USPP7535P - Forsythia cv. `Lemon-Screen` - Google Patents

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USPP7535P
USPP7535P US07/272,063 US27206388V US7535P US PP7535 P USPP7535 P US PP7535P US 27206388 V US27206388 V US 27206388V US 7535 P US7535 P US 7535P
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  • the invention relates to a new cultivar of Forsythia intermedia named "Lemon-Screen”, which is characterized especially by its abundance of light yellow flowers, its sterility, yellow stems with chartreuse leaves in spring, and whitish blotches on otherwise normal green leaves in summer.
  • the new variety was derived from a periclinal chimera mutant, which itself was derived from a sectorial mutant, which was produced in turn by subjecting rooted cuttings of the parent Forsythia intermedia "Lynwood Gold” (a sport of F. intermedia “Spectabilis”) to irradiation with 1,200 rad fast neutrons.
  • Leaf-Screen was selected from a series of chimeral plants because of its distinct foliage, upright growth habit, and vigor. Cuttings from this plant have been rooted in soil and asexually propagated, and its progeny have displayed homogeneous and stable characteristics.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates 51/2 year old "Lemon-Screen” in bloom in March-April.
  • FIG. 2 is a close-up view of the flowers.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the "Lemon-Screen” plant in leaf.
  • FIG. 4 is a closer view of the foliage shown in FIG. 3.
  • the "Lemon-Screen” plant form is tall and vigorous, with an upright, fan-shaped habit. "Lemon-Screen” ultimately reaches up to 10 ft. in height.
  • the "Lemon-Screen” shrub is naturally open and graceful but is easily pruned as a tall, flowering screen in spring; it is hardy in Zone 6b or lower. Because of its vigor, "Lemon-Screen” is conveniently produced in the nursery field, but small plants can be grown in containers for a year if cut back substantially.
  • the cultivar is particularly suited for landscape purposes, especially as a tall barrier or visual screen. "Lemon-Screen” will branch out quickly when vegetative shoots are pruned back, making the plant suitable in traffic or crash barriers, where dense plantings are used.
  • “Lemon-Screen” has light lemon yellow flowers (Yellow 6C) that are 11/2 in. to 13/4 in. in diameter. The internodes are 1" to 2" long on flowering wood. Flowering is early and profuse, with four and up to eight flowers per node on some portions of some stems. The corolla lobes are somewhat reflexed. Flowers have four petals and are sometimes fasciated. The flowers have aborted stamens and/or pistils; consequently, "Lemon-Screen” possesses a high degree of sterility.
  • the "Lynwood Gold” parent is fertile and has pistils that extend well above its pollen sacs, is late flowering and its medium sized flowers (about 1" to 11/2" in diameter) are almost evenly spaced on the stem.
  • the flowers of "Lynwood Gold” are brilliant yellow (lighter than its parent, F. Spectabilis).
  • the corolla lobes of "Lynwood Gold” are reflexed and its petals are elliptic.
  • the stems of the "Lynwood Gold” parent are green when young and brown when mature; they are a bit stiff; the pith at the nodes is lamellate, and on one year shoots, the stems between nodes are hollow.
  • the "Lemon-Screen” leaves are simple, serrate, acuminate at the tip, and attenuate at the base. The size of the leaves is not a distinguishing characteristic.
  • the "Lemon-Screen” leaves which appear in the spring are chartreuse or of about a Yellow-Green 151 B color. In the summer the mature leaves are in the Yellow-Green 144 A/C range and have a Yellow-White 158 A, irregular blotch with no defined edge covering about 25-30% of the leaf surface and that extends outward from the mid rib and veins and contrasts with the green colored portions of the leaf. Fall foliage is Greyed Purple 156B. The summer foliage is disease and insect resistant. The young chartreuse leaves which appear after flowering are striking and suggest the plants are in bloom again. Summer pruning leads to the appearance of shoots with leaves that are chartreuse when young.
  • the leaves of the "Lynwood Gold” parent are ovate lanceolate in shape and about 3" to 41/2" long and about 1" to 11/2" wide. Both young and old leaves are deep green in color.
