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July 7, 1970 s, BOERNER Plant Pat. 2,980

ROSE PLANT Filed Sept. 23, 1968 United States Patent 2,980 ROSE PLANT Eugene S. Boerner, deceased, late of Benton, N.Y., by Lincoln Rochester Trust Company, New York, N.Y., and Roger L. Boerner, Milwaukee, Wis., executors, assignors to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Sept. 23, 1968, Ser. No. 763,990

Int. Cl. Alllh /00 U.S. Cl. Plt.11 1 Claim The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, which was originated by the late Eugene S. Boerner, deceased, by crossing the rose variety known as Kordes Perfecta (Plant Pat. No. 1,604) with an unnamed and unpatented seedling of the rose variety known as Garnette Supreme (Plant Pat. No. 1,318).

The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new and improved rose variety having an unusual flower color, combined with good floriferousness. This objective was fully achieved, along with other desirable features, 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 rose varieties:

(1) An upright and vigorous plant habit; (2) Above average freedom of bloom; and (3) A distinctive, attractive and unique pink flower color.

While the plant habit of the new variety is vigorous like that of the parent variety Kordes Perfecta, the flower color differs from that of either parent and from all other rose varieties.

Asexual reproduction of the new variety by budding, as performed at Newark, N.Y., and also at Pleasanton, Calif, 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 the 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 the new rose variety, with color terminology in accordance with Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are obvious:

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent.Kordes Perfecta. Pollen parent.--An unnamed seedling of Garnette Supreme. Class: Hybrid tea.

FLOWER (Observations made from specimens grown outdoors at Newark, NY. in the early afternoon during the month of August.)

Blooming habit: Above average freedom of bloom. Continuity-continuous. Bud:

Peduncle.-Relatively heavy. Size-from 2 /2 inches to 3 inches long. Prickles-many; small; color- Biscay Green, Plate 17.

Before calyx breaks.Size-about 1 inch long. Shape-oval, with pointed tip. ColorBiscay Green, Plate 17, with margins often suffused with Claret Brown, Plate 1.

Sepals (as calyx breaks).-Color--Biscay Green, Plate 17, suffused on some margins with Claret Brown, Plate 1, and edges having few long, narrow appendages and very few gland-like hairs.

Plant Pat. 2,980 Patented July 7, 1970 Petal color (as sepals separate).Rose Red, Plate 12. Bloom:

Opening fl0wer.Shape-br0adly oval, with pointed tip; early opening petals spiral shaped.

Open fl0wer.'Shapehigh-centered; some center petals strongly incurved. Size--from 3 /2 inches to 4 /2 inches in diameter; overall shape nearly round.

Petals.Shape: inner petals-oval; narrow base; broad near tip; outer petals-broadly oval; rounded or very bluntly pointed apex. Quantityfrom 35 to petals. Substanceaverage thickness and strength. ColorNewly open: Upper surface-Spinel Pink, Plate 26 on outer half, blending toward center to near white, with base of Pale Lemon Yellow, Plate 4 sutfusing into the white area; lower surfaceSpinel Pink, Plate 26, blended with white over entire surface, except more white near midrib. Three-days open: upper surfaceDeep Rose Pink, Plate 12, mottled with Rose Pink, Plate 12, and blending to near white at lower end of petal, with petal base Pale Lemon Yellow, Plate 4.

Petal0ids.Hang on for 3 to 5 days and then drop off cleanly.

REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS Stamens: Numerous; arranged orderly around receptacle.

Filaments: Uneven length. ColorLight Cadmium Yellow, Plate 4.

Anthers: Large. ColorLight Cadmium Yellow, Plate 4.

Stigmas: Color-Baryta Yellow, Plate 4.

Styles: Enlarged just below stigmas. Color-enlarged part is Scarlet Red, Plate 1, and lower part is Baryta Yellow, Plate 4.

PLANT Habit: Upright; freely branched; average size when mature. Foliage:

Leaves.-Compound of 5-7 leaflets.

Leaflets.-Shapebroadly elliptical. Edge-doubly and irregularly serrated and irregularly undulated. Color (upper surface)-Forest Green, Plate 17. Surface-leathery; non-glossy.

Rachis.8 or more large thorns on lower side, with numerous smaller prickles, extending into midribs of leaflets.

Stipules.Narrow; edges with many gland-like hairs;

points long, slender and parallel with rachis.

Stems:

Color (with flowers developed).Light Elm Green, Plate 17 on sunny side, shading to Courge Green, Plate 17 on shady side.

Old wood.-Color-Biscay Green, Plate 17.

Surface-Smooth.

New growth: ColorDiamine Brown, Plate 13. Thorns: Long base, with points angled downward; small thorns have oval base and are angled nearly from stems. Color: large thorns-Old Gold, Plate 16; small thorns-Chestnut, Plate 2.

What is claimed is:

1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of an upright and vigorous plant habit, above average freedom of bloom, and a distinctive, attractive and unique pink flower color.

No references cited.

ROBERT E. BAGWILL, Primary Examiner

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