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USPP8246P US07/712,334 US71233491V US8246P US PP8246 P USPP8246 P US PP8246P US 71233491 V US71233491 V US 71233491V US 8246 P US8246 P US 8246P
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  • This invention relates to Chrysanthemum plants. More particularly, the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Dendranthema grandiflora and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name "Autumn Eyes”.
  • the female parent of Autumn Eyes was an unnamed seedling, and the male parent was Penny Lane (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,238).
  • Branching pattern is spreading to upright with ca. 4.0 breaks after a single pinch.
  • Plant height of a 6.5 in. (16.5 cm) pot is about 30-40 cm. with 1-2 applications of B-9 at 2500 ppm.
  • FIG. 1 is a photographic print in full color showing typical inflorescence and leaf characteristics of Autumn Eyes grown as a pinched spray pot mum with 5 cuttings in a 6.5 inch (16.5 cm) pot, the colors being depicted as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in a color photograph of this character.
  • the phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length.
  • Color (general tonality from a distance of three meters).--Bronze yellow with dark maroon eye.
  • Shape --Oblong with rounded to flat tip.
  • Gynoecium --Present on both ray and disc florets; insignificant.
  • Autumn Eyes can be well distiguished from other commercial Chrysanthemum cultivars, including Dark Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 712,903, filed Jun. 7, 1991). Definite Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application No. 712,086, filed Jun. 7, 1991), Quiet Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application No. 712,052, filed Jun. 7, 1991), Tara (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,313), and Vibrant Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 712,901, filed Jun. 7, 1991). See in this regard the data presented in Table A hereafter. Also, the blossom coloration of Autumn Eyes can be readily distinguished from Hoof Lane (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,299), Main Lane (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,300), and Bourbon Street (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,777) as described in the respective U.S. Plant patents.

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A new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum plant. The new plant is characterized by its flat capitulum form, anemone capitulum type, bronze ray floret color, darker contrasting disc floret color, a diameter across face of capitulum of ca. 3.4 cm, spreading to upright branching pattern with ca. 4.0 breaks after a single pinch, flowering response of 59 to 63 days from the start of short days, and plant height for a 6.5 in. (16.5 cm) pot of about 30-40 cm. with 1-2 applications of B-9 at 2500 ppm.

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BACKGROUND
1. The Field of the Invention
This invention relates to Chrysanthemum plants. More particularly, the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Dendranthema grandiflora and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name "Autumn Eyes".
2. Background of the New Plant
Autumn Eyes, identified as 86.2494, was originated from a cross made by Jack Van Der Knaap in a controlled breeding program at De Lier, Holland in 1985.
The female parent of Autumn Eyes was an unnamed seedling, and the male parent was Penny Lane (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,238).
Autumn Eyes was discovered and selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Jack Van Der Knaap in 1986 in a controlled environment at De Lier, Holland.
The first asexual reproduction of Autumn Eyes was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken in 1986 in a controlled environment at De Lier, Holland by technicians working under the direction and supervision of Jack Van Der Knaap.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The basic characteristics which have been repeatedly observed in Autumn Eyes and which, in combination, distinguish this Chrysanthemum plant over related known varieties and its antecedents are:
1. Flat capitulum form.
2. Anemone capitulum type.
3. Bronze ray floret color.
4. Darker contrasting disc floret color.
5. Diameter across face of capitulum ca. 3.4 cm.
6. Branching pattern is spreading to upright with ca. 4.0 breaks after a single pinch.
7. Flowering response is 59 to 63 days from the start of short days.
8. Plant height of a 6.5 in. (16.5 cm) pot is about 30-40 cm. with 1-2 applications of B-9 at 2500 ppm.
Horticultural examination of controlled flowerings of successive plantings has shown that the combination of characteristics and distinctions as herein disclosed for Autumn Eyes are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
FIG. 1 is a photographic print in full color showing typical inflorescence and leaf characteristics of Autumn Eyes grown as a pinched spray pot mum with 5 cuttings in a 6.5 inch (16.5 cm) pot, the colors being depicted as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in a color photograph of this character.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW PLANT
Autumn Eyes has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length.
