USPP922P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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T. J. MORRIS Plant Pat. 922

Feb. 14, 1950 ROSE PLANT Filed Aug. 30, 1948 71/ Mam/a, flax/9550 5r AMA/Aw A? Mame/5, A 07 Patented Feb. 14, 1950 Plant Pat. 922

- ROSE PLANT Theodore John Morris, deceased, late of Van Nuys, Calif., by Lillian Adelle Morris, administratrix, Van Nuys, Calif., assignor to Germains Inc., Van Nuys, Calif., a corporation of California Application August 30, 1948, Serial No. 46,861

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant resulting from crossing two unnamed seedlings with the objective of improving these parent varieties with respect to the color of the flowers and other plant characteristics. These objectives have been accomplished as will appear more fully hereinafter.

This new variety is characterized by the exceptionally bright and unfading color of its blossoms, its long, strong stems adapting it particularly for use for cut-flower and garden decoration purposes, its heavy foliage, the long keeping qualities of the bloom both on the plant and as a cut flower, and the habit of said flower of opening slowly in all types of weather.

The variety of rose most like this new variety is Texas Centennial (Pl. Pat. No. 162), thepri-mary distinctions therefrom residing in the heavier foliage and the Bright China Rose shade color of the blooms.

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

In the drawings are shown specimens of this new rose at different states of development of the flowers.

The following is a detailed description of the new variety, color terminology being in accordance with the Royal Horticultural Society Color Chart, except where otherwise indicated to have ordinary dictionary significance:

Type: Half hardy; bush; outdoor; seedling; for

out flowers and garden decoration. Class: Hybrid tea. Breeding: Seedling.

Seed parent-Unnamed seedling. Pollen parent-Unnamed seedling. Propagation: Holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding propagations by cuttings, grafting and budding.

Flower Locality where grown: Van Nuys, California.

Flowers borne: Singly to stem; on strong, long stems.

Quantity of bloom: Free; outdoors.

Continuity: Continuous.

Fragrance: Moderate; sweetbrier.

2 Bud:

Peduncle.--Medium length; heavy; stiff; reddish; almost smooth; few red hairs. Before calyx breaks.Size-medium. Form 5 -ovoid; without foliaceous appendages on the surface of the bud; with slender foliaceous parts extending beyond the tip of the bud equal to A of its length. Color --Green with red suliusions.

As calyx breaks.-ColorChina Rose, Plate As first petal opens.-Sizemedium. Form -globular. Color-outside: Tyrian Rose, Plate 24/2; inside: China Rose, Plate 024/1.

Opening.0pens up well; retarded by cold weather.

Bloom: Size, when fully open, large; 5" to 6". Petalage.Double; from 32 to 35 petals arranged regularly.

Form.-Cupped; becoming flat; petals remaining at first loosely flat, rolled outward; becoming later, at maturity, loosely rolled outward.

Petals: Thick; soft; with inside and outside satiny.

Shape.Outside-obovate. Intermediateobovate. Insidescalloped irregular with one notch.

This description of a newly opened flower was made from a rose grown outdoors in the month of June, at Van Nuys, California:

. Colon-Outside petaloutside surfaceTyr- M ian Rose, Plate 24/2; inside surface- China Rose, Plate 024/1. Intermediate petaloutside surface-Tyrian Rose, Plate 24/2; inside surfaceChina Rose, Plate 024/1. Inner petaloutside surface-Tyrian Rose, Plate 24/2; inside surface- 49 China Rose, Plate 024 1.

This description was made from a rose that was open for three days outdoors in the month of June at Van Nuys, California:

Colon-Outside petal--outslde surfaceTyrian Rose, Plate 24/2; inside surface- China Rose, Plate 024/1. Inside petaloutside surface -Tyrian Rose, Plate 24/2;

50 inside surfaceChina Rose, Plate 024/1.

3 General color efiect-Newly opened flower China Rose, Plate 024/1. Three days open-China Rose, Plate 024/1. Behavior.--Drop off cleanly; opens very slowly in all types of weather. Flower Zongevity.n bush in garden-5 days. Cut roses grown outdoors, kept at living room temperatures6 days.

Reproductive organs most with anthers.

Color Hips: Flat; with inconspicuous neck; green grey;

smooth; thin. Sepals: Permanent; long;

Green with red suffusion. Seeds: Very few; medium size.

Plant 1' recurved. Color- Foliagezi Leaves.'+-Gompound of live leaflets ;=r'normal quantity; large heavy;

Leaflets.+Sh'ape, mucronate; 1 base. round;

margimirregularly serrate.-

CoZor. M alt'ure upper surface dark green; under surfacergrey green; Young upper suriace-.-moderately green bronze; under surface-light bronze;

Rachis.--Medium heavy. Upper sidegrooved; under side-extremely smooth.

StipuZes.--Medium long; medium wide; with medium long points, turning out at an angle of less than Disease-Subject to mildew.

Growth:

Habit-Upright; little branched.

Growth-Vigorous.

Canes.-Heavy.

Main stems-.--Dull green-. flh rns several; medium le'ngthf straight? broad base. Prickles and hairsnone.

Branches.-Dull green. Thornsseveral; medium length; hooked downward; with long narrow base. Prickles and hairsnone.-

New shoots.;-Diill bronze. Thorns-several; medium length; hooked downward; with long narrow-Chase. Prickles and hairs none.

It'is claimed? Ahewand distinct variety of rose plant characterized as to novelty by the exceptionally bright un-fading C010l'-0f' its blooms p their long-keeping qualities both on the plant. and as cut flowerst theirflhabit of. openingslowlyciniTall types of-= weather; itsheavy foliage and long strongistems bearing single blooms,substantiallyxas-shbwrrahd No"referent:es cited

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