USPP410P - Rose plant - Google Patents

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July 9, 1940. w. 1. JOHNSTON Plant a 410 ROSE PLANT Filed March 8, 1940 Patented July 9, 1940 Pl t Pat, 410

UNITED STA E- is PATENT OFFICE Walter Irwin Johnston, Portadown, Ireland, as-

signor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y. i

Application March 8, 1940, Serial No. 323,015

.1 Claim. (01. 4761) The present invention'relates to a new and SepaZs.-Branched, slight hood above bud. distinct variety of rose plant, evidenced by its Curl back when bud half blown. vi r us and v ry free bl mi habit, t C'aZyr.-Shape--funnel. Sizebroad. Asusually attractive color combination of the floww peat-smooth ers, and the contrasting coloring of the foliage Peduncle, Length-10ng. Aspectprickly. 0f the plant 7 Col0rLight Cress Green, plate 31, shaded This w rose, grown rom a seedling f the with Corinthian Red, Plate 27. St1'engthcross of Mrs. Henry Morse, known to be one of t ff erect, heavy the backbones, so to speak, of the pink planting Opening' Bud Opens n Is not afiected in many rose gardens, with an unnamed seedling by adverse conditions of desirable characteristics.

More specifically, the novelty of the coloring Bloom" characteristics of this new variety, resides in the Average. Slze when fully Eosine Pink outer petals and the Begonia Rose P /2- inchescolor in the center of the flower; the Empire Yel- B0T7le-S Wera1 togetherlow color at the base of the inside of the petals Stem8-Medi11m length. SlErOIlgand the suflusion of this color through the Eosine F first 0DeHhigh 081111811 Pink color of the inside of the petals; and the manence-retains its form to the color between Tosine Pink and Spine] Red on the PetaZag6-D011b1e (full but p Center)- r v r of th t 1 Number of petals under normal condi- Do As regards the foliage, the rose is characterti0I1S45- ized as to novelty by the Dark Mineral Red color- C0lor.Center of flower-Begonia Rose, ing of the edges and the Cress Green center of Plate 1. Outer petals-Eosine Pink, Plate the upper side of the young foliage, together with 1. Base of petals (aiglet) Empire Yelthe Mineral Red color of the under side traced low, Plate 4. Inside of petalsEosine with light Cress Green veining. Pink, Plate 1, suffused partway up with 5 In the illustration of the rose, these coloring Empire Yellow, Plate 4. Reverse of petfeatures are shown as nearly as possible for an alsBetween Eosine Pink, Plate 1, and artist to depict in detail, though it is to be under- Spinel Pink, Plate 26. General tonality stood that exactness in this respect is not claimed. from a diStanCeEOSine Pink, Plate 1. However, such illustration, together with the fol- DiscOloration.-General tonality at end of lowing detailed description, is believed to suffice first day-Eosine Pink, Plate 1. Second for purposes of this disclosure, all color termiday-between Eosine Pink, Plate 1, and nology used being according to Ridgways Color Deep Rose Pink, Plate 12. Third day- Standard. Deep Rose Pink, Plate 12.

85 Parentage: Seedling. Petals:

Seed parent.Mrs. Henry Morse. Texture.Thick. Is not affected by wet or Pollen parent.Unnamed seedling. hot Weather.

Classification: Botanic and commercialHybrid l O u t S 1 d e tea. satiny.

Flower Form.0val.

Arrangement.--Imbricated (regularly ar- (Observations made in fields and gardens of ranged Shing1e"11ke)- Petalolds m Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, New York, Smallin the morning of September 8, 1939.) PQTSZStenCePAQTOP ofi cleanly- Blooming habit: Recurrent-Continuous. Fmgmnce-shght- Naturetea (average hybrid tea scent). Bud: Lasting quality-On the plant and as cut Szze.Med1um. fiower long Form.-Ov0id. It is not affected by wet or hot weather, Genital organs: 5O Color.-When sepals first divide-Rose Stamens, a ny- 10 Doree, Plate 1. When petals begin to un- Light Cadmium, Plate 4. Arrangement furl--Begonia Rose, Plate 1. When half regular around styles. blown: inside of petalsbetween Begonia Stamens, filaments (threads) .'-Medium Rose, Plate 1, and Deep Rose Pink, Plate length. CoZor-Xanthine Orange, Plate 3. 12, lower third suffused with Empire Yel- P0lZen.Apricot Yellow, Plate 4. low, Plate 4; reverse of petals-Eosine Styles-Punched; medium length, thin. Pink, Plate 1, sufiused with Empire Yellow, Stigmas.Light Cadmium, Plate 4.

Plate 4. Ovaries-All enclosed in calyx.

Plant Form: Bush. Growth: Vigorous. Foliage: 3-5 leaflets.

Size.Medium.

Quantity.Normal.

C0lor.New foliage: upper side-Dark Mineral Red, Plate 27, edges; center, Cress Green, plate 31; under side-Mineral Red, Plate 27, with veining of Light Cress Green,

Plate 31. Old foliage: Upper side-Yew Green, Plate 31. Under sideCress Green, Plate 31.

Shape.0va1 pointed.

Texture-Upper side-1eathery. Under side smooth. Ribs and veins-ordinary.

Edge-Serrated (saw toothed).

Serrati0n.-Single; small.

Rachis.Cress' Green, Plate 31.

smooth.

StipuZes.Medium length; bearded.

Disease resistance-Resistant.

Under side Wood:

New w0od.-CoZor--Light Cress Green, Plate 31. Bark-smooth.

Old Wood.-C0lor-Cress Green, Plate 31.

Bark-smooth.

Thorns (divided into thorns, pricles and short needles):

Thorns.0n main stalks from base and on laterals from stalkmany. Formnarrow base; hooked downward. Color when youngCinnamon Brown, Plate 15. Position-irregulan Prickles-Green.

Asexual reproduction of this new rose shows that the noted distinctive features are fixed.

I claim:

A new and distinct variety of rose plant, characterized as to novelty by the vigorous and very free blooming habit and the combination ooloring in the different stages of development of the flowers and foliage thereof, substantially as shown and described.

WALTER IRWIN JOHNSTON.

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