The following is a detailed description of Autumn Eyes, with color terminology in accordance with The Royal Horticulture Society Colour Chart, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are obvious. The following observations, measurements and comparisons were made of plants grown at Nipomo, Calif., in controlled environments. Unrooted cuttings were directly stuck into 6.5 inch (16.5 cm) pots and grown in a controlled environment under the natural temperature and day length prevailing during October to December of 1990.
Classification:
Botanical.--Dendranthema grandiflora cv. Autumn Eyes.
Commercial.--Flat anemone to be grown as a spray pot or cut spray mum.
INFLORESCENCE
A. Capitulum:
Form.--Flat.
Type.--Anemone.
Diameter across face.--ca. 34 mm when fully opened.
B. Corolla of ray florets:
Color (general tonality from a distance of three meters).--Bronze yellow with dark maroon eye.
Color.--Front: Golden yellow 11 A. Back: Pale yellow 11 B.
Shape.--Oblong with rounded to flat tip.
C. Corolla of disc florets:
Color.--Golden 11 A tipped with dark maroon 59 A. Eye is dark maroon 59 A.
D. Reproductive organs:
Androecium.--Present on disc florets only; insignificant.
Gynoecium.--Present on both ray and disc florets; insignificant.
PLANT
A. General appearance:
Height.--When grown in 6.5 in. (16.5 cm) pots with 1-2 applications of B-9, the total plant height including the pot will be approximately 40 cm. When grown as a cut mum, the plant will be 1-1.5 meters high.
Branching pattern.--Upright to spreading with ca. 4.0 breaks after the pinch. As a cut flower the plant is normally grown unpinched, single stem with the top bud removed to form an open spray type form.
B. Foliage
Color (upper surface).--147 A.
Color (lower surface).--147 B.
Shape.--see FIG. 1.
Autumn Eyes can be well distiguished from other commercial Chrysanthemum cultivars, including Dark Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 712,903, filed Jun. 7, 1991). Definite Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application No. 712,086, filed Jun. 7, 1991), Quiet Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application No. 712,052, filed Jun. 7, 1991), Tara (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,313), and Vibrant Eyes (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 712,901, filed Jun. 7, 1991). See in this regard the data presented in Table A hereafter. Also, the blossom coloration of Autumn Eyes can be readily distinguished from Hoof Lane (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,299), Main Lane (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,300), and Bourbon Street (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,777) as described in the respective U.S. Plant patents.
Similar traits to the other above-mentioned Eye varieties are capitulum form and type (with the exception of Quiet Eyes which is a flat daisy type), branching pattern, and the distinctly contrasting center of the disc. However, each Eye variety varies in color of the disc and ray florets, making each a unique and different cultivar.
Similar traits to Tara are capitulum form and type, and breaks/pinch. Autumn Eyes generally has more disc florets per flower, is approximately 4-7 days slowers, has more and shorter and narrower ray florets, and fewer flowers per break than Tara. The coloration of the petals is very different between Tara and Autumn Eyes.
              TABLE A                                                     
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Characteristic                                                            
         Autumn Eyes Dark Eyes   Definite Eyes                            
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capitulum                                                                 
         flat        flat        flat                                     
form                                                                      
capitulum                                                                 
         anemone     anemone     anemone                                  
type                                                                      
diameter ca. 3.4 cm  ca. 3.5-6.0 cm                                       
                                 4.0-7.0 cm                               
across face                                                               
branching                                                                 
         upright     spreading   upright and                              
pattern                          spreading                                
breaks/pinch                                                              
         ca. 4.0     4-7         3-5                                      
height in 6.5                                                             
         30-40 cm    ca. 40 cm   40-52 cm                                 
in. (16.5 cm)                                                             
pot with 1-2                                                              
applications                                                              
of B-9                                                                    
disc floret                                                               
         golden 11 A medium      56 C on the                              
color    tipped with lavender 75 C                                        
                                 outer petals                             
         dark maroon 59                                                   
                     graduating to                                        
                                 graduating to a                          
         A; eye is dark                                                   
                     a very dark eye                                      
                                 dark purple                              
         maroon 59 A of 77 A; tube                                        
                                 eye of 59 A                              
                     75 C                                                 
no. disc ca. 171     ca. 145     ca. 255                                  
florets                                                                   
length disc                                                               
         ca. 1.0 cm long                                                  
                     1.0-1.5 cm long                                      
                                 up to 2 cm long                          
florets                                                                   
ray floret                                                                
         front: golden                                                    
                     front: 75 C front: 69 D                              
color    yellow 11 A back: 75 C with                                      
                                 back: some 70 C                          
         back: pale  a 77 B stripe                                        
         yellow 11 B down the center                                      
no. ray  ca. 22      24-27       average of 27.3                          
florets                                                                   
shape ray                                                                 
         oblong with oblong with elliptic                                 
florets  rounded to flat                                                  
                     rounded tip                                          
         tip                                                              
length ray                                                                
         1.0-1.5 cm long                                                  
                     up to 2.5 cm                                         
