USPP3580P - Takeo yuge - Google Patents

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TAKEO YUGE Phnt Pat. 3,580

June 25, 1974 AZALEA PLANT Filed Jan.

"United States Patent Office Plant Pat. 3,580 Patented June 25, 1974 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A new variety of azalea plant for potted plant culture characterized by its early spring flowering habit and its profuse production of large pink blossoms on a compact and profusely branched plant form.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION My new variety of pink azalea was discovered by me as a seedling of Kaho Jean Haerens, each unpatented, developed by me at Altadena, Calif., in the course of breeding efforts carried on with the objective of producing new and improved azalea plant varieties for the commercial market. This plant was selected for propagation and test because of its profuse production of large true pink flowers and its compact much branched growth habit. Asexual propagation of this new plant by vegetative cuttings carried on by me and under my direction at Altadena, Calif., has demonstrated the new plant to have its distinctive characteristics firmly fixed and running true from generation to generation and propagation on a commercial scale is now being carried on at Salem, Ore., and at San Fernando, Calif.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING This new variety of azalea plant is illustrated by the accomplanying full color photographic drawing which shows a potted plant in full bloom, the colors shown being as nearly true as can be obtained by conventional photographic procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW PLANT The following is a detailed description of my new azalea plant, with color designations according to the Horticultural Colour Chart issued by the British Colour Council in collaboration with The Royal Horticultural Society.

The plant Origin: Seedling.

Parentage: Seed parent-Kaho (unpatented). Pollen parentlean Haerens (unpatented).

Classification: Hybrid azalea.

Form: Compact potted plant.

Height: Up to 8 inches.

Growth: Vigorous and compact.

Branching: Profusely branched with limber but upright character.

Foliage: Quantity-abundant.

Leaf shwpe.--Obovate to elliptical. Size: Variable up to to 2% inches long. Texture: Leathery and strigose with smooth edges. Color: Upper side- Parsley Green 00962; under side-Spinach Green 0960/3. Petioles: Up to /2 inch long. Ribs and veins: Netted.

The bud Form: Elliptical, very long to inch and pointed. Size: Large, inch in diameter. Opening: Slowly.

Color: When sepals first divideClose to Spiraea Red 025/1. When petals begin to unfurl-Solferino Purple 26/2.

Sepals: Upstanding.

Form.Obovate to spatulate.

Col0r.-InsideFern Green 0862 at tip becoming progressively paler to a white base. Outside-Fern Green 0862 at tip becoming Pod Green, 061 to almost white at base.

Calyx:

Shape.Pear shaped and 5 lobbed.

Size.Small and moderately broad.

Aspect.Smooth but almost indiscernibly hairy.

Calyx splits.

The flower Blooming habit: Intermittent. Flowering once and profusely in the early spring.

Size: Large. 2% to 3 inches in diameter and 1 /2 inches in depth.

Borne: In clusters.

Shape: When bloom first opensPointed high center, be-

coming fiat but with upright center petals.

Petalage: 12 to 15 in number, fused at base.

Form.Semi-double funnel with obovate base, acute tip and gently undulate margin.

Arrangement.Connate.

Colon-Outer petals-Solferino Purple 26/2, flecked and shaded toward base with base of Rose Red 724/1. Inside petals-Solferino Purple 26/2 flecked and blotched with Rose Red 724/ 1. Reverse side-Solferino Purple 26/2.

Texture.-S0ft. Appearance: Satiny.

Disc0l0ration.-Very slight tinting.

Petaloids: 2 to 3 in number, inch long.

Col0r.Solferino Purple 26/2.

Peduncle: Sturdy, upright, inch long. Color.-Lettuce Green 861/2. Persistence Petals hang on and dry. Fragrance Slight to moderate. Disease resistance: Resists all common diseases prevalent in the areas where this plant has been grown. Lasting quality Very long lastingir1 excess of two weeks.

Reproductive organs Stamens:

Anthers.-'Very few, inch long, often absent. Filaments. /z to inch long. Color-Near white. Pollen.-None observed.

Pistils: Single, with 1% inch long style of Spiral Red 0023/1 color. Stigma: Color-Fern Green 0862/1. Ovary: Superior, with very hirsute wall.

This azalea plant is particularly distinguished by its early blooming habit and the true pink coloration of its flowers, this combination of characteristics aflording a definite market advantage. This plant is also outstanding because of its vigorous and spreading growth providing abundant foliage topped with a profusion of relatively large flowers.

The Claim:

1. A new and distinct variety of pink azalea plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its vigorous and spreading growth, its profuse production of large pink blossoms and its early spring blooming habit.

No references cited.

ROBERT E. BAGWILL, Primary Examiner

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