USPP4908P - Chrysanthemum plant - Google Patents

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant originating as a sport of Bronze Princess Anne, characterized by its reddish-bronze blossoms.

Description

The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant which to the best of its discoverer's knowledge and belief is a sport of the unpatented cultivar known in the United States as Bronze Princess Anne.

The new cultivar is similar in many respects to another cultivar, closely related in color and other characteristics, known as Gay Anne, having the same characteristics of:

1. Plant habit.

2. Flower size.

3. Flower form.

4. Flowering response.

5. Foliage size, color and shape.

The new cultivar is distinguished from Gay Anne by the following characteristics:

1. More intense flower color, with more red tones.

2. Fades more slowly.

3. Faded color more attractive.

The new cultivar differs from related varieties such as Bronze Princess Anne, Gay Anne, SR Bronze Princess Anne, Sweet Anne and Red Anne particularly by its distinctive copper red flower color.

The variety additionally differs from Red Anne in having smooth petals compared to the notched petals of the former.

The new cultivar was discovered in a cultivated area in Bend, Oreg., as a flowered plant, and when asexually reproduced by cuttings at Barberton, Ohio, has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.

The new cultivar when grown in the vicinity of Barberton, Ohio, has a response period of approximately ten weeks, and the following detailed description is based on observations made of the new cultivar in a greenhouse in Barberton, Ohio. The response time, blooming period, color, and total vigor may vary significantly with varying environmental conditions such as temperature, day length, and light intensity. Suggested flowering in the northern and western United States, including coastal California, is from mid-September through May; and in Florida, from December through April.

The accompanying photographic drawing shows the unique characteristics of the new cultivar, the color being as nearly true as possible with color illustrations of this type. In the following description, color references are made to the Munsell Color Book, 1963 edition, except where indicated as Maerz & Paul, "Dictionary of Color", second edition, and comparisons are made with the closely related cultivar Gay Anne shown on the right in the drawing. Where only a single value or description appears for the new cultivar, the same value of description applies as well to the parent cultivar.

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BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION: Chrysanthemum morifolium                        
           Copper Anne   Gay Anne                                         
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BLOOM:                                                                    
Size         5"                                                           
Fully expanded                                                            
             51/2"                                                        
Borne        singly on disbudded                                          
             stems                                                        
Stems        strong                                                       
form         decorative                                                   
permanence   10-12 days                                                   
color                                                                     
center of flower                                                          
             yellow          yellow, 2.5Y8/8                              
             10YR7/10                                                     
base of petals                                                            
             lt. yellow      lt. yellow                                   
             5Y8.5/8         5Y8.5/8                                      
inside of petals                                                          
             bronze to copper red,                                        
                             orange bronze,                               
             Maerz & Paul,   3.75YR5/12 to                                
             plates 9,I-7    buff, 2.5Y8.5/4                              
             Occasionally having                                          
             more red tones                                               
reverse of petals                                                         
             slightly darker than                                         
                             orange yellow,                               
             the inside of petals                                         
                             2.5Y8/8 to                                   
                             buff 10YR8/4                                 
tonality from a                                                           
             copper red      dark bronze to                               
distance                     pale buff                                    
discoloration                                                             
             copper bronze,  buff, 2.5Y8.5/4                              
             10YR7/10                                                     
PETALS:                                                                   
texture      smooth          notched                                      
appearance and form                                                       
             tubular to open                                              
             at base, broaden                                             
             quickly to wide                                              
             shallow keel, tapering                                       
             to notched blunt point                                       
arrangement  composite, whorled on                                        
             a single receptacle                                          
persistance  resist shatter                                               
fragrance    typical chyrsanthemum                                        
REPRODUCTIVE                                                              
ORGANS:                                                                   
stamen, anthers                                                           
             none-10                                                      
pollen       none-very scant                                              
arrangement  clustered in center                                          
             of flower, if present                                        
styles       present both ray and                                         
             disc florets                                                 
length       short                                                        
ovaries      at the base of petal                                         
             attached to receptacle                                       
PLANT:                                                                    
form         herbaceous                                                   
growth       semi-upright                                                 
height       12"-16"                                                      
spread       6"-8"                                                        
FOLIAGE:                                                                  
top side     dark green,                                                  
             7.5GY3/4                                                     
size         61/2" long,                                                  
             41/2" wide                                                   
quantity     numerous                                                     
shape        spatulate lobed                                              
texture      smooth                                                       
ribs and veins                                                            
             prominent                                                    
edge         moderately indented                                          
serration    moderate serration                                           
under side   light green,                                                 
             7.5GY5/4                                                     
stipules     rudimentary                                                  
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Claims (1)

We claim:

1. A new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum characterized particularly as to uniqueness when compared to the parent cultivar bronze Princess Anne and its closely related cultivar Gay Anne by its more intense flower color, with more red tones, its relatively slower fading characteristic, and its more attractive flower color when faded.

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