USPP2182P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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Oct. 9, 1962 D. H. MOREY, JR

ROSE PLANT Filed Nov. 15. 1961 Plant Pat. 2,182

United States Patent ()fiice 2,182 ROSE PLANT Dennison H. Morey, Jr., Pleasanton, Calif., assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N .Y., a corporation of New York Filed Nov. 15, 1961, Ser. No. 152,696 1 Claim. (Cl. 47-61) The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, which was originated by me by crossing the variety New Yorker (Plant Patent No. 823) with the variety Happiness (Plant Patent No. 911).

The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose variety which bears dark red flowers suitable for garden use and which would not burn under conditions of hot summer sun. This objective was fully achieved, 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 I am aware:

(1) Good resistance of the flowers to sun burn, with good color retention throughout the hot summer months;

(2) A distinctive and attractive general color tonality of the flowers corresponding to Carmine lightly overcast with Oxblood Red, in both the half open and fully open flowers; and

(3) A strong and rich hybrid tea flower scent.

Asexual reproduction of my 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 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 Ridgway's Color Standards and Nomenclature:

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent.New Yorker. Pollen parent.Happiness. Classification:

Btanic.-Hybrid tea. C0mmercial.-Hybrid tea.

Flower (Observations made from specimens grown outdoors at Newark, New York, in the early morning during the early part of the month of August.)

Blooming habit: Recurrentcontinuous.

Strength--erect; heavy. Color-Spinach Green, Plate 5.

5 Plant Pat. 2,182 Patented Oct. 9, 1962 0pening.0pens up well; is not affected by adverse weather conditions.

Bloom:

Size-Large. Average size when fully expandedfrom 5 inches to 5 /2. inches.

Stems.-L0ng; strong.

Form (when first open).High-centered. Permanenceretains its form to the end.

Petalage.Double (full but open center). Number of petals under normal conditionsfrom 25 to 30.

Color. -Center of floWer--Oxblood Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Carmine, Plate 1 on the outer edge of the petals. Outer petals-No-pal Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Carmine, Plate 1. Base of petals (aiglet)--Arnber Yellow, Plate 16. Inside of petals Carmine, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Oxblood Red, Plate 1. Reverse of petals-Nepal Red, Plate 1, very lightly ocercast with Carmine, Plate 1. General tonality from a distance-Carmine, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Ox-blood Red, Plate 1.

Discoloration. General tonality at end of first dayOxblood Red, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Carmine, Plate 1. Second dayCarmine, Plate 1, lightly overcast with Oxblood Red, Plate 1. Third day-Nepal Red, Plate 1, very lightly overcast with Carmine, Plate 1.

Petals:

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

Appearance.lnsidevelvety. Outsidesatiny.

Form.Oval.

Arrangement.lmbricated (regularly a r r a n g e d shingle-like) Petaloids in center.Few; large.

Persistence.--Drop oft cleanly.

Fragrance.-Strong. Naturerich tea.

Lasting quality-On plantlong. As cut flower long.

Genital Organs Stamens, anthers: Medium size; many; regularly arranged around styles. ColorOrange-Cinnamon, Plate 29. Stamens, filaments (threads): Medium length. Color- Eugenia Red, Plate 13. Pollen: ColorPale Cinnamon-Pink, Plate 29. Styles: Bunched; uneven length; medium length; thin.

0 Ovaries: All enclosed in calyx.

Hips: None. Seeds: None.

Plant Form: Bush. Growth: Vigorous; upright. Foliage: Compound of 3-7 leaflets.

Size.Large. Quantity-Abundant. Col0r.-New foliage: upper side-Bice Green, Plate 17, with center rib Acajou Red, Plate 13; under side-Oil Green, Plate 5, lightly overcast with Pompeian Red, Plate 13. Old foliage: upper side-Varleys Green, Plate 18; under side-Light Cress Green, Plate 31. Shape.-Oval. Texture.-Upper side-leathery. Under sidesmooth. Ribs and veins.Ordinary. Edge-Serrated (saw-toothed). Serration.-Both double and single; small. Leaf stem-Color-Spinach Green, Plate 5. Under side-smooth.

Stipulesa-Medium length; smooth.

Wood:

New wood.Color-Grass Green, Plate 6. Barksmooth. Old wooa'.Color-Forest Green, Plate -17. Barksmooth. Thorns:

Thorns.Quantity: on main stalks from base-ordinary; on laterals from stalk-ordinary. Forrn narrow base; medium length; some straight and some hooked downward. Color (when young)-- Eugenia Red, Plate 13. Positionirregular.

Prickles.Quantity: on main stalks-none; on la-teralsnone.

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

laterals-none.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of good resistance of the flowers to sunburn and good retention of the flower color throughout the hot summer months, a distinctive and attractive general color tonali-ty of the flowers corresponding to Carmine lightly overcast with Oxblood Red, in 'both the half open and fully open flower stages, and a strong and rich tea fragrance of the flowers.

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