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Dec. 13, 1960 Q DUNHAM Plant Pat. 2,002

CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANT Filed July 27, 1959 Unit 8 r CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANT Orville 0. Dunham, Niles, Mich a'ssignor to George J. Ball, Inc., West Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Filed July 27, 1959, set. No .'-829,9 44 1 Claim. (CI. 41-60) My present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant, which is the result of crossing the variety of my own introduction, which I designate Truly Yours, an unpatented variety, and another unpatented variety of my own introduction known as Peaceful.

The object of my invention has been to produce a new variety of chrysanthemum plant which will have very large blossoms and a color somewhat resembling the parent variety Truly Yours, the color being a combination of moderate pink and strong orange color (Nickerson Color Fan produced by Munsell Color Company).

The development of the present variety is the result of a program which I have conducted involving careful selection and cross-breeding to produce new varieties of chrysanthemums, which new varieties will include the important and desirble characteristics of both parents which are broadly speaking American garden chrysanthemums and English early chrysanthemums, with different desired colors derived from the parents.

An actual result of the hybridization above generally referred to, is production of this present new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant, characterized by the moderate pink to strong orange color of its blooms, the fully double arrangement of its petals, the very large size of blooms, the tall upright, habit of growth and the early, continuous and long blooming period.

More specifically, the general impression created by my plant when viewed from a distance is of a moderate pink color when the blooms are fully blown, with the plant having a tall upright habit.

While my new variety derives its color from the pollen parent Truly Yours the tall upright plant habit is derived from the seed parent Peachful. The upright habit is better than the habit of either the pollen or seed parent, and the flower type is an improvement over both of the parents.

Under conditions of culture in the region of Niles, Michigan, plants of my new variety produce very large blooms, averaging when fully expanded some seven inches in diameter. The blooms are borne in clusters and somewhat irregularly but the stems are long and strong. The bloom retains its general form to the end and the petallage is very double with innumerable petals thereon.

When the plants are grown in the region of Niles, Michigan, they bloom very early, usually in mid-September, and have a continuous flowering feature of English early chrysanthemums, in contrast to the American garden chrysanthemums which bloom all at one time over a short period and then do not bloom subsequently. While the English early chrysanthemums are somewhat irregular in flowering the instant seedling is better adapted to continuous flowering habits.

One of the aspects of the color of the blooms is the fact that after a light frost, the color appears to be intensified.

The flowers of the new variety are of a strong purplish red when the petals begin to unfurl and when half blown Plant Pat. 2,002 Patented Dec. 13, 1960 tings, in the vicinity of Niles, Michigan.

My new variety has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive asexual reproductions. The accompanyingdrawing, forming a part hereof,

- shows a typical plant of my new variety of chrysanthe- The following is a detailed description of my new variety of chrysanthemum plant, the color references being-to the'NickersomColor Fan produced by Munsell ColorCompany: j 1 Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent.Peaceful (unpatented). Pollen parent.Truly Yours (unpatented). Classification: Bonnier-Chrysanthemum indicum.

Flower Blooming habit: Blooms profusely, early, as from mid- September until killing frost, producing a continuous display of blooms during such period, the observations of the colors being made at Niles, Michigan, in October.

Bud:

Size.-Large.

F0rm. .Short with fiat top. Not afiected by hot or wet weather. Sepals of no consequence.

Colon-When petals begin to unfurl7.5RP 5/12 strong purplish red. When half blown: inside of petals-washed with 7.5RP 6/ 12 deep purplish pink; reverse of petals7.5RP 8/5 light purplish pink.

Peduncle.Very long.

Aspect.Rough.

Col0r.-Medium green.

Strength.Stilf; erect.

Opening.Bud opens well; somewhat affected by adverse conditions.

Bloom:

Size.Very large.

Average size when fully expanded.7 inches (disbudded).

B0nne.-In clusters-irregular.

Stems.--Long; strong.

Form.-When first opened-flat.

tains its form to the end.

Petalage.-Very double. Number of petals under normal conditionsinnumerable.

Colon-Center of flower-2.5YR 7/ 10 Munsell Hue 2.5YR. Outer petals-2.5K 9/3 Munsell Hue 2.5R. Base of petals (singlet)--2.5R 6/11 Munsell Hue 2.SR. Inside of petals-2.5R 6/11 Munsell Hue 2.5R. Reverse of petals-25R 9/ 3 Munsell Hue 2.5R. General tonality from a distance 2.5R 8/5 Munsell Hue 2.5R.

Discol0ratz'on.First week-retains much the same Permanence-recolor. Second week-retains somewhat the same color. Third week-retains somewhat the same color. Light frost tends to intensify color.

As cut Stamens, anthers.--Small; few. Color-yellow.- Arrangement-regular around styles.

Stamens, filaments-Short. Color-white.

Styles.-Columnar. Lengthshort.

Stigmas.White.

0varies.--All enclosed in calyx.

Genital organs:

Fruit: Variety is fertile with its own pollen.

Form-.-Oblong shaped. Aspect.Rough. Color at maturity-Brownish grey.

Plant Form: Bush. Growth: Vigorous; upright, branching, compact. Foliage:

Size.Larg e. Quantity.-Abundant. Color.New foliage: upper side-normal green;

under side-light green. Old foliage: upper side-=- dark green; under side-dark green.

Disease resistance.-Under certain conditions susceptible to mildew.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant substantially as herein disclosed, characterized as to novelty by the moderate pink and strong orange color of its blooms, the fully double arrangement of its pedals, the very large size of its blooms, the tall upright habit 5 of growth, and the early, continuous and long blooming period.

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