56. Volume 12- Number 2 - IP Australia

DESCRIPTIONS
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL 12 NO. 2
Choice of Comparators ‘Fiord’, ‘Ascot’, ‘Barkool’ A ,
‘Icarus’ and ‘Aquadulce’ were initially considered for the
comparative trial, as these are current Australian faba bean
varieties of common knowledge. ‘Barkool’ A was excluded
because it has similar sized seed to ‘Fiord’ and ‘Ascot’ and
‘Aquadulce’ was excluded because it has much larger seed
than ‘Fiesta VF’. The variation in the original population
and the fact that ‘Fiesta VF’ differs from the original
population can be demonstrated indirectly by comparison
of ‘Fiesta VF’ with other selections from the same
population. ‘Fiesta VF’ and sister lines Acc649/1 and
Acc649/2 were included in a yield trial at Turretfield, SA in
1997. 100 seed weight of these three lines was 60g, 88g and
112g, respectively.
Comparative Trial Comparators ‘Fiord’, ‘Ascot’ and
‘Icarus’ Location: Waite Campus, Glen Osmond, SA, Jun
1997 – Dec 1997. Conditions: plants were raised in open
beds with supplementary irrigation available to prevent
moisture stress. Trial design: 5m x 2 row plots with seeds
spaced at 20cm within rows and 25cm between rows (50
seeds/plot), sown by hand on 18 Jun 1997, arranged in a
randomised complete block design with 4 replicates.
Measurements: all plants were observed for time of
flowering, measurements were taken from 20 randomly
selected plants per plot for plant height and pod length and
seed weight was determined from a bulk sample of each
plot.
Prior Applications and Sales Nil.
Description: Dr Jeff Paull, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, Glen
Osmond, SA.
Table 11 Vicia varieties
‘Fiesta VF’ * ‘Fiord’ *‘Ascot’ *‘Icarus’
DAYS TO 50% FLOWERING
mean 82.3 83.3 83.5 91.8
std deviation 0.91 1.00 0.96 0.96
LSD/sig 1.80 ns ns P≤0.01
PLANT HEIGHT (mid-podding) (cm)
mean 82.2 73.3 67.9 78.1
std deviation 4.86 6.02 6.88 5.01
LSD/sig 10.6 ns P≤0.01 ns
POD LENGTH (mm)
mean 81.2 65.4 65.1 75.0
std deviation 2.07 0.79 1.29 3.34
LSD/sig 7.95 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 ns
100 SEED WEIGHT (g)
mean 74.9 53.3 53.3 94.5
std deviation 2.03 1.50 4.35 5.69
LSD/sig 6.66 P≤0.01 P≤0.01 P≤0.01
SEED
colour of testa beige beige beige green
IMPATIENS
Impatiens wallerana
‘Lavender Orchid’ syn Fiesta Lavender
Orchid Double
Application No: 98/003 Accepted: 31 Mar 1998.
Applicant: Ball FloraPlant – Division of Ball
Horticultural Company, Illinois, USA.
Agent: A. J. Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW.
Characteristics (Table 12, Figure 14) Plant: height of
foliage short (216mm), width medium (382mm). Leaf:
length medium (96mm), width medium (48mm),
length/width ratio 2.02, ground colour of upper side yellow
green (ca RHS 146A, 1986), marking of upper side absent,
colour of lower side between veins yellow green (RHS
147C, 1986). Flower: type double, diameter medium
(46mm), number of colours (eyezone excluded) one, main
colour of upper side of petal red purple (RHS 75B, 1986),
eyezone present, size of eyezone small to medium, colour of
eyezone red purple (RHS 61B, 1986). Time of beginning of
flowering: early to medium.
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent
359-1x pollen parent 170-1-3 in a planned breeding
program. The seed parent exhibits light pink semi double
flowers and medium green foliage and the pollen parent
exhibits pink double flowers with medium green foliage.
Hybridisation took place at Pan American Seed, Elburn,
Illinois, USA. From this cross a seedling designated
‘Lavender Orchid’ was chosen on the basis of flower and
habit characters. Selection criteria: double flowers,
floriferousness, and branching character. Propagation:
vegetatively propagated by cutting over more than eight
generations and is uniform and stable. Breeder: Dr. Ellen
Leue, Elburn, USA.
Choice of Comparators ‘Candy Floss’ and ‘Pink Ruffle’
syn Fiesta Pink Ruffle were chosen as the most similar
varieties of common knowledge on the basis of flower
colour and plant habit. The parental lines were not
considered for obvious differences in flower and foliage
colour as stated above. No other similar varieties of
common knowledge have been identified.
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Pink Ruffle’ syn Fiesta
Pink Ruffle, ‘Candy Floss’. Location: A.J. Newport and Son
Pty Ltd, Winmalee, NSW, Jan 1999 – May 1999.
Conditions: trials conducted in a greenhouse, plants
propagated from cuttings, rooted cuttings planted in 150mm
pots containing commercial media, dripper irrigated,
spacing at 40cm, nutrition, pest and disease treatment as
required Trial design: twenty plants of each variety
arranged in a completely randomised design.
Measurements: from all trial plants, one sample per plant.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Current Status Name Applied
USA 1995 Granted (PP 9615)‘Lavender Orchid’
EU 1995 Applied ‘LavenderOrchid’
Japan 1995 Applied ‘Fiesta Lavender
Orchid’
South Africa 1997 Granted ‘Lavender Orchid’
Poland 1998 Granted ‘Fiesta Lavender
Orchid’
First sold in USA in March 1995.
Description: Matthew Turner, A.J.Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee,
NSW.
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