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H. c. SWIM Plant Pat. 709

ROSE PLANT Aug. 20, 1946.

Filed Feb. 6, 1945 Patented Aug. 20 1946 Plant Pat. 709

ROSE PLANT Herbert G. Swim, Ontario, Calif, assignor to Armstrong Nurseries, Inc., Ontario, Calif., a corporation of California Application February 1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant resultin from a cross of two well-known varieties and constituting desirable improvement in the characteristics of one of its parents.

While the flower of this new variety is similar to the seed parent in shape and color, it i substantially larger in both bud and open flower, a desirable advantage in the use of the plant both for out flowers or garden decoration purposes.

By way of further distinction from its parent Picture, the flower has from ten to fifteen fewer petals and a very slightly deeper shade of color, and the plant is more vigorous andmore upright than this parent variety, with longer, more slender individual flower stems.

It is also notable that the foliage is somewhat more sparse than Picture and has leaves that are slightly longer and leaflets slightly smaller,

. the foregoing characteristics com true to form and are established.

The drawing shows specimens of this variety in various stages of development.

The following is a detailed description of this new variety, the color terminology being in accord with the Robert F. Wilson Horticultural Colour Chart, except where otherwise designated as taken from Ridgways Color Standard:

Type:Bush; for out flowers and garden decoration.

Class: Hybrid tea.

Breeding: Seedling.

Seed parent.Picture. Pollen parent.Charlotte Armstrong (PL Pat. No. 455) Propagation: Holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding propagations by budding, which is the only method tried up to the present.

6,1945, Serial No. 576,485

Flower Color.Near Biscay Green, Plate XVII (Ridgway).

Before calyx brealcs.Size-sma1l to medium. Formovoid, without a conspicuous neck; with foliaceous appendages, tomentum, gland-tipped cilia, glandula bloom, on the surface of the bud; with slender, much-cut foliaceous parts extending beyond the tip of the bud equal to A1 or more of its length.

As calyx breaks.-Colorbase color near Rose Opal, Plate 022/ 1, shaded and striped with near Rose Opal, Plate 022. Inner surface-usually two sepals with stipitate glands only. Three sepals with stipitate glands and woolly tomentum. As first petal bpens.-Size-medium.

Form-Ovoid to globular. Color-outside-near Rose Opal, Plate 022/ 1, shaded and striped with near Rose Opal, Plate 022, changing toward base to near Begonia, Plate 619/1. Small area at base near Mimosa Yellow, Plate 602/1. Insidenear Rose Opal, Plate 022/1, shaded and striped with near Rose Opal, Plate 022, changing toward base to nearBegonia, Plate 619/1. Small area at base near Mimosa Yellow, Plate 602/1. Opening- Opens up well. 2

Bloom: I

Size.-When fully open-medium to large;

four inches to five inches. Petalage.Double (but stamens not hidden) from 23 to 27 petals; arranged irregularly;

usually has flve to eight petaloids.

Form.Full, high center at first: becoming cupped; petals remaining at first very so tightly cupped but tips rolled outward;

becoming later, at maturity, loosely cupped but tips rolled. outward.

3 Petals: Moderately thick; with inside satiny and outside satiny-velvety.

Shape.Outside-round, mucronate; scalloped with apex flat, with one notch. Intermediate-obovate, mucronate; scalloped with apex fiat, with one notch sometimes, but usually none. Inside-obovate, mucronate; scalloped with apex flat, with one notch sometimes but usually none. Color.--Colors may be modified by being shaded or washed with other colors.

This description of a newly opened flower was made from a rose grown outdoors in the month of October, 1944, at Ontario, California:

Color.utside petaloutside surface: near Rose Opal, Plate 022/2, with veining of near Rose Opal, Plate '022/1, gradually changing toward the base to near Begonia,

Plate 619/1, with small area at base near Mimosa Yellow, Plate 602/1; Inside surface: same as given above for outside surface but with less veining. Intermediate petal-outside surface: near Rose Opal, Plate 022/1, changing toward base .to near Sulphur Yellow, Plate 1/2; inside surface: same as given above for outside surface of intermediate petal. Inner petaloutside surface: same as given above for outside surface of intermediate petal, but showing a thin white line running from near base to near apex on some petals; inside surface: same as given above for inside surface of intermediate petal.

