Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-03-24
2001-03-06
Locker, Howard J. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011795
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Dendranthema grandiflora
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Yonashville.
The new Chrysanthemum is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Salinas, Calif. The objective of the breeding program is to create new pot-type Chrysanthemum cultivars having desirable inflorescence forms and floret colors and good post-production longevity.
The new Chrysanthemum originated from a cross made by the Inventor in October, 1994, in Salinas, Calif., of the
Dendranthema grandiflora
cultivar Monterey, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,753, as the female, or seed, parent, with the
Dendranthema grandiflora
cultivar Lucido, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,586, as the male, or pollen, parent.
The new Chrysanthemum was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Fort Myers, Fla., in November, 1995. The selection of this plant was based on its desirable inflorescence form and floret colors and good post-production longevity.
Asexual production of the new Chrysanthemum by terminal cuttings harvested in a controlled environment in Salinas, Calif., has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Yonashville has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Yonashville’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Yonashville’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum:
1. Upright, outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit.
2. Large vigorous plants.
3. Freely branching habit, full and dense plants.
4. Uniform and early flowering.
5. Floriferous, numerous daisy-type inflorescences that are about 7.3 cm in diameter.
6. Purple-colored ray florets with bright yellow-colored disc florets.
7. Excellent postproduction longevity with inflorescences and leaves maintaining good substance and color for about four or five weeks in an interior environment.
The new Chrysanthemum can be compared to the Chrysanthemum cultivar Regal Davis, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,292. However in side-by-side comparisons in Salinas, Calif., and Leamington, Ontario, Canada, under commercial practice, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of the cultivar Regal Davis in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum are more vigorous and taller than plants of the variety Regal Davis.
2. Leaves of plants of the new Chrysanthemum are larger, darker green in color, and less susceptible to foliar problems than leaves of plants of the variety Regal Davis.
3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flower about one week earlier than plants of the cultivar Regal Davis.
4. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have larger inflorescences than plants of the variety Regal Davis.
5. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have a more open spray formation than plants of the variety Regal Davis.
6. Ray florets of the new Chrysanthemum are larger, flatter and slightly darker in color than ray florets of the cultivar Regal Davis.
REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 9105 (1995-04-01), VandenBerg
Locker Howard J.
Whealy C. A.
Yoder Brother's Inc.
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