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July 2, 1940. c. MALLERIN Plant Pat. 409

ROSE PLANT Filed March 5, 1940 Patented July 2, 1940 UNITED STATES Plant Pat. 409

ROSE PLANT Charles Mallerin, Varces, par Pont de Claix, France, assignor to The Canard-Pyle Company,

West Grove, Pa.

Application March 5, 1940, Serial No. 322,409

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Pernetiana class, the result of a definite effort to produce a rose of vigorous growth, abundant foliage, and distinctive coloring.

This objective was reached in this new rose which not only possesses excellent qualities of vigor, growth, abundant foliage, and excellent vegetative potential, but also the characteristic of production in good degree of blossoms and buds entirely new and different, particularly with respect to the shading and colors that represent an altogether new tone, from any known rose.

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

Type: Half hardy; bush, outdoor; seedling; for

cut flowers and garden decoration.

Class: Pernetiana.

Parentage:

Seed parent-Lucy Nicolas. Pollen parent.-Brasier.

Propagation: It holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding propagations by budding.

Flower Locality where grown: West Grove, Pennsyl- Vania.

Flowers borne: Singly and several to stem on strong, medium length stems.

Quantity of bloom: Moderate, outdoors.

Continuity: Intermittent.

Fragrance: Moderate; spicy, resembling sweet clover.

Bud:

PeduneZe.-Medium long, medium heavy, erect, stiff; Parrot Green to Grass Green, Plate VI; few medium rough, Sanford Brown, Plate II, prickles.

Before calyx breaks.-Size-medium. Formovoid with a conspicuous neck; with foliaceous appendages on the surface of the bud; with slender foliaceous parts extending beyond the tip of the bud equal to onefourth or more of its length.

As calyx breaks-Color-Brazil Red, Plate I.

As first petal opens. Sieemedium large. Form-ovoid. Color: outside-Peach Red washed Brazil Red, Plate I; inside-Scarlet Red, Plate I, with wash of Flame Scarlet, Plate II. Opening-opens up well.

Bloom:

Size, when fully open.Medium, 3 inches to 4 inches.

Petalage.Double, from 25 to 35 petals; ar-

ranged regularly.

Form.-I-Iigh center at first; becoming cupped; petals remaining at first loosely rolled outward; becoming later, at matu- 5 rity, loosely rolled outward.

Petals: Thick, leathery, with inside satiny; outside dull satin.

Shape.-Outside-both round and obovate;

someare scalloped with one notch. Intermediate-obovate, scalloped with one notch. Insideobovate, scalloped with one notch. 1 I

This description of a newly opened flower 15 was made from a rose grown outdoors, in September, 1939, at West Grove, Pennsyl- Vania:

CoZor.Outside petal: outside surface Light Salmon Orange, Plate II, washed 20 Peach Red, Plate I. Intermediate petal: outside surface-Light Salmon Orange, Plate II, washed Peach Red, Plate I. Inner petal: outside surface-Light Salmon Orange, Plate II, washed Peach Red, 25 Plate I.

Productive organs Stamens: Medium number;

about pistils.

Filaments: Medium length; Cadmium Yellow, 50

Plate III; a few without anthers.

Anthers: Small; Cadmium Yellow, Plate III; open at various times.

Pollen: Abundant; Deep Chrome, Plate III.

Pistils: Medium number.

arranged regularly Styles: Uneven; medium length; medium heavy; Growth:

bunched, columnar. Habit-Bushy, upright, much branched. Stigma: Buff Yellow, Plate IV. Growth.-Free, Vigorous. Ovaries: All enclosed in calyx. Canes.Heavy. Sepals: Moderately long. Main stems.-Grass Green, Plate VI. 5

Thornssevera1; medium length; hooked downward, with short narrow base.

Prickles-none. Hairs-none. Branches.Grass Green, Plate VI. Thorns- Plant Foliage:

Leaves.-Compound of three, five, seven;

normal; large; leathery.

Leoflets.-.-Ovoid with apex acute, base obtuse, margin simply serrate. Y

CoZor.-Mature: upper surfaceDark Elm Green, Plate XVII; under surface-,-Bice Green, Plate XVII, with Old Rose (Plate XIII) veins. Young: upper surface-Grass Green, Plate VI; under surfaceParrot Hairs none Green, Plate VI. I claim:

Racms' (The supporting stem of the A new and distinct variety of rose plant charward, with short narrow base. Prickles none. Hairs-none.

New shoots-Grass Green, one side, Plate VI; Mahogany Red, other side, Plate II.

with short narrow base. Prickles-mane.

several; medium length; hooked down- Thoma-several; long; hooked downward,

pound leaf) heavy Upper Side -G1OVed acterized as to novelty by its vigorous growth,

a Under side-SparSely prickly abundance of foliage, and production of blossoms S p length; medium Wide, and buds new in shading and colors which vary with short points turning out at an angle in the different stages of development of the of more than 45, recurved toward the blossom, substantially as shown and described. stipules. DiS'8(tS6.-Sllbjt to blackspot. CHARLES MALLERIN.

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