USPP330P - riesselmann - Google Patents

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June 13, 1939. m ss NN Plant Pat. 330

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Filed NOV. 23, 1938 PLANT PATENT AGENT Patented June 13, 1939 UNITED STATES Plant Fat. 330

PATENT OFFICE The Florex Gardens,

North Wales, Pa., an incorporated company of Pennsylvania Application November 23, 1938, Serial No. 242,111

1 Claim.

My discovery relates to improvements in pink hybrid tea roses. It is a sport of Better Times and was discovered as a particularly strong branch of a plant of this variety growing in my greenhouses. It is like its parent in growth and most other respects. Its principal distinguishing feature is the color of its blossom, which is considerably darker than that of its parent, and is much like that of the variety Hollywood. A small amount of reddish color on the foliage is also a noticeable distinguishing feature.

The accompanying illustration, in the original, shows three blossoms of this variety in various stages of opening, together with a portion of the stems and leaves.

A description of Better Times would, with few differences, describe my new variety, but I am also giving below some details of the description. Plate references are to Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature.

The plant Growth habits:

Upright bush; vigorous; clean; very healthy.

Foliage:

Abundant; smooth-surfaced; large. Leaves-Compound, with 3 to 5 leaflets.

Leaflets.Elliptical, with sharp apex; serrations sharp; length twice that of width. Terminal leaflet unusually large.

Form-Pointed; slender. Size.Medium length, average being about 1 inches.

Color.-Rose Color (Plate XII) almost uniformly spread but slightly darker at base of petal.

Tw ning-Prominent.

Blossom: 5

Borne singly.

Size.-Medium, average being 4 inches across.

Fawn-Center medium high, retaining its form until very old. Stamens usually remain covered by one or two petals which fold to form a sort of tent.

Petalaga-Double, with 20 to 25 petals in the month of September.

Petals:

Substance-Thick; leathery.

Shape.--Outer petals almost round, with slightly fluted edges.

Colon-The general color effect is between Rose Color and Rose Red (Plate XII). However, the color lightens toward the base of the petal on the inside, where it meets a small .aiglet of Empire Yellow (Plate IV). Upon aging, the color darkens. Occasional vertical streaks of white are visible when the flower is fully open.

Fragrance-Pleasant and lasting; somewhat like that of the American Beauty rose.

Persistence.Petals cling tenaciously.

Lasting quaZ ties.Unusually long lasting as a cut flower.

Reproductive organs KAREL RIESSELMANN.

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