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y 1958 D. H. MOREY, JR Plant 1,709

- ROSE PLANT Filed Sept. 19, 1957 .ROSEPLANT' Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. .Y., .av corporation of New York. I p

Application September 19, 1957,:senn Nb; 85,055-

. .1 Claim. Chit-61 Theprescnt 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 Red Pinocchio (Plant Patent No. 812) with the variety Floradora (unpatented).

The primary objective of this cross was to produce a new fioribunda rose variety in which scarlet flowers having orange tones are borne on plants of dense and bushy habit having dark, shiny foliage.

This objective was fully achieved, as evidenced by the following characteristics which are outstanding in the new variety, and which distinguish it from its parents, as well as from all other varieties of which I am aware:

(l) A dense and bushy habit of plant growth;

(2) Dark, shiny foliage;

(3) A very large flower head, which is unusual in a rose of this type; and

(4) The distinctive sharp Scarlet Red general color tonality of the flowers, said color being emphasized by the large flower heads.

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

The accompanying drawing shows typical specimens of the vegetative growth and flowers of my new variety in diflerent 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 the new variety, with color terminology in accordance with Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature:

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent-Red Pinocchio." Pollen parent.Floradora. Classification:

' Botanic.-Large-flowered polyantha.

CommerciaL-Floribunda.

Flower (Observations made from specimens grown outdoors at Newark, New York, near mid-afternoon near the middle of September.)

Blooming habit. Very large flower heads. Recurrentcontinuous. Bud:

Size-Medium. Form.-Globular; is not affected by wet or hot weather.

'Dennison H. Morey, Jr., Pleasantoii, Galilrl, a s's'ignor to Plant Pat. 1,709 Patented May 20, 1958 2 Sepals.-Branched;'curl backwh'e'njpetals' begin to unfurl. Color: inside I.i'ghtHFluorite" Green, Plate 32, with center lightly: overcast wiflr Vandyke Red, Plate 13; o l. 1tside ]3'e'e'p 'Dull 'Yellow- Green (1), Plate 32, lightly overcast with-Acajou Red, Plate 13. y. a f t Calyx.-C0lor Chromium I Green, "Plate 32. Shape-innnel." sSize -small'."- Aspect-#ssmooth. Odor when rubbed-none. Peduncle. Length -medium.'

Strength-erect; slender. Green, Plate-17. v 1 Opening-Opens up well; is not aifectedQbyadverse weather conditions.

Colon-Light; I Bice Bloom:

Size.--Medium. Average siz'e wiles fiilly expanded3% inches.

Borne.Several together and in flat clusters.

Stems.Medium length; strong.

Form (when first open).Cupped. Permanence flattens. v

Petalage.- Double (full but open-center). Number of petals under normal conditionsfrom 35 to 40.

' Color.-Center of flower-Scarlet Red, Plate 1,

" lightly overcast with Spectrum Red, Plate 1. Outer petalsScarlet Red, Plate 1. Base of petals (aiglet)-Primrose Yellow, Plate 30. Inside of petalsSpectrum Red, Plate 1, with center lightly overcast with Scarlet, Plate 1. Reverse of petalsRose Red, Plate 12, lightly overcast with Begonia Rose, Plate 1 in center. General tonality from a distance-Spectrum Red, Plate 1.

Discoloration.General tonality at end of first day-Scarlet Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Spectrum Red, Plate 1. Second day-Spectrum Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Scarlet Red,

Plate 1. Petals:

Texrure.-Leathery; is not affected by wet or hot weather. Appearance.Inside-satiny. Outside-shiny. F0rm.Oval.

Third daySpectrum Red, Plate 1.

Arrangement.-Imbricated (regularly arranged shingle-like). Petaloids in center..Few; large. Persistence.-Dr0p off cleanly, but some hang on and dry. Fragrance.Slight.

centifolia) Lasting quality.0n the plant-long.

flower-long.

Genital organs Nature- Old Rose perfume -As cut Green, Plate 5, lightly overcast with Pomegranate Aspectrough. I

7 Purple, Plate l 2; under side--Pomegranate Purple, Plate 12. Old foliage: upper side-Varleys Green, Plate 18; under side-Light Hellebore Green, Plate 17. Shapei-O val pointed.

Texgure.-Upper side-leathery; glossy. Under v-Leaf' stem.Co1orYe1lowish Critine, Plate 16.

Under side-smooth.

Stipules.-Medium leng m Woodr New wood.Color-,Parrot Green, Plate 6 Bark- """srnooth; Old w00d.-Color-Varleys Green, Plate 18,

I Bark-smooth.

Thorns:

Pricklesr Quantityz on' main stalks-none; on laterals-none.

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

. lateralsnane.

I claim: I A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the largeflowered .polyantha class, substantially as herein shown 15 and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its dense and bushy'habit of plant growth, its dark and shiny foliage, its very large flower heads, and the sharp Scarlet Red general color tonality of its flowers.

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