This description was made from a rose that was open for three days indoors in-October, 1944, at Ontario, California:

Col0r.-'Outside petal-outside surface: near Rose Opal, Plate 022/3, with veining of near Rose Opal, Plate 022/2; inside surface: same as given above for outside surface but with less veining. Inside petaloutside surface: same as given above for outside surface of outside petal; inside surface: same as given above for inside-surface of outside petal.

General color Efiect.-Newly opened flower-Pose Opal, Plate 022/2. Three days open-Rose Opal, Plate 022/3.

Behavior.Drop off cleanly. Fades more rapidly in-extremely hot weather.

Flower longevity.-On bush in garden-2 to 3 days in October. Cut roses grown outdoors kept at living room temperatures- 3 to 4 days in October.

Reproductive organs Stamens: Many; arranged irregularly, partly,

about pistils, mixed with petaloids.

Filaments: Medium length; most with anthers.

Hips: Short; globular with inconspicuous neck; moderately smooth; glandular; walls thick,

fleshy.

C0l0r.Near Absinthe Green, Plate XXXI (Ridgway).

Sepals: Permanent; moderately short;

shaped.

C0lor.Insidenear Mytho Green, Plate XLI (Ridgway). Outsidenear Light Cress Green, Plate XXXI (Ridgway),

Seeds: Few; medium size.

Foliage: Plant Leaves-Compound of 5 to 7 leaflets; normally abundant; moderately large; moderately heavy, leathery, semi-glossy.

Leaflets.Ovoid with apex acute; base round; margin irregularly serrate,

Colon-Mutare-upper surf ace-near Empire Green, Plate XXXII (Ridgway); under surfacenear Light Elm Green, Plate XVII (Ridgway). Rib and margins near Vinaceous Drab, Plate XLV (Ridgway). Young-upper surface-near Yellowish Olive, Plate XXX (Ridgway); under 'surface-near Vinaceous Drab, Plate XLV (Ridgway).

Rachz's.-Medium heavy. Upper side grooved; glandular. Under 'sidemoderately smooth to hairy, prickly.

Stipules.Medium length; medium width; with moderately short points, turning out at an angle of less than 45.

Disease.-Resistant to mildew.

Growth:

Hablt.Bushy; upright.

Growth-Vigorous.

Canes.--Medium heavy.

spear- Main stems.Color-near Deep Dull Yellow Green (1) Plate XXXII (Ridgway). Large pricklesseveral; medium long; hooked downward; with narrow to broad base.

Colornear Roods Brown, Plate XXVIII' (Ridgway). Small priclclesfew Color near Roods Brown, Plate XXVIII (Ridgway). Hairsnone. Branches.Near Chromium Green, Plate XXXII (Ridgway). Large prickles-eseveral; medium long; straight; with narrow to broad base. Colornear Roods Brown, Plate XXVIII (Ridgway). Small pricklesfew. Colornear Roods Brown,.Plate XXVIII (Ridgway). Hairs-none. New sh00ts.--Near Clear Fluorite Green, Plate XXXII (Ridgway). Side exposedto sun near Vinaceous Drab, Plate XLV (Ridgway). Large priclclesseveral; medium long; hooked downward; with long, narrow base. Colornear Deep Purplish Vinaceous, Plate XLIV (Ridgway). Small przclclesfew. Colornear Deep Purplish Vinaceous, Plate XLIV (Ridgway). Hairs-none.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of hybrid tea rose plant, characterized as to novelty by the increase in size of the bud and open flower over that of its seed parent; increase in vigorand'uprightness of the plant over said parent, combined with longer and more slender individual flower stems and higher degree of resistance of the foliage to mildew; and by somewhat more pronounced fra grance than that of either of its parents, substantially as shown and described. Q l

HERBERT C. SWIM.

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