Chrysanthemum plant
A chrysanthemum plant originating as a sport of Bronze Princess Anne, characterized by its reddish-bronze blossoms.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant which to the best of its discoverer's knowledge and belief is a sport of the unpatented cultivar known in the United States as Bronze Princess Anne.
The new cultivar is similar in many respects to another cultivar, closely related in color and other characteristics, known as Gay Anne, having the same characteristics of:
1. Plant habit.
2. Flower size.
3. Flower form.
4. Flowering response.
5. Foliage size, color and shape.
The new cultivar is distinguished from Gay Anne by the following characteristics:
1. More intense flower color, with more red tones.
2. Fades more slowly.
3. Faded color more attractive.
The new cultivar differs from related varieties such as Bronze Princess Anne, Gay Anne, SR Bronze Princess Anne, Sweet Anne and Red Anne particularly by its distinctive copper red flower color.
The variety additionally differs from Red Anne in having smooth petals compared to the notched petals of the former.
The new cultivar was discovered in a cultivated area in Bend, Oreg., as a flowered plant, and when asexually reproduced by cuttings at Barberton, Ohio, has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.
The new cultivar when grown in the vicinity of Barberton, Ohio, has a response period of approximately ten weeks, and the following detailed description is based on observations made of the new cultivar in a greenhouse in Barberton, Ohio. The response time, blooming period, color, and total vigor may vary significantly with varying environmental conditions such as temperature, day length, and light intensity. Suggested flowering in the northern and western United States, including coastal California, is from mid-September through May; and in Florida, from December through April.
The accompanying photographic drawing shows the unique characteristics of the new cultivar, the color being as nearly true as possible with color illustrations of this type. In the following description, color references are made to the Munsell Color Book, 1963 edition, except where indicated as Maerz & Paul, "Dictionary of Color", second edition, and comparisons are made with the closely related cultivar Gay Anne shown on the right in the drawing. Where only a single value or description appears for the new cultivar, the same value of description applies as well to the parent cultivar.
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BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION: Chrysanthemum morifolium
Copper Anne Gay Anne
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BLOOM:
Size 5"
Fully expanded
51/2"
Borne singly on disbudded
stems
Stems strong
form decorative
permanence 10-12 days
color
center of flower
yellow yellow, 2.5Y8/8
10YR7/10
base of petals
lt. yellow lt. yellow
5Y8.5/8 5Y8.5/8
inside of petals
bronze to copper red,
orange bronze,
Maerz & Paul, 3.75YR5/12 to
plates 9,I-7 buff, 2.5Y8.5/4
Occasionally having
more red tones
reverse of petals
slightly darker than
orange yellow,
the inside of petals
2.5Y8/8 to
buff 10YR8/4
tonality from a
copper red dark bronze to
distance pale buff
discoloration
copper bronze, buff, 2.5Y8.5/4
10YR7/10
PETALS:
texture smooth notched
appearance and form
tubular to open
at base, broaden
quickly to wide
shallow keel, tapering
to notched blunt point
arrangement composite, whorled on
a single receptacle
persistance resist shatter
fragrance typical chyrsanthemum
REPRODUCTIVE
ORGANS:
stamen, anthers
none-10
pollen none-very scant
arrangement clustered in center
of flower, if present
styles present both ray and
disc florets
length short
ovaries at the base of petal
attached to receptacle
PLANT:
form herbaceous
growth semi-upright
height 12"-16"
spread 6"-8"
FOLIAGE:
top side dark green,
7.5GY3/4
size 61/2" long,
41/2" wide
quantity numerous
shape spatulate lobed
texture smooth
ribs and veins
prominent
edge moderately indented
serration moderate serration
under side light green,
7.5GY5/4
stipules rudimentary
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Claims
1. A new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum characterized particularly as to uniqueness when compared to the parent cultivar bronze Princess Anne and its closely related cultivar Gay Anne by its more intense flower color, with more red tones, its relatively slower fading characteristic, and its more attractive flower color when faded.
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 7, 1972
Date of Patent: Oct 26, 1982
Inventors: Walter H. Jessel, Jr. (Doylestown, OH), William E. Duffett (Akron, OH), Marvin D. Mix (Bend, OR)
Primary Examiner: Robert E. Bagwill
Law Firm: Chernoff & Vilhauer
Application Number: 5/232,393
International Classification: A01H 500;