  • Tables 1-5 comparative tabulations of the characteristics and properties of parent and its five offspring mutants that were developed from a single irradiated plant of "Lynwood Gold.”
  • Table 1 compares “Lemon-Screen” and its parent “Lynwood Gold”.
  • Table 2 compares “Lemon-Screen” and "Pygmy-Red”.
  • Table 3 compares "Lemon-Screen” and "Tinkle Bells”.
  • Table 4 compares "Lemon-Screen” and "Minikin”.
  • Table 5 compares "Lemon-Screen” and "Fairy Land”.

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A new cultivar of Forsythia intermedia named 'Lemon-Screen' characterized by its vigor, upright fan-shaped habit, lemon yellow flowers, high degree of sterility, its yellow shoots, and light green foliage.

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The invention relates to a new cultivar of Forsythia intermedia named "Lemon-Screen", which is characterized especially by its abundance of light yellow flowers, its sterility, yellow stems with chartreuse leaves in spring, and whitish blotches on otherwise normal green leaves in summer.
The new variety was derived from a periclinal chimera mutant, which itself was derived from a sectorial mutant, which was produced in turn by subjecting rooted cuttings of the parent Forsythia intermedia "Lynwood Gold" (a sport of F. intermedia "Spectabilis") to irradiation with 1,200 rad fast neutrons.
In 1968, three hundred cuttings of "Lynwood Gold" that had been potted and held in cold storage (38° F.) for six weeks and then returned to the greenhouse for two days were irradiated with 1200 rad fast neutrons. One of the plants of this group that broke dormancy formed a shoot with variegated foliage. This plant was cut back repeatedly to induce branching and eventually formed shoots that exhibited different characteristics. Each shoot was propagated by stem cuttings over 10 vegetative generations of selection and propagation. From this plant population two vegetatively selected types and three seedlings were selected. Further propagation and testing of these selections over several more years were shown to be the stable and new forsythia varieties that are the subject of this and four other co-pending plant patent applications; viz:
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272,063    "Lemon-Screen"                                                 
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273,489    "Tinkle Bells"                                                 
                         vegetative selection                             
271,919    "Minikin"     seedling                                         
271,665    "Fairy Land"  seedling                                         
271,666    "Pygmy-Red"   seedling                                         
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Each differs greatly from the parent "Lynwood Gold" and also from one another.
"Lemon-Screen" was selected from a series of chimeral plants because of its distinct foliage, upright growth habit, and vigor. Cuttings from this plant have been rooted in soil and asexually propagated, and its progeny have displayed homogeneous and stable characteristics.
Throughout this specification, color names beginning with a small letter signify that the name of the color as used in common speech are aptly descriptive. Color names beginning with a capital letter designate values based on the R.H.S. Colour Chart, published by The Royal Horticultural Society of London, England.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the new variety in color as grown in Knox County within the State of Tennessee.
FIG. 1 illustrates 51/2 year old "Lemon-Screen" in bloom in March-April.
FIG. 2 is a close-up view of the flowers.
FIG. 3 illustrates the "Lemon-Screen" plant in leaf.
FIG. 4 is a closer view of the foliage shown in FIG. 3.
The following characteristics distinguish "Lemon-Screen" from its parent and other Forsythia cultivars:
THE PLANT
The "Lemon-Screen" plant form is tall and vigorous, with an upright, fan-shaped habit. "Lemon-Screen" ultimately reaches up to 10 ft. in height. The "Lemon-Screen" shrub is naturally open and graceful but is easily pruned as a tall, flowering screen in spring; it is hardy in Zone 6b or lower. Because of its vigor, "Lemon-Screen" is conveniently produced in the nursery field, but small plants can be grown in containers for a year if cut back substantially. The cultivar is particularly suited for landscape purposes, especially as a tall barrier or visual screen. "Lemon-Screen" will branch out quickly when vegetative shoots are pruned back, making the plant suitable in traffic or crash barriers, where dense plantings are used.
