USPP362P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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Feb. 13, 1940. w, KQRDES Plant Pat. 362

ROSE PLANT Filed June 1, 1939 Patented Feb. 13, 1940 Pl P 3 2'- g 362 nose PLANT Wilhelm Kordes,v Sparrieshoop in Holstein, Germany, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.

. .Application June 1, 1939,.SeriaPNo;276,919

v I v l'Claim. (01. 47-451) i I I t The present invention relates to a new and CoZor.When sepals first divide Ox-blood Red,

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distinct variety of rose plant of the large. flowered Plate I. When petals begin to unfurl-be- Polyantha type. tween OX-blood Red and Carmine, Plate I. In this class of roses, the new variety possesses When half blown: inside of petals-Carmine, 5, many distinctive features producing a richdis- Plate I; reverse of petals-Pomegranate-Purplay, among which may be noted the following pie, Plate 12. 1 f 1 e as of importance: SepaZs.Smooth edge. Curl back in early (1) :The Ox-blood Red color of the bud when stages as flower opens. I v he sepals first divide; CaZyx.Shape-apple. Size-small. Aspecto (2) The velvety Carmine inside of the petals smooth. and shiny Pomegranate Purple outside of the d engt Aspect-Smoothpetals when half opened; Color-Brownish Olive. Plate 30. Strength (3) The Carmine to Ox-blood Red color on rect. the inside of the petals and Carmine outside om a-Bud opens well. Is not afiected by 1 petals of the fully opened flower; adverse conditions.

(4) The large size of the individual flowers Bloom: when fully expanded; Size.Medium. Average size when fully ex- (5) The fading from clear Ox-blood Red to n med-4''. Carmine in the second and third days of r u ar clustersblooming; Stems-Long, strong. 10

(6) The thick, notched, irregularly arranged -W en firs 0pe DD e Detals which last long but drop off cleanly; and -fl nS.

(7) The prominent Yellow Ocher anthers and t Zage.-Double (full but open Center)- ht Jasper Red filaments. Number of petals under normal conditions- The plant is further marked as distinctive in 35 View of the Madder Brown color on the under C' OT.-Center of flower-between Ox-blood ide and Maroon color on the upper side of the d nd Ca e, Plate Outel' P immature foliage, while the old foliage presents between Carmine d Sp Red,P1&te a Dark Cress Green upper side and Light Cress Base of P a (aiglBt)Pinard YellOW, Plate Green under side. 4. Inside of petals-between Carmine and The thorns are few in number, Hessian Brown OX-bIOOd ed, Plate Reverse 0f pet l in color, narrow based and downwardly hooked. Carmine, Plate 1 General tonfllity from a The plant is further notable for the strength ,distancescarlet Redof th h t a d t Vigor of grown- Dzswloratiom-At end of first day--Ox-blood a Asexual reproduction has shown that the plant d 0 Carmine. Plate 1 Second ycomes true to form. mine, Plate I. Third day-Carmine, Plate I.

The following is a detailed description of the Petalsi new variety, the color terminology being in ac- 6- Unafiected y Wet hot cord with Ridgways color standard: Weather. m parentage: ggearagc.-1;-I1sidevelvety. Outside-shiny. 0

Seed parent-Dance of Joy. A g 0 6 u n Pollen parent-Crimson Glory. T 'ngemen "T P (nth rags m classmcatiom petesrzpt. Petalgids HiflCBliItBI'T-T'GW, small.

Botanic-Large Flowered Polyantha. g f 6M8? rep 0 c ean Q qtml ty.On the plantlong. As out Commerczal.F1or1bunda. fiower fair Flower Genital organs: Blooming habit: Stamens, anthersr-Large. ColorYellow Observations made in the morning of June 30, Ocher Plate Arrangement-regular so 1938, at Newark, New York. round stylesno Blooms once Stamens, filaments (threads) .Medium length. Recurrentcontinuous. ColorLight Jasper Red, Plate 13. Bud; Pollen-Zinc Orange, Plate 15.

Size.-Medium. Styles.--Bunched, medium length, heavy.

u I F01'm.-Um. Unaffected by wet or hot weather. Stigmas.--Color-Pinard Yellow, Plate 4. ll

Ovaries-A11 enclosed in calyx.

Fruit:

Variety is fertile with its own pollen. Form.Depressed top.

Aspect.Smooth. Sepals.-Caducous (soon falling).

Plant Form:

Bush. 10 Growth:

Vigorous. branching, compact. Foliage:

Number of leaflets.--5 to 7. l5 Size.-Medium.

Quantity.Normal. Col0r.New foliage: upper side-Maroon, Plate 1; under side-M'adder Brown; Plate 13. Old foliage: upper side-Dark Cress 20 Green, Plate 31; under side-Light' Cress "Green, Plate 31. Sharper-Oval pointed. Textures-Upper side-leathery. Under sidebrough, Ribs and veinsordinary. Edga -Serrated (saw toothed).

Sr7'ati0"/l.Sing1e, large. Rachis.-Color-l.light Cress Green, Plate 31.

Under sidesmooth.

Stipules.-Medi1un length, bearded. Disease resistance.-Resistant.

Wood:

New wood.Color-Vandyke Red, Plate 13.

Bark-rough. 5

Old wood.--ColorCress Green-Plate 31.

Bark-smooth.

Thorns (divided into thorns, prickles and short needles):

Thorns-Quantity: on main stalks from basem few; on laterals from stalk-few. Formnarrow base, medium length, hooked downward. Color when young-Hessian Brown, Plate 13. Positionin pairs.

Pri kka-Quantity: on main stalksfew; on u laterals-few. Color-Hessian Brown, Plate 13.

Short needles.--None.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of large flowering Polyantha rose plant, characterized as to novelty by the rich coloring of its bud and open flower,

its large size, the form and color of petals, the color of foliage, the form and color of thorns, substantially as shown, and the vigor of growth and strength of shoots, as described.

WILHELM KORDES.

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