                                 up to 4 cm long                          
florets              long                                                 
width ray                                                                 
         0.3-0.5 cm wide                                                  
                     up to 0.75 cm                                        
                                 up to 1.0 cm                             
florets              wide        wide                                     
no. flowers/                                                              
         ca. 9.6     average of 5.16                                      
                                 average of 5.3                           
break                                                                     
leaf     front: 147 A                                                     
                     front: 147 A                                         
                                 front: 147 A                             
color    back: 147 B back: 147 B back: 147 B                              
leaf length                                                               
         ca. 7.5 cm long                                                  
                     up to 8 cm long                                      
                                 up to 6 cm long                          
leaf width                                                                
         ca. 5.0 cm wide                                                  
                     up to 4.5 cm                                         
                                 up to 4 cm wide                          
                     wide                                                 
response time                                                             
         8.5 weeks   8.5 weeks   8.5 weeks                                
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Characteristic                                                            
         Quiet Eyes  Tara        Vibrant Eyes                             
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capitulum                                                                 
         flat        flat        flat fresh;                              
form                             puffy rounded                            
                                 old                                      
capitulum                                                                 
         daisy       anemone     anemone                                  
type                                                                      
diameter 8-10 cm     5.0-6.5 cm  3-4 cm                                   
across face                                                               
branching                                                                 
         spreading   spreading   upright to                               
pattern                          spreading                                
breaks/pinch                                                              
         3-4         3-5         4-5                                      
height in 6.5                                                             
         ca. 40 cm   ca. 37 cm   42-52 cm                                 
in. (16.5 cm)                                                             
pot with 1- 2                                                             
applications                                                              
of B-9                                                                    
disc floret                                                               
         lemon yellow                                                     
                     lemon yellow                                         
                                 from 155 D                               
color    1 A graduating                                                   
                     10 A        graduating                               
         to a large              toward a dark                            
         green eye of            purple eye of                            
         143 A                   77 A                                     
no. disc ca. 200     70-120      ca. 125                                  
florets                                                                   
length disc                                                               
         1.3 cm long up to 1.5 cm                                         
                                 ca. 1 cm long                            
florets              long                                                 
ray floret                                                                
         front: 75 B front: 155 A                                         
                                 light pink to                            
color    back: 75 D  back: 155 D white;                                   
                                 front: 155 A                             
                                 back: 155 B                              
                                 bright green                             
                                 ovary                                    
no. ray  20-24       15-17       ca. 22                                   
florets                                                                   
shape ray                                                                 
         oblong      elliptic    oval with                                
florets                          rounded tip                              
length ray                                                                
         up to 4 cm long                                                  
                     up to 3 cm long                                      
                                 up to 1.7 cm                             
florets                          long                                     
width ray                                                                 
         up to 1.5 cm                                                     
                     up to 1 cm wide                                      
                                 up to 0.5 cm                             
florets  wide                    wide                                     
no. flowers/                                                              
         ca. 5.2     ca. 11.3    ca. 8.4                                  
break                                                                     
leaf color                                                                
         front: 147 A                                                     
                     front: 147 A                                         
                                 front: 147 A                             
         back: 147 B back: 147 B back: 147 B                              
leaf length                                                               
         up to 10 cm up to 9 cm long                                      
                                 up to 5.0 cm                             
         long                    long                                     
leaf width                                                                
         up to 5.5 cm                                                     
                     up to 5 cm wide                                      
                                 up to 3.0 cm                             
         wide                    wide                                     
response time                                                             
         8.2 weeks   8.0 weeks   8.0 weeks                                
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