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April 16, PRIOR Plant Pat. 377

ROSE PLANT Filed June 9, 1959 Patented Apr. 16, 1940 a v Plant Pat. 377

RO SE PLANT .Basil Edmund Prior, Colchester, England, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark,

Application June 9, 1939, Serial 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a new and distinct Hybrid Polya-ntha Rose, the result of a cross between an unnamed seedling and the well-known polyantha D. T. Poulsen having as its objective the development of a fioribunda rose distinguished by color, form and habit for mass efiect.

This new variety proves itself to be superior in type owing to its (1) vigorous bush, covering three feet in circumference with a growth 01' two to three feet in height within a year; (2) its striking red masses of color which are prominently visible from great distances in pleasing effect; (3) its continuity of bloom and interesting habit of always having some individual flowers in addition to the large clusters and masses contrasting with its luxuriant green foliage.

The foregoing characteristics have been found to be fixed in asexual reproduction of the variety.

The following is a detailed description of this new rose, the color terminology employed therein being in accord with Ridgways Color Standard.

Parentage:

Seed parent.Unnamed.

Pollen parent-D. T. Poulsen.

Classification:

Botanic.Polyantha and large flowered Polyantha. C'ommercial.--Floribunda.

Flower Blooming habit:

Observations made at Newark, New York, in

September, 1938.

RecurTent.-Continuous.

Always color on the bush, sometimes more than others. Bud:

Size-Small. 4 Form.--Ovoid, unaffected by wet or hot weather. Color.-When sepals first divide-Carmine,

Plate 1. When petals begin to unfur1-- Carmine, Plate 1. When half blown: inside of petals-Spectrum Red, Plate 1; re-

verse of petalsCarmine, Plate 1. Sepals.--Branched. Curl back when half open. CaZya:.-Shapefunnel. Size-small. Aspectsmooth.

Peduncle.Medium length. Aspect-smooth.

Color-Light Cress Green, Plate Strengtherect, slender.

Opening.-Opens well. Is not afiected by adverse conditions.

Bloom:

Petals:

CoZor.Center of flower-between Spectrum Red and Carmine, Plate 1. Outer petalsbetween Spectrum Red and Carmine, Plate 1. Base of petals (aiglet)--Cadmium Yellow, Plate 3. Inside of petals-between Spectrum Red and Carmine, Plate 1. Reverse of petals-Carmine, Plate 1. Genera1 tonality from a distance-Carmine. Variegations.-None. Discoloration.-General tonality at end of first day, Spectrum Red to Carmine. Second day-Spectrum Red to Carmine. Third day--Carmine.

Outside- Petaloids in cen- Genital organs:

Stamens, anthers.Small, many. Color- Light Cadmium, Plate 4. Arrangementregular round styles.

Stamens, filaments (threads) .Long. Color--Picric Yellow, Plate 4.

Pollen.-Pinard Yellow, Plate 4.

StyZes.Bunched, uneven length, medium length, thin.

Stigmas.-P1cric Yellow, Plate 4. Old wood.ColorCress 'Green, Plate 31. Ovaries .-All enclosed in calyx. Bark-smooth. Fruit: Variety is fertile. Thorns (divided into thorns, prickles, and short Form-Depressed top. needles) Aspect-Smooth. Thorns: Quantity: on main stalks from Sepals.-Permanent; recurved. base-few; on laterals from stalk-none.

Plant Form-narrow base, short, hooked down- Form: Bush ward. Color when youngVandyke Red, Growth. Vig'orous Plate 13. Pos1t1on1rregular.

' Prickles: Quantity: on main stalksfew; on

Foliage: Five to seven leaflets.

Size.Medium. Quantity-Normal. Color: New foliage: upper side, edges Hays Maroon, Plate 13. Center-Elm Green, Plate 17. Under side, edges-Vandyke Red, Plate 13. Center--Light Cress Green, Plate 31. Old foliage: upper side- Dark Cress Green, Plate 31. Under side- Rainette Green, Plate 31.

Shape-Oval.

Texture.Upper side-leathery, glossy. Under siderough. Ribs and veins-.ordlnary.

Edge.-Serrated (saw toothed).

Serration.-Single.-

Rochis.--ColorRainette Green, Plate 31.

Under side-prickles.

Stipules.Medium, bearded.

Disease resistance-Resistant.

Wood:

New w od.-Color-Light Cress Green, Plate 31. Bark-smooth.

laterals-few. ColorChestnut Brown,

Plate 14.

Summarizing, this new rose is distinguished by the large Floribunda semi-single flowers, differing in size and shape from any other rose of that type now in commerce; by the deep Carmine colacterized as to novelty by its vigorous and fast growth, its vivid color display of clean and flat red masses of blooms and continuity of bloom of large clusters with some individual flowers strongly contrasting with the luxuriant dark green foliage, substantially as shown and described.

- BASIL EDMUND PRIOR.

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