Its parent, "Lynwood Gold", by contrast is tall and slender--a straight upright variety with erect stems and which attains a height of 6 ft. to 71/2 ft. at maturity.
FLOWER
"Lemon-Screen" has light lemon yellow flowers (Yellow 6C) that are 11/2 in. to 13/4 in. in diameter. The internodes are 1" to 2" long on flowering wood. Flowering is early and profuse, with four and up to eight flowers per node on some portions of some stems. The corolla lobes are somewhat reflexed. Flowers have four petals and are sometimes fasciated. The flowers have aborted stamens and/or pistils; consequently, "Lemon-Screen" possesses a high degree of sterility.
The "Lynwood Gold" parent is fertile and has pistils that extend well above its pollen sacs, is late flowering and its medium sized flowers (about 1" to 11/2" in diameter) are almost evenly spaced on the stem. The flowers of "Lynwood Gold" are brilliant yellow (lighter than its parent, F. Spectabilis). The corolla lobes of "Lynwood Gold" are reflexed and its petals are elliptic.
SHOOTS
The mature shoots of "Lemon-Screen" are yellow and pith is slightly lamellate between nodes.
The stems of the "Lynwood Gold" parent are green when young and brown when mature; they are a bit stiff; the pith at the nodes is lamellate, and on one year shoots, the stems between nodes are hollow.
FOLIAGE
The "Lemon-Screen" leaves are simple, serrate, acuminate at the tip, and attenuate at the base. The size of the leaves is not a distinguishing characteristic. The "Lemon-Screen" leaves which appear in the spring are chartreuse or of about a Yellow-Green 151 B color. In the summer the mature leaves are in the Yellow-Green 144 A/C range and have a Yellow-White 158 A, irregular blotch with no defined edge covering about 25-30% of the leaf surface and that extends outward from the mid rib and veins and contrasts with the green colored portions of the leaf. Fall foliage is Greyed Purple 156B. The summer foliage is disease and insect resistant. The young chartreuse leaves which appear after flowering are striking and suggest the plants are in bloom again. Summer pruning leads to the appearance of shoots with leaves that are chartreuse when young.
The leaves of the "Lynwood Gold" parent, on the other hand, are ovate lanceolate in shape and about 3" to 41/2" long and about 1" to 11/2" wide. Both young and old leaves are deep green in color.
To facilitate the comparison of the characteristics and features of "Lemon-Screen", the subject of this application, and its parent, "Lynwood Gold" and also with the four other new mutant offspring varieties of "Lynwood Gold" referred to above, there are attached hereto as Tables 1-5 comparative tabulations of the characteristics and properties of parent and its five offspring mutants that were developed from a single irradiated plant of "Lynwood Gold." Table 1 compares "Lemon-Screen" and its parent "Lynwood Gold". Table 2 compares "Lemon-Screen" and "Pygmy-Red". Table 3 compares "Lemon-Screen" and "Tinkle Bells". Table 4 compares "Lemon-Screen" and "Minikin". Table 5 compares "Lemon-Screen" and "Fairy Land".
