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Aug. 25, 1936. w 1, JOHNSTON Plant Pat. 190

ROSE

Filed March 23, 1936 Patented Aug. 25, 1936 Plant Pat. 190

PATENT OFFICE ROSE Walter Irwin Johnston, Portadown, Ireland, as-

signor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N

ApplicationlMarch 23, 1936, Serial No. 70,501

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The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Rose plant, a new development of the strain, originated many years ago by Samuel McGredy (1828-1903). This development is 5 the result of extensive hybridizing of different seedlings of theV McGredy strain carried on over a period of many years, including substantially the period of my life, during which I have been engaged in the art of breeding plants.

Since in the course of experimentation with respect to the cross hybridizing mentioned above, it was customary to inject ever so often some new, strong blood, such as species (wild types), Hybrid Perpetuals, etc., it is not practicable to set forth the complete pedigree where the plant is the culmination of many years of research and experimentation, as is the situation in the present instance. It is, therefore, suflicient to state that the seedling rose herein described came from crosses of numerous unnamed seedlings of the McGredy strain.

This new rose is a marked development because of the fact that it possesses all the good points and coloring of the Pemetana strain with an elimination of all its weaknesses (poor vegetation,

inclination to diseases, unstability of color), elimination of which was the objective of the experimentation carried through.

The plant has the true appearance and health of a pure Hybrid Tea with dominating characters all its own, which in fact denotes the great complexity of its ancestry. Those characters which mark it as a new type of garden rose are its very large size bloom of the unprecedented color of deep peach and the perfect health and vigor of the plant, developing unusually large foliage producing a large rounded plant not unlike a Thuy'a globosa. These characteristics have been found to be fixed by a sexual reproduction.

40 The following is a detailed description of the new rose, color designations according with the Gravereaux color chartz- Parentage:

Seedling from unnamed seedlings of the Mc- Gredy strain.

Classification:

Botane-Hybrd tea.

Commercial-Hybrid tea.

Flower Blooming hab1t:

Location where observatons were made- Test gardens and fields of Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, New York.

Recurrent.--Continuous.

Bud:

Size-Very large.

Fm'm.-Ovoid. Unalfected by Weather.

CoZor.-When sepals first divide-cerise suf- 5 fused with orange. When petals begin to unfurl-peach strongly marked with yellow at base. When half blown:

Inside o petaZa- Peaoh marked with orange.

Reverse o petals-Same with yellow at base. 10

Sepals.-Branches, "hood above bud. Curl back when bud half open.

Cy.r.-Shape-funnel. Size-broadpect smooth. Odor when rubbed-none.

Peduncle.-L e n g t h-very long. A s p e c t- 15 smooth. Colormedium green, bronzy on the sunny side. Strength-bending, heavy..

Opening.-Bud opens well; unaffected by adverse conditions.

Bloom: 20

Size-Very large, average size when fully expanded 4 to 'll/2".

Borne.-Singly.

Stems.-Long, normal strength.

Form.--When first open, high center. nence, outer petals curl back.

Petalage.-Double (full but open center). Number of petals under normal conditions 25 to 30.

Colon- Center of flower-deep peach. Outer 30 petals-deeper. Base of petals (aiglet)-yellow gradually blending into the petals. Inside of petals-deep peach. Reverse of petals-deep peach. General tonality from a distance-peach tendjng toward cerise. 35

Variegationa-None DscoZorati0n.-Peach sulfused with orange. Second day-same. Third day-paling toward cerise pink.

Petals: 40

Texture.--'I'hick; unaffected by wet or hot weather.

Appearance.-Inside-ve1vety. Outside-shiny.

Form-Round.

ArrangemenL-Imbricated (regularly arranged 45 shinglelike). Petaloids in center, few.

Persstence.- Drop off cleanly.

Fragrance.-Moderate. Nature- Tea (average Hybrid Tea scent).

Last'ng quaZity.-On the plant, very long. As cut flowerlong Genital organs:

Stamens, Anthers.-Large, many. Coloryellow. Arrangement-regular round styles. 55

wet or hot Perma- 25 Stamens, ilaments (threads) Long. Colorwhite.

PoaZle'rL-Lemon yellow. StyZes.-Bunched; even length, long; heavy. Stgmas.-Co1or-white. Ovaries-All enclosed in calyx.

Fruit:

variety is fertile with its own pollen.

` Form-Flat headed, pear shaped.

Aspect-Smooth. Ciolor at maturty.-Orange, scarlet. Sepals.-Caducous (soon falling).

Plant Form:

Bush. Growth z Very vigorous, branching. Foliage Generally five leaflets.

Size-Very large.

Quantity.-Abundant.

Color- New oZage.-Upperside-bronzy. Under side-Purplish bronze.v Old oliage; Upper side-dark green. Under side-lighter green.

Shape-Oval ponted.

Tamara- Upper side-leathery- Under sidesmooth. Ribs and veins-ordinary.

Edge.-Serrated (saw toothed) Serration.-Sing1e, small.

Rachis.-Co1or reddish; under side prickles. 5

Stipules.-Medium smooth.

Disease resistance.-Resistant.

Wood:

New wood.--Co1or-reddish. Bam-smooth. Old w00d.-Co1or-green. Bark-smooth.

Thorns: (Divided into thorns, prickles, and short needles).

Tho'ms.--Quantity-on main stalks from base, few on laterals from stalk, few. Form-broad base, medium, hooked downward. Color when young-red. Position-irregular.

Prickles.-Quantity-on main stalks, none; on laterals, none.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of rose plant constituting a new type of garden rose, characterized by its production of a vigorous well rounded plant of unusually large foiiage and by its very large size peach-colored blossom, substantially as shown and described.

WALTER IRWIN JOHNSTON.

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