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June 25, 1974 w R I ER Plant Pit. 3,579

ROSE PLANT Filed Jan. 8, 1975 United States Patent 3,579 ROSE PLANT William A. Warriner, Tustin, Califi, assignor toIackson & Perkins Company, Medford, Oreg. Filed Jan. 8, 1973, Ser. No. 321,815

Int. Cl. A01h 5/00 U.S. Cl. Plt.-21 1 Claim This present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant in a class intermediate between hybrid tea and floribunda which was originated by me by crossing two unnamed, undistributed rose varieties.

The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose variety, taller than the floribunda class but with the usual large number of flowers produced by plants of the floribunda class. This objective was substantially achieved along with other desirable improvements as evidenecd by the following unique combination of charac teristics which are outstanding in the variety and which distinguish it from its parents as well as from all other varieties of which I am aware:

1. A unique habit of growth, producing many flowers on long stems in clusters.

2. An extremely high resistance to rose powdery mildew.

3. An overall flower color close to Wilsons Cardinal Red which is fast in all seasons.

4. Dark, semi-glossy foliage.

Asexual reproduction of this new variety by budding, as performed at Wasco, Cali-f., shows that the foregoing characteristics and distinctions come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.

The accompanying illustration shows typical specimens of the vegetative growth and flowers of this new variety in different stages of development, 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 rose variety with color terminology in accordance with Wilsons Horticultural Color Chart, except where ordinary dictionary significance of color is indicated.

Parentage: Seedling.

Seed parent-Unnamed variety. Pollen parent.-Unnamed variety. Classification:

Botanic-Rosa hybrid. Commercial.-Intermediate between hybrid tea and floribunda.

FLOWER Observations were made at Irvine, Calif, in mid- October in the afternoon of plants and blooms from the garden.

Plant Pat. 3,579 Patented June 25, 1974 "ice outer petals quill slightly-center petals quill very little. Bloom:

Size-Medium. Average size when fully expanded,

3 inches.

Borne.-Singly and in clusters-rounded. Individual flowers in clusters on long stems.

Stems.Long, strong.

Form-When first open, high center. Permanence retains its form until the end.

Petalage.Number of petals under normal conditions, 40.

C0l0r.-Center of flower: Upper side of petals near Cardinal Red 822). Reverse side of petals slightly lighter than Cardinal Red (822/3). Outer petals: Upper side of petals same as center petals. Base of petals: Sharply defined rectangular area of Empire Yellow (603). General tonality from a distance near Cardinal Red (822).

Diseoloration.By third day, exposed surface slightly darker, covered petal surface slightly lighter; yellow base lightens to near white.

Fragrance-None.

Petals:

Texture.Thick.

Surface.-Insideshiny. Reverse-satiny.

Shape-Round.

Form-Moderately quilled.

Arrangement.Irregular.

Petaloids in center.Few, large.

Lastingness.-On the plantvery long. As cut flower-very long.

Reproductive parts:

Stamens, anthers-Large. Color-yellow. Arrangement-regular around styles.

Stamens, Filaments (threads).Assorted. Coloryellow.

P0llen.Lem0n yellow.

Styles.Loosely separated, of uneven lengths. Thin.

Stigmas.-Colorwhite.

PLANT Form: Bush. Growth: Very vigorous, upright, branching.

Foliage: Number of leaflets on normal mid-stem leaves,

5 sometimes 7.

New w00d.C0lor-light green. Bark-smooth. Ola wo0d.-Colorgreen. Bark-smooth. Prickles:

Quantity-On main stalksmany. On lateralsmany. F0rm.-Broad base, long, hooked downward.

Color. When young near Garnet 'Brown Quantity.'On main stalks-many. 0n lateralsmany. Color.Brown.

The plant branches freely from base and makes many long stem clusters of blooms.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of .rose plant of a class between hybrid tea and floribunda, substantially as herein Small Prickles:

No references cited.

ROBERT E. BAGWILL, Primary Examiner

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