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             LEMON SCREEN                                                 
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit        Tall, open and graceful; Upright,                            
             fan shape; vigorous; open                                    
             foliage                                                      
Size, height up to 10'                                                    
Size, width  Hardy Zone 6b (or lower)                                     
Vigor        Vigorous                                                     
Hardiness                                                                 
Productivity Abundant Flowers/highly sterile/                             
             pruned wood branches quickly                                 
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)                                                             
Color (mature)                                                            
             Yellow                                                       
Rigidity     Slightly lamellate between nodes                             
Leaves:                                                                   
Type         Simple                                                       
Color:                                                                    
(young)      Yellow green 151 B or Chartreuse                             
             (appear after flowering)                                     
(mature)     Normal green (Yellow-Green 144)                              
             whitish blotches                                             
(fall)       Greyed Purple 187 B                                          
Shape                                                                     
tip          Accuminate                                                   
base         Attenuate                                                    
margins      Serrate                                                      
Size                                                                      
length       Not distinguishing                                           
width        Not distinguishing                                           
Venation     Pinnate                                                      
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
             Early                                                        
Size: width  11/2"-13/4"                                                  
Color:       Yellow (6 C)                                                 
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes        Somewhat reflexed                                            
Petals: number                                                            
             4, sometimes fasciated                                       
Pistils:     aborted stamens &/or pistils                                 
Number per node:                                                          
             4 to 8                                                       
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:  1" to 2" long on flowering wood                              
Stress Resistance:                                                        
             Summer foliage disease & insect                              
             resistant                                                    
Utility Aspects:                                                          
             Summer pruning leads to shoot                                
             with chartreuse leaves (young)                               
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             LYNWOOD GOLD                                                 
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit        Tall, slender-Upright                                        
             straight & erect stems                                       
Size, height 6'-71/2'                                                     
Size, width                                                               
Vigor                                                                     
Hardiness                                                                 
Productivity Fertile                                                      
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)                                                             
             Green                                                        
Color (mature)                                                            
             Brown                                                        
Rigidity     A bit stiff; pith nodes lamellate;                           
             hollow between nodes on one year shoots                      
Leaves:                                                                   
Type                                                                      
Color:                                                                    
(young)      Deep Green                                                   
(mature)     Deep Green                                                   
(fall)                                                                    
Shape        ovate lanceolate                                             
tip                                                                       
base                                                                      
margins                                                                   
Size                                                                      
length       3-41/2"                                                      
width        1-11/2"                                                      
Venation                                                                  
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
             Late                                                         
Size: width  1"-11/2" (medium)                                            
Color:       Brillant Yellow (lighter than its                            
             paren Spectabilis)                                           
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes        Reflexed                                                     
Petals: number                                                            
             Large, broad, open                                           
             Elliptic                                                     
Pistils:     Extend well above pollen                                     
             sacs (anthers) of stamens                                    
Number per node:                                                          
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:  Flowers almost evenly spaced                                 
             on stems                                                     
Stress Resistance:                                                        
Utility Aspects:                                                          
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               Ser. No. 272,063                                           
               LEMON SCREEN                                               
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit          Tall, open and graceful; Upright,                          
               fan shape; vigorous; open                                  
               foliage                                                    
Size, height   up to 10'                                                  
Size, width    Hardy Zone 6b (or lower)                                   
Vigor          Vigorous                                                   
Hardiness                                                                 
Productivity   Abundant Flowers/highly sterile/                           
               pruned wood branches quickly                               
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)                                                             
Color (mature) Yellow                                                     
Rigidity       Slightly lamellate between nodes                           
Leaves:                                                                   
Type           Simple                                                     
Color:                                                                    
(young)        Yellow green 151 B or Chartreuse                           
               (appear after flowering)                                   
(mature)       Normal green (Yellow-Green 144)                            
               whitish blotches                                           
(fall)         Greyed Purple 187 B                                        
Shape                                                                     
tip            Accuminate                                                 
base           Attenuate                                                  
margins        Serrate                                                    
Size                                                                      
length         Not distinguishing                                         
width          Not distinguishing                                         
Venation       Pinnate                                                    
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
               Early                                                      
Size: width    11/2"-13/4"                                                
Color:         Yellow (6 C)                                               
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes          Somewhat reflexed                                          
Petals: number 4, sometimes fasciated                                     
