USPP107P - Variety of rose - Google Patents

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Oct. 16, 1934. LEENDERS Plant Pat. 107

VARIETY OF ROSE .Filed Feb. 15, 1934 Patented Oct. 16, 1934 Plant Pat. 107

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VARIETY OF ROSE Matthias Leenders, Teyl, Netherlands, assignor V to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 15, 1934, Serial No. 711,431

1 Claim.

of the rose petals which on the inside are lilac pink and on the outside cerise red (Color Plates III and IV; The Rose Manual by J. H. Nicolas).

.15 These two colors, owing to the undulation or fluting of the petals, produce an extremely artistic and unusual effect of variegation.

The plant has been asexually propagated and the novel characteristics have been found to be fixed in the reproductions. Further, this new rose has been extensively tested as a garden rose and for pot culture for florists use and it has been found admirably suited for both. The plant is as hardy as any of the known Polyanthas and is a great addition to the varieties adapted to cold climates.

For the purposes of specific disclosure of this new plant, the following description is given by way of summary:

; Parentage:--

Size.Medium.

Form.Short, with flat top. Unaffected by wet or hot weather.

Color.-When sepals first divide, cerise red;

. when petals begin to unfurl, cerise and carmine; when half blown, inside of petals pink, reverse of petals cerise red. Sepals.-Branched; curl back when petals drop. CaZy:c.Shape-pear. Size-long, slender. Aspect-smooth.

PeduncZe.-Length-long.

Colormedium green. slender. Opening.0pens well, unaffected by adverse Aspect-smooth. Strength-erect,

; '55 conditions.

Bloom:-

Si2e.Medium. Average size when fully expanded about 2 inches.

Borne.In irregular clusters.

Stems.-Long, strong.

Form.When first opencupped.

nenceflattens.

PetaZage.-Semi-single (two rows of petals). Number of petals under normal conditions 8 to 10.

Colon-Center of flowerlilao pink. Outer petals-cerise carmine. Base of petals (aiglet)pale pink. Inside of petals-1ilac pink. Reverse of petals-cerise. General tonality from a distance-a variegation of pink and cerise red (due to fluting of petals).

Discoloration.General tonality at end of first,

second and third day the same.

Perma- Petals Tewture.Thick. Unaffected by wet or hot weather.

Appearance-inside satiny. Outside sat- Form-Round, and fluted. or waved.

Arrangement.Irregular. Petaloicls in center,

none.

Persistence.-Drop off cleanly.

Lastingness.-On the plantvery long. As cut flower-very long.

Genital organs Stamens, Anthers.S1nall. Coloryellow. Ar-

rangementregular around styles.

Stamens, Filaments (threads) .-Medium. Colorrecldish.

Pollen-Lemon yellow.

Styles.Bunched; medium length; thin.

Stigmas.-Color, white.

Ooaries.-All enclosed in calyx.

Fruit:

Variety is generally sterile with its own pollen.

Plant Form:- Bush. Growth:-

Vigorous, upright, compact.

Foliage Generally 5, at times '7 leaflets.

Size.Medium.

Quantity.Abundant.

C'oZor.-New foliageupper side, bronzy. Un-

der side, bronzy. Old foliageupper side, dark green. Under side, dark green.

Shape.0val pointed.

few. Form-broad base, medium length. Color when youngred. Position-irregular.

PrickZes.--Quantity on main stalks, none.

Quantity on laterals, none.

Short needZes.Quantity on main stalks or laterals, none.

The new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid Polyantha class, as described, characterized by the wavy or fluted formation of the petals of its flower and the contrasting inside and outside colors of said petals, as shown.

MA'I'IHIAS LEENDERS.

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