USPP1396P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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June 7, 1955 E. S. BOERNER ROSE PLANT Filed Oct. 11, 1954 Plant Pat. 1,3196

ROSE PLANT Eugene S. Boerner, Newark, N. Y., assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application October 11, 1954, Serial No. 461,701

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 an unnamed and unpatented seedling of Goldilocks (Plant Patent No. 672) X Floradora (unpatented) with another unnamed and unpatented Floribunda seedling derived from unnamed and unpatented parents.

The primary objective of this cross was to obtain a new variety of rose having a compact plant growth suitable for greenhouse forcing, and which bears clusters of flowers of long-lasting quality and of a distinctive color which is maintained until all of the flowers of the cluster are open, as well as having a substantially continuous succession of new flowers.

This objective was fully achieved by the breeding noted above, as evidenced by the fact that my new variety is particularly characterized by the following outstanding features:

(1) A compact bush form of the plant which forces very easily in winter and comes into bloom with a fine display of flowers;

(2) The flowers are usually borne in clusters and are long-lasting both on the plant and as cut flowers;

(3) The distinctive color of the flowers which is definitely difierent from that of any similar forcing rose of the same size and shape, said color being generally characterized as Scarlet Red, lightly overcast with Scarlet; and

(4) The continuous blooming habit of the flowers, combined with retention of the individual cluster flower color until all of the flowers of the cluster are open.

The foregoing characteristics definitely distinguish my new variety from its parents, as well as from all other varieties of the same class of which I am aware, and asexual reproduction of the new variety by budding, as performed at Newark, New York, and at Pleasanton, California, shows that these characteristics and distinctions come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.

The accompanying drawing shows typical specimens of the foilage, stems 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.-An unnamed seedling of Goldilocks Floradora. Pollen parent.An unnamed floribunda seedling of unnamed parents. Classification:

Botanic.Large-flowered Polyantha. Cmmercial.-Floribunda.

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Blooming habit: Excellent for growing as a plant for winter forcing. Recurrentcontinuous.

Bud:

Size-Medium.

F0rm.Globular; is not affected by wet or hot weather.

C0l0r.When sepals first divideCarmine, Plate 1. When petals begins to unfurlSpectrum Red, Plate 1. When half blown: Inside of petals- Scarlet Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Spectrum Red, Plate 1; reverse of petalsSpectrum Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Scarlet Red, Plate 1.

Sepals.-Slightly branched; curl back when petals begin to unfurl. Color: InsideAbsinthe Green, Plate 31; outside-Jade Green, Plate 31.

Calyx.ColorJade Green, Plate 31. Shape pear. Size-small. Aspect-smooth. Odor when rubbed-none.

Peduncle. Length medium. Aspect-smooth. Strength-erect; slender. ColorParrot Green, Plate 6.

Opening.0pens up well; is not atfected by adverse weather conditions.

Bloom:

Siza-Medium. Average size panded3 inches.

Borne.Several together and in rounded clusters.

Stems.Medium length; normal strength.

Form (when first 0pen).Cupped. Permanence flattens.

Petalage.-Very double (many petals and stamens hidden). Number of petals under normal conditionsfrom 50 to 55.

C0l0r.Center of fiower-Scarlet Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Scarlet, Plate 1. Outer petalsScarlet Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Begonia Rose, Plate 1. Base of petals (aiglet) Citron Yellow, Plate 16. Inside of petalsScarlet Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Scarlet, Plate 1. Reverse of petalsRose Red, Plate 12, lightly overcast with Scarlet Red, Plate 1. General tonality from a distance-Scarlet Red, Plate 1, light overcast with Scarlet, Plate 1.

Disc0Z0ratz'0n.General tonality at end of first dayScarlet Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Scarlet, Plate 1. Second dayScarlet Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Scarlet, Plate 1. Third day-Scarlet, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Scarlet Red, Plate 1.

Petals:

Texture.Leathery; is not affected by wet or hot weather.

Appearance.Inside-shiny; outsidesatiny.

F0rm.-Oval; slightly notched.

Arrangement. Imbricated (regularly shingle-like) Petaloz'ds in center.Few; small.

Persistence.Drop olf cleanly.

Fragrance-Moderate. Nature-tea (average hybrid tea scent).

Lasting quality-On the plant-long; as cut flower -long.

when fully exarranged GENITAL ORGANS Stamen, anthers: Small; few; regularly arranged around styles. Color-Yellow Ochre, Plate 15.

3 b} Staments, filaments (threads): Short. Color-Light Old w00d.ColorCress Green, Plate 31. Bark- Greenish Yellow, Plate 5. smooth.

Pollen: Color-Warm Butt, Plate 15. Thorns:

Styles: Loosely separated; uneven length; short; thin. Tlz0r/1s.Quantity: On main stalks from base0r- Stigmas: Color-Primrose Yellow, Plate 30. 5 dinary; on laterals from stalk-ordinary. Form- Ovaries: All enclosed in calyx. narrow base; medium length; some straight and Hips: None. some hooked downward. Color (when young) Seeds: None. Deep Colonial Buff, Plate 30. Positionirregu- PLANT lar.

Form: Bush. 10 Prickles.Quantity: On main stalks none; on lat- Growth: Vigorous; compact. erals none.

Foliage: 5 to 7 leaflets. Short needles-Quantity: On main stalksnone; on

Size.-Mediurn. laterals-none.

Quantity.Abundant.

Colon-New foliage: Upper sicle-Light Bice 13 Green, Plate 17; under sideCourge Green, Plate 17. Old foliage: Upper side-Elrn Green, Plate l7; under side-Light "*lni Green, Plate 17.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the largeflowered polyantna class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its compact plant growth and suitability for green- ?hapc.O\{/Jal polntgd. "I n d d 1 no house forcing, by its substantially continuous formation RezttureT I JPBY 6 r 1'i 7 1111 51 s smool' and excellent display of flowers, by the cluster habit of l S its flowers, by the distinctive Scarlet Red, lightly overcast Edge.-Serrated (saw-toothed). Serrati0n.-Both double and single; small. Leaf stem.ColorAbsinthe Green, Plate 31.

Under siderickles. Stipules.Short; bearded. No references Wood:

New wood.-Color-Oil Green, Plate 5. Barksmooth.

with Scarlet general color tonality of its flowers, and by the retention of the individual flower color until all of the flowers of the cluster are open.

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