Pistils:       aborted stamens &/or pistils                               
Number per node:                                                          
               4 to 8                                                     
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:    1" to 2" long on flowering wood                            
Stress Resistance:                                                        
               Summer foliage disease & insect                            
               resistant                                                  
Utility Aspects:                                                          
               Summer pruning leads to shoot                              
               with chartreuse leaves (young)                             
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               Ser. No. 271,666                                           
               PYGMY RED                                                  
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit          Low, loose graceful                                        
               arching to ground                                          
Size, height   31/2'-41/2'                                                
Size, width    5'-6'                                                      
Vigor          Good vigor                                                 
Hardiness      Hardy Zone 6b (or lower)                                   
Productivity   Readily roots where branches                               
               touch ground few seed pods                                 
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)  High anthocyanin                                           
Color (mature) Purple Red (59 A)                                          
Rigidity       Flexible lamellate between nodes                           
Leaves:                                                                   
Type           Simple                                                     
Color:                                                                    
(young)        Dark Green                                                 
(mature)       Dark Green                                                 
(fall)         Anthocyanin (maroon) expressed                             
               in full sun                                                
Shape          Lanceolate (few lobed                                      
               leaves on vegetative shoots)                               
tip            Accuminate                                                 
base           Attenuate                                                  
margins        Serrate                                                    
Size                                                                      
length         2"-21/2" on flowering wood;                                
               to 23/4" on vegatative wood                                
width          0.3"-0.4" on flowering wood;                               
               to 1" on vegetative wood                                   
Venation       Pinnate                                                    
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
               Intermediate                                               
Size: width    11/4"-11/2"                                                
Color:         Yellow (7A)                                                
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes          Narrow                                                     
Petals: number 4 - sometimes 5                                            
Pistils:       Extend 2/25"-3/25" above                                   
               pollen sacs of stamens                                     
Number per node:                                                          
               2                                                          
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:    1"-11/2" (11/2" even on                                    
               fast growing shoots                                        
Stress Resistance:                                                        
               disease and insect                                         
Utility Aspects:                                                          
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               Ser. No. 272,063                                           
               LEMON SCREEN                                               
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit          Tall, open and graceful; Upright,                          
               fan shape; vigorous; open                                  
               foliage                                                    
Size, height   up to 10'                                                  
Size, width    Hardy Zone 6b (or lower)                                   
Vigor          Vigorous                                                   
Hardiness                                                                 
Productivity   Abundant Flowers/highly sterile/                           
               pruned wood branches quickly                               
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)                                                             
Color (mature) Yellow                                                     
Rigidity       Slightly lamellate between nodes                           
Leaves:                                                                   
Type           Simple                                                     
Color:                                                                    
(young)        Yellow green 151 B or Chartreuse                           
               (appear after flowering)                                   
(mature)       Normal green (Yellow-Green 144)                            
               whitish blotches                                           
(fall)         Greyed Purple 187 B                                        
Shape                                                                     
tip            Accuminate                                                 
base           Attenuate                                                  
margins        Serrate                                                    
Size                                                                      
length         Not distinguishing                                         
width          Not distinguishing                                         
Venation       Pinnate                                                    
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
               Early                                                      
Size: width    11/2"-13/4"                                                
Color:         Yellow (6 C)                                               
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes          Somewhat reflexed                                          
Petals: number 4, sometimes fasciated                                     
Pistils:       aborted stamens &/or pistils                               
Number per node:                                                          
               4 to 8                                                     
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:    1" to 2" long on flowering wood                            
Stress Resistance:                                                        
               Summer foliage disease & insect                            
               resistant                                                  
Utility Aspects:                                                          
               Summer pruning leads to shoot                              
               with chartreuse leaves (young)                             
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               Ser. No. 273,489                                           
               TINKLE BELLS                                               
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit          Semi-dwarf; Upright                                        
Size, height   4'-41/2'                                                   
Size, width                                                               
Vigor          Medium vigor                                               
Hardiness      Hardy Zone 6b (or lower)                                   
Productivity   Does not layer naturally (replicates                       
               from stools (no seed pods observed)                        
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)  Yellow Green                                               
Color (mature) Light brown                                                
Rigidity       Sparsely lamellate between                                 
               nodes - Rigid                                              
Leaves:                                                                   
Type           Simple                                                     
Color:                                                                    
(young)        Medium Green                                               
(mature)       Medium Green                                               
(fall)         Faded green to yellow                                      
Shape          Elliptical                                                 
tip            Acute on flower shoots                                     
               accuminate on vegetative shoots                            
base                                                                      
margins        serrate on upper 1/3 near tip                              
