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1935. J. H. NICOLAS Plant Pat. 132

ROSE

Filed March 13, 1935 States.

Patented Aug. 13, 1935 Plant Pat. 132

132 BOSE Jean Nicolas,. Newark, N. Y., assignor to Jack v i r son 4k Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.

Application March 13, 1935, Serial No. 10,946

1 Claim. (01. 47-61) The present new and distinct variety or rose plant is the result of a definite effort to produce a white rose, everblooming, perfumed, easy to grow and hardy almost anywhere in the Unite The perfection of such a plant was a. develop-- ment problem of considerable magnitude, but the present invention has been developed .as' the an-v swer to all the requirements; by v'irtue of the interbreeding of known varieties having the desired characteristics, giving rise to a highly complex hybrid of very diverse usage.

In this respect, it is notable that the new variety possesses distinction because it may be used as a large shrub, a hedge, or a pillar, but because of the fact that it stands close pruning, it can also be used as Hybrid Tea bedding variety.

A further claim of novelty resides in its great hardiness which was derived from the crossing of two of the hardiest species known, the R. Nutkana from Alaska and the R. Rugosa from Siberia. More specifically its pedigree may be stated as follows: R. Nutkana x Paul Neyron (known in commerce as Schoeners Nutkana) and R. Rugosa Alba x Clotilde Soupert (known in commerce as New Century).

From this ancestry it has acquired the hardiness and vegetation of the species (having by way of test withstood 28 below zero F., without appreciable injury), the well-known fullness of the Paul Neyron variety, the color, form and continuity of bloom of the Clotilde Soupert, and the strong, composite perfume of Centifolia (Paul Neyron) and the wild rose. It may also be considered as a new everblooming type of Hybrid Perpetual.

With reference to its habits of growth, it may be noted that the plant can be left to grow into a large shrub, with canes rising to ten feet in height which can be used as a pillar. It also makes a splendid hedge material and because it will stand close pruning as a vigorous Tea, as before premised, it can thus be used for bedding or mass planting.

Its important novel and distinctive characteristics, including (1) it diversity of usage and (2) its greater resistance to cold than any other everblooming shrub or bush rose, have been by asexual reproduction proved to be permanent or fixed.

The following-is a detail description of this variety:

Parentage:

Seedling. w Seed parent.Schoeners Nutkana (R. Nutkana x Paul Ne'y'ronL-I Pollen parent.-New Century (Rugosa:Alba x Clotilde Soupert). :t: i

Classification:

Botanic.-Nutkana-Rugosa Hybrid. Commercial.-Hybrid Perpetual or Tea.

Flower Blooming habit:

Continuous. Bud:

Size-Medium.

Form.Globu1ar. weather.

Colon-When sepals first divide rosy carmiue; when petals begin to unfurl blush white. When petals halt blown blush inside of petals and reverse of petals white. (Gravereaux color system.)

Sepals.--Branched slightly; stand up.

Calya:.-Pear shaped. Size large. Aspect glandular. Odor when rubbed none.

Peduncle.--Medium length. Aspect rough. Color light green. Strength bending.

Opening.-Opens well. May ball in very wet weather.

Bloom:

Size-Medium; average size when fully expanded 3 to 3% inches.

Borne.-Singly or several together.

Stems.--Long; normal strength.

Form.when first open globular.

Permanence.Retains its form to the end.

Petalage.-Very double (many petals and stamens hidden). Number of petals under normal conditions 100.

Color.-Center of flower light blush. Outer Unaffected by wet or hot petals white. Base of petals (aiglet) greenish.

Texture-Soft; unaffected by hot weather; may ball in wet weather.

Appearance.1nside satiny; outside satiny.

Form.Round; slightly scalloped.

Arrangement.-Imbricated; quartered sometimes. Petaloids in center; many and small.

Persistence.Hang on and dry.

Fragrance.-Strong, Old Rose Perfume (Centifolia) combined with wild rose.

Lasting quality.0n the plant and as a cut flower very long. Genital organs:

Stamens, anthers.-Small, few. Color-white. Arrangement-mixed. with petaloids.

Stamens, filaments (threadsL-Medium length. Colorwhite.

PolZen.-White.

Styles.-Bunched, loosely separated, uneven Plant Form:

Bush, shrub or pillar. Growth:

Very vigorous, u right, bra.nching .Foliage: v.

Generally five leaflets, often seven; Size.--Medium.

none.

Quantity.--Normal.

Colon-New foliage-upper side normal green; under side lighter green, rough. Old foliageupper side dark green; under side lighter green.

Shape-Oval pointed.

Texture-Upper side leathery; rough; ribs prominent.

Edge.-Serrated (saw toothed).

Serration.Single, small.

Leaf stem.-Reddish color; under side rough.

Stipules.Medium length; bearded.

Disease resistance.-Resistant.

Wood: 7

New wood.- Color light green; bark rough.

old woodr-color green, brown; bark rough. Thorns: (Divided into thorns, prickles and short needles).

Thorns.Quantityon main stalks from base under side many; on laterals from stalks ordinary. Formnarrow base; medium length; straight. Color when youngred. Position1rregular.

Prickles.Quantity-on main stocks many; on laterals iew. Color-brown.

Short needZes.-Quantityon main stalks 0n laterals none.

I claim: T 1 A new and distinct variety of rose plant, characterized by its habits of growth which permitof diversity of. usage as a pillar, everblooming Hybrid Perpetual shrub or bedding plant, and its greater resistance to cold than any other everblooming shrub or bush rose, combined with the color and strong fragrance of its blooms, as herein shown and described.

". JEANH.NICOLAS.

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