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pr 6, 1937. E. R. ASMUS, SR Plant Pat. 241

ROSE

Filed Nov. 4, 1936 \NVENTOR PLANT PATENT AGENT EMTZLJML 4 Patented Apr. 6, 1937 Plant Pat. 241

UNITED STATES .eATsNT OFFICE ROSE Edward Richard Asmus, Sr., Closter, N. J. Application November 4, 1936, Serial No. 109,185

1 Claim.

My present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class and it is a sport of Better Times. It was discovered in my gardens in October, 1934, and has 5 been asexually reproduced, retaining its distinguishing characteristics in succeeding generations.

The accompanying illustrations show a bud, a half-opened flower and a full-blown flower of this variety, together with stems and foliage.

Color references are to Ridgeways Color Standards and Nomenclature.

Following is a more complete description of p the plant and flower of this new variety: 0

The plant Growth.Vigorous and upright growth.

FoZiage.Moderately abundant.

Leaves.--Compound, usually five leaflets; usually the first leaf below the peduncle is a single leaflet and the next one consists of three leaflets.

Leaflets-Oval; broad; sharply serrated; terminal leaflets average 2 in. by 1% in. in size.

COZor.Upper surface is Elm Green (Plate XVII) lower surface is grayish green, some specimens having a reddish tinge on the under sur- :0 face.

Stems.-Almost thornless; stiff; strong; Biscay Green (Plate XVII).

Rachis.Medium width; upper side grooved and slightly hairy; under side smooth.

StipuZes.Long; cling to stem for some distance then end in two long sharp pointsin some specimens these points curving backward.

Sepals.Very foliaceous, two or three usually developing into deeply lanceolate serrated appendages about two inches long, and one of them often assuming the size and appearance of an elongated leaf.

Disease resistance-Very resistant to diseases common to roses.

Fragrance-Deliciously and lastingly fragrant.

Keeping quaZities.--As a cut flower it is an usually good keeper.

The flower Bud:

Size-1V to 2 inches long.

Form-Slender and tapering, with a slightly crushed appearance at the base.

CoZor.Almost a pure Rose Red (Plate XII),

although not quite that dark. There is no color in Ridgways just like it. The lower portion of the unopened bud has a velvety sheen and seems ightly darker than Bloom Size-Medium si the terminal end.

ze, measuring 4 to 4%.; inches across when fully open.

PetaZage.-Doubl petals.

Petalse, having in October about Substance.Thick and substantial.

Surface .Whe petals are du n the flower opens, the outer l1 inside and out. Inner petals are velvety on upper surface.

Shape-The large outer petals are almost round but with somewhat crinkled and notched edges.

Some have a slight point at the top which is emphasized by the crinkling. The

smaller inner petals are long and much narrower. As the flower opens and grows older the petals recurve. Persistence.-Petals cling until flower is dead, having recurved until the outer ones slightly recurved backward.

CoZor.-The

rimmed with Rose petals, then finally folding inside of the outer petals is Color (Plate XII) which diminishes to Deep Rose Pink (Plate XII) at the bottom of each petals is almost an which deepens a li petals are darker petal. The outside of the outer even Rose Color (Plate XII) ttle as the flower ages. The progressively inward through Rose Red to Tyrian Rose (Plate XII). This latter color is brightened by the velvety surface of the upper side of the innermost petals. Some of the petals white stripe on a large number of the petals. No yellow appears at the base of any of the petals.

General color efiect.The general color eifect of the rose is not shown in Ridgways but falls between Rose Color and Rose Red (Plate XII).

recurve, showing the lighter of each petal. In effect is lightened there is no fading portion at the base this way the general color as the flower ages, although of the color. One of the re Rose Red shade wi withers.

thout fading until the flower Reproductive organs 5 AntheTs.-Large; yellow.

Pollen-Scarce. Pistils.-Many. Styles.-Uneven; loosely bunched; white. 10 Stigmas.--Red with yellow tips.

Ovaries.-Partially protruding from calyx.

Hips.-Very small; tapering; same shade of green as peduncle (Biscay Green, Plate XVII); smooth. 15 Comparison This new variety is more nearly like Premier Supreme than any other known variety. It differs from that variety, however, in the following respects: The color is much brighter than 20 that of Premier Supreme and is non-fading. The plant is much more disease resistant than Premier Supreme, and is practically thornless whereas Premier Supreme has many thorns.

- of the petals in the Another somewhat similar variety is Briarcllfl Brilliance but this new variety diflers particularly from Briarclifi Brilliance in the following respects: The color of this new variety is much more brilliant than that of Briarcliff Brilliance and is non-fading. There is no yellow at the base new variety while that is one of the features of Briarclifi Brilliance. The foilage is darker green, more abundant and broader than that of Briarclifi Brilliance. The shape of the blossom is somewhat different.

Having thus disclosed my invention, what I claim is:

A new variety of rose plant substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly by flowers of non-fading Rose to Tyrian Rose color as shown and described, its almost completely thornless peduncle and stems, and greater disease resistance as compared with Premier Supreme.

EDWARD RICHARDASMUS, S3.

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