Size                                                                      
length         2"-3" (with petiole)                                       
width          1/2"                                                       
Venation       Pinnate                                                    
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
               Early                                                      
Size: width    1/2"-3/4" at 45° angle                              
Color:         Bright Yellow (7 B)                                        
Corolla:                                                                  
length         1/2" open to 45° angle                              
lobes          not reflexed during prime                                  
Petals: number 4; occasionally 5 or 6                                     
Pistils:       short: anthers slightly                                    
               below stigma portion of pistil                             
Number per node:                                                          
               2; often 4 per node                                        
Insertion angle                                                           
               buds & flowers pendulous                                   
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:    1/2--11/2"                                                 
Stress Resistance:                                                        
               Disease and insect                                         
Utility Aspects:                                                          
               Can force flowering suitable                               
               for container culture                                      
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            Ser. No. 272,063                                              
            LEMON SCREEN                                                  
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit       Tall, open and graceful; Upright,                             
            fan shape; vigorous; open                                     
            foliage                                                       
Size, height                                                              
            Up to 10'                                                     
Size, width Hardy Zone 6b (or lower)                                      
Vigor       Vigorous                                                      
Hardiness                                                                 
Productivity                                                              
            Abundant Flowers/highly sterile/                              
            pruned wood branches quickly                                  
Stems of Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)                                                             
Color (mature)                                                            
            Yellow                                                        
Rigidity    Slightly lamellate between nodes                              
Leaves:                                                                   
Type        Simple                                                        
Color:                                                                    
(young)     Yellow green 151 B or Chartreuse                              
            (appear after flowering)                                      
(mature)    Normal green (Yellow-Green 144)                               
            whitish blotches                                              
(fall)      Greyed Purple 187 B                                           
Shape                                                                     
tip         Accuminate                                                    
base        Attenuate                                                     
margins     Serrate                                                       
Size                                                                      
length      Not distinguishing                                            
width       Not distinguishing                                            
Venation    Pinnate                                                       
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
            Early                                                         
Size: width 11/2"-13/4"                                                   
Color:      Yellow (6 C)                                                  
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes       Somewhat reflexed                                             
Petals: number                                                            
            4, sometimes fasciated                                        
Pistils:    aborted stamens &/or pistils                                  
Number per node:                                                          
            4 to 8                                                        
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes: 1" to 2" long on flowering wood                               
Stress Resistance:                                                        
            Summer foliage disease & insect                               
            resistant                                                     
Utility Aspects:                                                          
            Summer pruning leads to shoot                                 
            with chartreuse leaves (young)                                
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            Ser. No. 271,919                                              
            MINIKIN                                                       
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit       Small stature, fine textured; small                           
            leaves and small stems; densely                               
            foliated                                                      
Size, height                                                              
            2'-21/2'                                                      
Size, width 3'-4'                                                         
Vigor       Good vigor but slow growth                                    
Hardiness   Zone 6b (or lower)                                            
            Layers naturally                                              
Productivity                                                              
            Abundant seed pods                                            
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)                                                             
            Light green                                                   
Color (mature)                                                            
            Brownish green                                                
            Ascending strongly                                            
Rigidity    lamellate between nodes                                       
Leaves:                                                                   
Type        Simple                                                        
Color:                                                                    
(young)     Bright green to dark green                                    
(mature)    Bright green to dark green                                    
(fall)      Fading green until leaf drop                                  
Shape       Linear                                                        
tip         Accuminate                                                    
base        Attenuate                                                     
margins     Lightly serrate                                               
Size:                                                                     
length      On vegetative shoots - 11/2" attached to 1/2"                 
            long slender petiole; smaller on flowering                    
            shoots                                                        
width       On vegetative shoots - 1/4";                                  
Venation    Pinnate                                                       
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
            Intermediate                                                  
Size: width 1/2"-3/4" (cup shaped) fully reflexed                         
Color:      Yellow (9 A)                                                  
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes       strongly reflexed, very small                                 
Petals: number                                                            
            4:- short and recurved                                        
Pistils:    Short; 1/25" below pollen                                     
            sacs of stamens                                               
Number per node:                                                          
            2-4                                                           
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes: Short (Flowering shoots 1/4"-3/4"                             
            Vegetative shoots up to 2")                                   
Stress Resistance:                                                        
            Doesn't require same degree of winter prot-                   
            tection as most container grown plants of                     
            genre                                                         
Utility Aspects:                                                          
            Blooming can be forced. Especially                            
            suited for container culture.                                 
