.

Si2e.---Medium. Qaantity.Nor mal:

, Plate 5; under side-A'JettuceGreen, Plate 5. Old fo1iage-upper side-Dark Cress Green, Plate 31; under. side-Light Cress ..Green, Plate 31. a

4 Shape-Oval pointed. Tewture.-Upper side-glossy; under sidesmooth. Ribs and veins-ordinary. Edge-Serrated (saw toothed). Serration.--Single, small. Leaf stem.Color--Light Cress Green, Plate 31. Under side-hooked prickles. StipaZea-short, bearded. Disease resistance.-Resistant. Wood:

, Y New wood -colorebsinthe, Green, Plate 31.

Bark-smooth. oza w0ocZ.Color--Olive Green, Plate 4.

Bark-smooth. .Thorns:

Quantity.-On main stalks from base and on laterals from stalk-none.

,fP rickZes'P-On'main stalks-hone. On laterals-Jew. Color--Lettuce Green, Plate 5. Short needZes.--Quantity-on main stalks and on laterals-none.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of ,rose plant of the polyantha class, characterized as to novelty by its similarity in general habits to its parent Triumph dOrleans (unpatented), except for its larger and brighter individual fioretsin the clusters, bythe Spectrum Red, lightly overcast with Rose Doree color and Whiteeye of the blooms, by the absence of thorns on the plant except for sharp hooks on the mid-rib of the under surface of the leaves, and by its freedom and ease of bloom when used as a pot plant, substantially as shown and described.

EUGENE S. BOERNER.

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