USPP649P - Rosepbant - Google Patents

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Feb. 6, 1945. w cos-r Plant Pat. 649

ROSE PLANT Filed 001:. 17, 1944 Patented Feb. 6, 1945 Plant Pat. 649

ROSE PIiANT l-Walter-Armacost, West Los Angeles, Calif., as-

;xsignor tooArmacost & Royston, Inc., WestLos Angelesicalifl, a corporation of California "Application october 17, 1944,:Serial Noa559s009 .1 Claim.

The present invention relates to .a new anddistinct variety of, rcseplant,originatingasa sport of the well-known variety, Bose Elie.

The distinctiveness of. theinew. variety, may be most clearly explained byv comparison ,thereof with its parent, from which 'it'difiers ma number 'ofimportant respects. First; the color of the flowers is a pale vinaceous.pink,wher'eas Elfe is much deeper, or. specifically isjdeep rose pink.

This distinguishing color willbe clearly apparent by reference to the accompanying illustra- -tions in which are shown. a specimen ofv the new variety in the opening of thebud, partially blown and fully open stages of development, respectively, of the bloom.

Secondly, it differs i form of the. bloominjthat each and, every petal of .the new variety isserrated, a. characteristic not appearing in. the, parent to any noticeable extent.

Thirdly, the stamens of thesport are ,a, very distinct and, beautiful feature of the .halfopen and fully open rose,,bein g very promine'ntand giving th efiect of a wildrose, whereas in the arent the stamens are so short as not to be,par-

ticularly noticeable.

half developed stages, whereas the parent foliage has red tips with scarcely a suggestion of bronze in any stage of growth.

Lastly, the keeping quality of this new rose is unusually good, this being generally apparent from the fact that it is marked by a vigorous habit of growth, free production of flowers throughout the whole year, and exceptionally long lasting quality thereof, as hereinafter more particularly specified.

Asexual reproduction of this new variety shows the foregoing characteristics come true to form and are established.

The following is a detailed description of the new variety, color terminology referring to dictionary definition, except where otherwise-indicated by standard chart designation:

Type: Half hardy; bush; greenhouse; outdoor; sport; for out flowers and garden decoration.

Class: Hybrid tea.

Discovery: At West Los Angeles California.

Parent-Elie.

Propagation: Holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding propagations by cuttings, grafting, budding and layering.

Flower Locality where grown: West Los Angeles, California.

Flowers borne: Several to stem; in cluster; on

normal, short stems.

(G1. id-'61) Quantity of ,..b.lo,om: Abundant; outdoors; in

greenhouse. i Continuity Continuous.

Fragrance z Moderate; tea. 5 Bud:

Peduncle.--Short; medium heavy; erect; dark green; medium smooth; few red prickles. Before calyx breaks.Sieesmall.- -Form-- ,10 globular with a conspicuous neck; with I foliaceous appendages onthesurface -of the bud; with much-cut 'foliac'eous parts extending beyond the tip of thebud equal to one ha'lf to three-fourths or more of its Pink (Ridgway, Plate 2'7, F). As first petal opens.-Size-small. Formflat. Color-.mutside and insidePale Vinaceous Pink (Ridgway, Plate 27, F).

Opening-opens up well in normalcondi- -tions;" affected only by .great extremes. Bloom:

I Size-When ful y Open, ,small; 52 vto 2 inches.

, Fourthly,the foliage, while similar in every' other respect, is deep bronze in the young and PetaZage.Double;from 4013045 petals arranged irregularly, Form.Flat; becoming high centered; petals remainin at first rolled outward; becom- 3() ing later, tightly rolled outward.

Petals: Thick; with inside and outside satiny.

Shape.-0utsideobovate; with one notch. Intermediate-obovate; with one notch. Inside-obovate; irregular, with many notches.

CoZor.-C0lors may be modified by being shaded.

This description of a newly opened flower was 4 made from a rose grown in a greenhouse in the month of September, 1944, at West Los Angeles, California:

CoZor.-Outside petaL-outsidc surface: Pale Vinaceous Pink (Ridgway, Plate 27, F);

inside surface: Pale Vinaceous Pinkshaded Vinaceous Pink (Ridgway, Plate 2'7, F). Intermediate petal-outside surface: Pale Vinaceous Pink-Shaded Vinaceous Pink; Amber Yellow at base (Ridgway, Plate 16, B); inside surface: Pale Vinaceous Pink--Veined Thulite Pink (Ridgway, Plate 26, A), with Amber Yellow base. Inner petaloutside surface: Pale Vinaceous PinkShaded Vinaceous Pink; inside sur-' face: Vinaceous Shaded Rocellin Purple (Ridgway, Plate 38, B), with Amber Yellow base.

The following description was made from a .60 rose that was open for three days in a greenhouse Color.-Qutside and inside surfaces of the outside and inside petals same as above described in connection with newly opened General color efiect.-Newly opened flower and three days open-same as described above.

Behavior.--Persist; fading brown; faded by heat. Flower longevity.-Cut roses grown in greenhouse kept at living-room temperatures,

ten days in November to March.

Reproductive organs Stamens: Many; arranged regularly about pistils.

Filaments: Long; Yellow; with anthers.

Anthers: Medium size; Red; all open at once.

Pollen: Abundant; Yellow.

Pistils: Medium number.

Styles: Even; medium length; medium heavy;

bunched.

Stigmaz'Whita v v Ovaries: All enclosed in calyx.

Plant Outside Foliage:

Leaoes.--Compound of 5 to 7 leaflets; abundant; medium size; moderately heavy;

; glossy.

Ledflets.Shape-Oval with apex acute;

base acute; margin, serrate.

Color. Matureupper surface Dark Green; under surface-Light Green. Youngupper surface-Bronze; under surface-Gray'Bronze.

5 Rachis (the supporting stem of the compound leaf) Medium heavy. Upper side grooved; prickly. Under sidesparsely thorny.

Stipules.-Medium length; narrow; with 10 medium length points, turning out at an angle of 90.

Dtsease.--Resistant to mildew and blackspot insofar as this is evidenced by absence of any throughout development and establ5 lishing of this variety.

Habit-Bushy; much branched.

Growth.-Vigorous.

Canes-Medium heavy.

'20 Branches.Green. Thorns-few; medium length; hooked downward; with broad base. PrickZes-many; reddish. Hairsmany; reddish.

New shoots-Red. Thornsseveral; me-

25 dium length; hooked downward; with long narrow base. Prickles-many; reddish. Hairsmany; Green.

I claim: 30 A new and distinct variety of rose plant, char-

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