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              TABLE 5                                                     
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               Ser. No. 272,063                                           
               LEMON SCREEN                                               
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit          Tall, open and graceful; Upright,                          
               fan shape; vigorous; open                                  
               foliage                                                    
Size, height   Up to 10'                                                  
Size, width    Hardy Zone 6b (or lower)                                   
Vigor          Vigorous                                                   
Hardiness                                                                 
Productivity   Abundant Flowers/highly sterile/                           
               pruned wood branches quickly                               
Stems of Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)                                                             
Color (mature) Yellow                                                     
Rigidity       Slightly lamellate between nodes                           
Leaves:                                                                   
Type           Simple                                                     
Color:                                                                    
(young)        Yellow green 151 B or Chartreuse                           
               (appear after flowering)                                   
(mature)       Normal green (Yellow-Green 144)                            
               whitish blotches                                           
(fall)         Greyed Purple 187 B                                        
Shape                                                                     
tip            Accuminate                                                 
base           Attenuate                                                  
margins        Serrate                                                    
Size                                                                      
length         Not distinguishing                                         
width          Not distinguishing                                         
Venation       Pinnate                                                    
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
               Early                                                      
Size: width    11/2"-13/4"                                                
Color:         Yellow (6 C)                                               
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes          Somewhat reflexed                                          
Petals: number 4, sometimes fasciated                                     
Pistils:       aborted stamens &/or pistils                               
Number per node:                                                          
               4 to 8                                                     
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:    1" to 2" long on flowering wood                            
Stress Resistance:                                                        
               Summer foliage disease & insect                            
               resistant                                                  
Utility Aspects:                                                          
               Summer pruning leads to shoot                              
               with chartreuse leaves (young)                             
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               Ser. No. 271,665                                           
               FAIRY LAND                                                 
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Plant:                                                                    
Habit          Small overal & fine textured:                              
               Closely spaced flowers & leaves                            
               Dense (young) foliage                                      
Size, height   3'-4'                                                      
Size, width    5'-6'                                                      
Vigor          Good vigor for size                                        
Hardiness      Zone 6b (or lower)                                         
Productivity   Few seed pods                                              
Stems or Shoots:                                                          
Color (young)  Light green                                                
Color (mature) Brownish green                                             
Rigidity       Very flexible lamellate between                            
               nodes                                                      
Leaves:                                                                   
Type           Simple                                                     
Color:                                                                    
(young)        Medium green (fairly light)                                
(mature)       Medium green (fairly light)                                
(fall)         Mostly faded yellow                                        
Shape          Lanceolate                                                 
tip            Accuminate                                                 
base           Attenuate                                                  
               On flowering wood; entire                                  
margins        On vegetative wood: serrate top 1/3                        
Size:                                                                     
length         On flowering wood: - 11/2"-21/2"                           
               On vegetative shoots: about 3"                             
width          On flowering wood: 0.2"-0.4"                               
               On vegetative shoots 0.5-0.6"                              
Venation       Pinnate                                                    
Flower:                                                                   
Date of Flowering                                                         
               Intermediate                                               
Size: width    3/4"-11/4"                                                 
Color:         Yellow (6 A)                                               
Corolla:                                                                  
length                                                                    
lobes          Reflexed, small                                            
Petals: number Generally 4-many have 5, 6, 7 and                          
               8 on single corolla                                        
Pistils:       Extend 3/25" to 4/25" above pollen                         
               sacs (anthers) of the stamen                               
Number per node:                                                          
               2-4                                                        
Insertion angle                                                           
on upright stems:                                                         
Internodes:    1/4" to about 1"                                           
Stress Resistance:                                                        
Utility Aspects:                                                          
               Very well suited for                                       
               container culture.                                         
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