Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Festival Time Improved’

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2001-09-19

2003-02-25

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Chrysanthemum

Plant Patent

active

PP013602

ABSTRACT:

LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES
Botanical classification:
Dendranthema grandiflora.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
The new Chrysanthemum variety denomination is ‘Festival Time Improved’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum botanically known as
Dendranthema grandiflora
, and referred to by the cultivar name ‘Festival Time Improved’.
‘Festival Time Improved’, identified as 20278-9 was discovered as a natural mutation on a whole plant in a controlled cultivated planting of the variety ‘Festival Time’. The new variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ has been asexually reproduced by vegetative cuttings at Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom and the distinguishing characteristics are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
‘Festival Time Improved’ is a pot type of Chrysanthemum plant variety having pale pink to purple decorative flowers with slightly reflexing form, giving a slightly domed capitulum.
Comparison with Parent
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ are similar to the parent cultivar ‘Festival Time’ in plant habitat and growth rate. In side-by-side comparisons in Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom, under commercial practice, plants of the new Chrysanthemum variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ differed from plants of the parent cultivar ‘Festival Time’ in the following characteristics.
1. The new variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ produces pale pink to purple decorative color flowers whereas the parent cultivar ‘Festival Time’ produces pale pink to lighter purple decorative color flowers.
2. Plants of the new variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ have similar inflorescence plants as that of the parent cultivar ‘Festival Time’.
3. ‘Festival Time Improved’ has flowers that are of a more uniform habit than ‘Festival Time’.
4. ‘Festival Time Improved’ has flowers that are of a more defined color contrast than ‘Festival Time’.
Comparison with Other Varieties
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ are dissimilar to the cultivar ‘Spring Delano’ in plant habitat and growth rate. However, in side-by-side comparisons in Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom, under commercial practice, plants of the new Chrysanthemum variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ compared to plants of the cultivar ‘Spring Delano’ in the following characteristics.
1. The new variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ produces better color flowers, whereas the cultivar ‘Spring Delano’ produces weaker color flowers.
2. Plants of the new variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ have smaller and shorter inflorescence than plants of the cultivar ‘Spring Delano’.
3. The new variety ‘Festival Time Improved’ has a better branching habit with more flowers, compared to the variety ‘Spring Delano’.


REFERENCES:
patent: PP9843 (1997-04-01), Van Koeveringe

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