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G. OHLHUS Plant Pat. 935

April 18, 1950 ROSE PLANT Filed Nov. 19, 1948 Patented Apr. 18, 1950 Plant Pat. 935

ROSE PLANT George Ohlhus, West Grove, Pa., assignor to The Cunard-Pyle Company, West Grove, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 19, 1948, Serial No. 60,899

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant, resulting from careful breeding with the object of producing a rose suitable for both outdoor or garden decoration and cut-flower purposes.

By using the particular parents, I obtained a very strong, erect growing plant that produces large and very double open blooms, remarkably long lasting and of a rich tinting of tones of pink color and at times pleasing, strong fragrance.

The great beautifully furledbuds open slowly with the individual petals large and of heavier texture than commonly found in so double a rose. The full bloomsareexcellent, each petal tip curling back to form a. perfect point, perfectly arranged around the high, furled center. The large blooms are held erect on very firm, strong stems on tall, vigorous plants. The long lasting characteristic prevails on the bush as well as in their use as cut-flowers.

This combination of characteristics is very desirable in roses of the particular tone because of their attractive contrasting high lights in any setting, whether outdoors or inside.

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

The accompanying drawing illustrates the distinctive characteristics of the flowers at different stages of development from bud to full blown blossoms.

The following is a detailed description of the new variety, all reference to color being in accordance with Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature and ordinary dictionary definition:

Type: Hardy; bush; outdoor; seedling; for cutflowers and garden decoration. Class: Hybrid tea. Breeding: Seedling.

Seed parent.Soeur Therese. Pollen parent-Unnamed (Duquesa de Penaranda Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont). Propagation: Holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding propagations by budding.

Flower Locality where grown: West Grove, Pennsylvania.

Flowers borne: singly to stem; on strong, me-

dium long stems.

Quantity of bloom: Free; abundant outdoors.

Continuity: Continuous.

Fragrance: Intermittent; tea.

1 Claim. (Cl. 47-61) I Bud:

Peduncle.-Medium length; medium heavy; erect; almost smooth; few green. hairs. Color-Lettuce Green, Plate V.

Before calyx breaks.--Size-medium. Form -pointed; with foliaceous appendages on the surface of the bud; with slender cut foliaceous parts extending beyond the tip of the bud equal to one-half or less of its length.

As calyx breaks.--Color-Old Rose, Plate XIII.

As first petal 0pens.--Size--medium. Form -ovoid. Color-outside: shading from Light Dull Green-Yellow, Plate XVII, at tip of base, to Thulite Pink, Plate XXVI, and to Light Spinel Red, Plate XXVI, at outer edges; inside: shading from Light Green Yellow, Plate V, at base to Thulite Pink, Plate XXVI, and to Spinel Red, Plate XXVI, at outer edges.

Opem'ng.-Opens up well.

Bloom: Size, when fully open4% inches to 5%.

inches.

PetaZage.-Very double; from 40 to petals;

arranged regularly.

Form.--Very high center at first; becoming high centered; petals remaining at first very loosely rolled outward; becoming later, at maturity, loosely rolled outward.

Petals: Leathery; with inside and outside satiny.

Shape.-Outside-obovate. Intermediateobovate. Inside-obovate.

This description of a newly opened flower was made from a rose grown outdoors in the month of August, at West Grove, Pennsylvania:

Colon-Outside petaZ-outside surface: Rose Color, Plate XII; inside surface: Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII. Intermediate petal-outside surface: Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII; inside surface: Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII. Inner petal-outside surface: Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII; inside surface: Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII.

This description was made from a rose that was open for three days outdoors in the month of August, at West Grove, Pennsylvania:

Color.-Outside petal--outside surface: shading from white at base to Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII, over most of the petal surface; inside surface: shading from white at base to Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII, over most of the petal surface. Inside petaloutside surface: Deep Rose Pink, Plate 3 XII; inside surface: Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII.

General color efiect.-Newly opened flower Deep Rose Pink, Plate XII. Three days openDeep Rose Pink, Plate XII.

Behaoio'r.Drop off cleanly.

Flower longevity-Cut roses grown outdoors kept at living-room temperatures four to five days in August.

Reproductive organs Stamens: Medium number; most arranged regularly about pistils, occasionally afew mixed with petaloids.

Filaments: Medium length; most with anthers.

ColorLight Coral Red, Plate XIII.

Anthers: Medium size; all open at various times; occasionally an anther fused with a petaloid or with a pistil.

Pollen: Moderately abundant.

Plate III.

Pistils: Many.

Styles: Uneven; medium length; medium heavy;

bunched.

Stigma: Color-Sulphur Yellow, Plate V.

Ovaries: Some protruding from calyx.

Hips: Ovoid; moderately smooth; medium thick.

Co1or-Courge Green, Plate XVII.

Sepals: Permanent; moderately long;

shaped.

Seeds: Medium number; medium size.

Color-Orange,

spear- Plant Foliage:

Leaves.--Compound of three or five leaflets;

abundant; medium size; leathery.

Leaflets.-Shape-oval with apex acute;

base round; margin simply serrate.

COZor.--Matureupper surface: Dark Cress Green, Plate XXXI; under surface: Asphodel Green, Plate XLI. Young-upper surface: Parrot Green, Plate VI, bordered with Prussian Red, Plate XXVII; under surface: Yellowish Oil Green, Plate V, veiled with Indian Red, Plate XXVII.

Rachis.--Medium heavy. Upper side: grooved; under side: moderately thorny.

StipuZes.Moderately long; moderately narrow; with medium long points turning out at an angle of less than Disease.--Resistant to mildew and blackspot.

Growth:

Habit-Upright; branched.

Growth.-Vigorous.

Canes.I-Ieavy.

Main stems.- -Dull green sometimesshaded with red. Thornsseveral; medium length; hooked downward; with long narrow base. Prickles and hairsnone.

Branches.-Dull green sometimes shaded with red. Thorns-several; medium length; hooked downward; with medium length narrow base. Prickles-several; reddish. Hairs-none.

sho0ts.COZor-Oil Green, Plate V. Thornsseveral; medium long; hooked downward; with narrow base. PrickZesseveral; reddish. Hairs-none.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of rose plant, characterized as to novelty by its strong and erect habits of growth, and its production of blooms of a rich tinting of pink color tones, verydo'uble', large size and of long lasting quality substan- New tially as shown and described. V GEORGE OHLHUS.

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