USPP2090P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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Sept. 12, 1961 s, BQERNER Plant Pat. 2,090

ROSE PLANT Q Filed Nov. 15, 1960 United States Patent "cc 2,090 ROSE PLANT Eugene S. Boerner, Newark, N.Y., assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Nov. '15, 1960, Ser. No. 69,532 '1 Claim. (Cl. 4'l--61) The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the floribunda class, which was originated by me by crossing the variety named Gold Cup (Plant Patent No. 1,683) with the variety named Pigmy Gold (Plant. Patent No. 1,114).

The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose of medium size which would be attractive and desirable as a general garden variety, as well as suitable for hedging. This objective was fully achieved, along with other desirable improvements, as evidenced by the following unique combination of characteristics which are outstanding in the new variety and which distinguish it from its parents, as well as from all other varieties of which I am aware:

(I) A medium tall habit of growth;

(2) Leathery and glossy foliage;

(3) A free floweringhabit;

(4) Quick repetition of bloom; and

(5) A distinctive and uniform Empire Yellow general color tonality of the flowers throughout the life thereof.

Asexual reproduction of my new variety by budding, as performed at Newark, New York, and also at Pleasanton, California, shows that the aforementioned characteristics and distinctions come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.

The accompanying drawing shows typical specimens of the vegetative growth and flowers of my new variety in different stages of development and as depicted in color as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in a color illustration of this character.

The following is a detailed description of my new variety, with color terminology in accordance with Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature:

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent.Gold Cup. Pollen parent.-Pigmy Gold. Classification:

Botanic.Floribunda. Com=mercial.Floribunda.

Flower (Observations made from specimens grown outdoors at Newark, New York, in the late afternoon during the latter part of the month of August.)

Blooming habit: Recurrentfree-flowering and quickrepeating. Bud:

Size.Medium.

F0rm.0void; is not aifected by wet or hot weather. Colon-When sepals first divideOha1'-treuse Yellow, Plate 31. When petals begin to unfurl-Empire Yellow, Plate 4, with lower half of petals lightly overcast with Deep Chrome, Plate 3. When haltblown: inside of petalsPinard Yellow, Plate 4,

overcast with Apricot Yellow, Plate 4; reverse of petals--Empire Yellow, Plate 4, lightly overcast with Pinard Yellow, Plate 4.

Sepals-Branched and with hood above bud; curl back when petals begin to unfurl. Color: inside Turtle Green, Plate 32; outside-Oil Green, Plate 5.

Calyx.Color-Oi1 Green, Plate 5. Shape-funnel.

Plant Pat. 2,.% Patented Sept. 12, 1961 Size-slender. Aspect-smooth. Odor when rubbednone. Peduncle.Length-medium. Aspect smooth.

Strength-ereot; slender. Colo'rYellowish Oil Green, Plate 5.

Opening-Opens up well; is not afiected by adverse weather conditions.

Bloom:

Size.-Med-ium. Average size when fully expandedfrom 3% inches to 4 inches.

Borne.--Both singly and several together.

Stems-Medium length; normal strength.

Form (when first open).From cupped to full. Perinanence.retains its form to the end, but outer petals curl back.

Petalage.--Double (full but open center). Number of petals under normal conditions-50.

Colon-Center of fiower-Empire Yellow, Plate 4, lightly overcast with Apricot Yellow, Plate 4. Outer petals-Pinard Yellow, Plate 4, with lower half of petals lightly overcast with Empire Yellow, Plate 4. Base of petals (aiglet)Lemon Chrome, Plate 4. Inside of petalsPinard Yellow, Plate 4, lightly overcast with Empire Yellow, Plate 4. Reverse of petalsPale Lemon Yellow, Plate 4, lightly overcast with Pinard Yellow, Plate 4. General tonality from a distance-Empire Yellow, Plate 4.

Discol0ration.-General tonality at end of first day- Empire Yellow, Plate 4, lightly overcast with Apricot Yellow, Plate 4. Second dayEmpire Yellow, Plate 4. Third day-Empire Yellow, Plate 4. Petals:

Texture.Leathery; is not affected by wet or hot Weather. Appearanee.Inside-satiny. Outside-shiny. Form.-Oval. Arrangement.-Informal (with rags in center). Petaloids in semen-Few; small. Persistence.--Drop off cleanly. Fragrance-Moderate. Naturetea (average hybrid tea scent). Lasting quality.On the plant-long.

flower-dong.

As cut Genital organs Stamens, anthers: Medium size; many; regularly arranged around styles. Color-Light Cadmium, Plate 4.

Stamens, filaments (threads): Medium length. Color-- Entpire Yellow, Plate 4.

Pollen: Color-Maize Yellow, Plate 4.

Styles: Loosely separated; uneven length; medium length;

thin.

Stigmas: Color-Pale Lemon Yellow, Plate 4.

Ovaries: All enclosed in calyx.

Hips: None.

Seeds: None.

Plant Form: Bush. Growth: Vigorous; medium tall; branching. Foliage: Compound of 3-7 leaflets.

Size.-Medium-. Quantity.Abundant. Color.New foliage: upper sideDeep Dull Yellow- Green, Plate '32, with serrations Van Dyke Red, Plate 13; under side-Chromium Green, Plate 32, with serrations Van Dyke Red, Plate 13.. Old foliage: upper side-Dark Cress Green, Plate 31; under side-Cress Green, Plate 31. Shape-Oval pointed.

' 3 4 Texture-Upper r side-leathery; glossy. Under (when young) Eugenia Red, Plate 13.

side-smooth. Position-irregular. Ribs and veins-Ordinary. Prickles-Quantity: on main stalksnor1e; on later- 'Edge.l-Serra t-ed (saw-toothed). als none.

Serratiom-Single; small. l' 5 Short needles.Quantity: on main stalks-none; on Leaf stem.Col0r-Light Cress Green, Plate 31. laterals-none.

' Under side-prickly.

I claim: r gf' f m smooth' I A new and distinet variety 0f 1'ose plant of the flori- N wood Lettuce Green Plate 5 10 bunda cless, substennally as herem shown and descnbed, oharaeter zed partlcularly as to novelty by the unlque Old wood Col or Varleys Green Plate 5 combma-uon medium tall.hab1t f W leatplrry Bark sl'nooth V and glossy fohage, a fre e-fl0w1ng bablt, qulek repetltlon m of bloom, and a dlstmctlve and uruform Emplre Yelloyv Th 0ms.-Quantity: on main stalks from base-or- 15 52 color tonahty of the flowers throughout their ldinary; on laterals from stalk-ordinary. Formnarrow base; medium length; straight. Color No references clted.

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