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Feb. 23, 1960 F. MEILLAND Plant Pat. 1,911

ROSE PLANT Filed Jan. 8, 1959 1,911 ROSE PLANT Francis Meilland,.deceased, late of CapdAntibes, France, y Marie Louise Meilland, nee, Paolino, legal representative, Cap dAntibes, France Application January 8, 1959, Serial No. 7 85,767

1 Claim. c1. 47+

. a new red rose variety. which combines the fiowerform of the parent variety Happiness with the orange and orange-scarlet flower color tonesof Independence and Floradora. While the parents of the new variety ex hibited some of the desired objectives, each lacked certain qualities which would make them worthy of commercial interest, and the deceased therefore sought to fully achieve the desired objectives by a carefully planned breeding program. These objectives were ultimately fully achieved in the new variety, along with other desirable improvements, as evidenced by the following unique combination of characteristics which are outstanding in the new variety and which distinguish it from its parents as well as from all other varieties of which the deceased was aware:

(1) An excellent bloom form;

(2) A fine and tough petal texture which is unusual for a red rose; and

(3) An intense, velvety cardinal red general color tonality of the blooms, overlaid with maroon.

Asexual reproduction of the new variety by budding, as performed in France and also at West Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., shows that the foregoing 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 the 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 the new variety, with color terminology in accordance with the Horticultural Colour Chart of the Royal Horticultural Society, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are obvious:

Type: Hardy; bush; outdoor; seedling; for out flowers and for garden decoration. Class: Hybrid tea. Breeding: Seedling.

Seed parent.-An unnamed seedling of Happiness" Independence. Pollen parent.An unnamed seedling of Happiness X Floradora. Propagation: Holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding propagations by budding.

United States PatentO PlantPat. 1,911 Patented Feb, 23,}960

2 v. Flower Locality;, where grown andobserved: -Wes't Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S.A'. Flowers borne: Usually singly to stem, but sometimes several tostern; on stems of medium length and from.

neck; with foliaceous appendageson the. surfacev of the bud; with slender, medium-cut. foliaceous parts extending beyond the tip of the bud equal to /1 or moreiof its length.

As calyx breaks.Color--slightly darker .than Ma: roon, Platel03Q. I

As first petal opens.4izemedium.-. Form-:shqrt; ovoid. Color: outsideRuby Red, Plate 827;-ill side-a velvety Cardinal Red, Plate 822, overlaid with Maroon, Plate '1030.

Opening-Opens up well.

Bloom:

' Size :(whenjully. open).-Large; from4% inches to 5 inches.

.Petalage. Verydouble; from- 55 "to 65 petals;

arranged regularly.

Form.-Full-at first, but becoming. high-centered; petals at first being very loosely rolled outward, but later becoming loosely rolled outward at maturity.

Petals: Medium thickness; leathery; with inside velvety and outside satiny. Shape: outer petalsobovate; usually with l notch; intermediate petalsobovate; with 1 notch; inner petalsobovate; with 1 or more notches.

This description of a newly opened flower was made from a rose grown outdoors in the month of October at West Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.:

Col0r.0uter petal: outside surface-Ruby Red, Plate 827; inside surface--a velvety Cardinal Red, Plate 822, overlaid with Maroon, Plate 1030. Intermediate petal: outside surface-Chrysanthe mum Crimson, Plate 824/2; inside surface-intermediate between Cherry, Plate 722 and Cardinal Red, Plate 822, with an iridescent appearance. Inner petal: outside surface-Chrysanthemum Crimson, Plate 82.4/2; inside surface-intermediate between Cherry, Plate 722 and Cardinal 'Red, Plate 822, with an iridescent appearance.

This description was made from a rose that was open for 3 days outdoors in the month of October, at West Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.:

tween Rose Red, Plate 724 and Chrysanthemum Crimson, Plate 824, with an iridescent appearance. Behavior.--Drop off cleanly. Flower longevity.-On bush in garden-4 days in June. Cut roses grown outdoors and kept at living-room temperatures-5 days in June.

Reproductive organs Styles: Uneven; medium'length; medium heavy; loosely -="bunched.- i Stigma: Colorwhite.

Ovaries: All enclosed in receptacle. Hips: None observed.

Sepals: Permanent; very long; spear-shaped; sometimes partly recurved.

Seeds: None observed.

I Plant 000862. Young: upper surface-Oxblood Red. Plate 00823; under surface-Oxblood Red, Plate 00823/3. Rachis (the supporting stem of the compound 5 leaf).--Medium caliper. Upper side-grooved;

hairy. Under side--smooth.

Stipules.--Moderately long; medium width; with points of medium length turning out at an angle of more than 45.

Disease resistance-Comparable to that of the average variety grown under the same cultural conditions at West Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Growth:

Habit.--Bushy; upright; much-branched.

Canes.Medium caliper.

Main stems.Bright. ColorFern Green, Plate 0862. Prickles-several; colorBrick Red, Plate 016. Hairsnone.

Branches.Bright. Color-Fern Green, Plate 0862. Prickles-several; color-Garnet Brown, Plate 00918/3. Hairs-none.

New sho0ts.-Dull. ColorOxblood Red, Plate 00823. Prickles-several; color-Oxblood Red,

25 Plate 00823. Hairs-None.

What is claimed is: A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, substantially as herein shown and described, 30 characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of excellent flower form, an unusually fine and tough petal texture, and an intense, velvety Cardinal Red general color tonality of the blooms, overlaid with Maroon. 35

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