56. Volume 12- Number 2 - IP Australia

DESCRIPTIONS
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL 12 NO. 2
‘Fiesta White’
Application No: 98/004 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 very short (197mm), width very narrow (314mm).
Leaf: length medium (93mm), width narrow (43mm),
length/width ratio 2.19, 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
(45mm), number of colours (eyezone excluded) one, main
colour of upper side of petal white (RHS 155D, 1986),
eyezone present, size of eyezone very small, colour of
eyezone red (RHS 56D, 1986). Time of beginning of
flowering: early to medium.
Choice of Comparators ‘Sparkler Salmon’ A was chosen
as the closest variety of common knowledge on the basis of
flower colour and plant habit. Other Fiesta Impatiens
candidate varieties display similar vegetative and plant habit
characteristics and for this reason were considered closest
comparators. No other similar varieties of common
knowledge have been identified.
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Sparkler Salmon’ A .
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.
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent
487-1-1x pollen parent 840-4-3 in a planned breeding
program. Both parents are proprietary breeding lines
developed by the same breeder Hybridisation took place at
Pan American Seed, Elburn, Illinois, USA. From this cross
seedling number BFP-7812 was chosen on the basis of
flower and growth habit characters. Selection criteria:
floriferousness, flower size and colour, branching character
and compact growth habit. Propagation: vegetatively
propagated by cutting over more than eight generations and
is uniform and stable. Breeder: Dr. Ellen Leue, Elburn,
USA.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Current Status Name Applied
EU 1996 Granted ‘Fiesta White’
Canada 1997 Applied ‘BFP-7812’
South Africa 1997 Granted ‘Fiesta White’
Poland 1997 Granted ‘Fiesta White’
First sold in USA in July 1997.
Description: Matthew Turner, A.J.Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee,
NSW.
Table 12 Impatiens varieties
‘Sparkler Rose’ ‘Lavender Orchid’ ‘Fiesta White’ ‘Pink Ruffle’ *‘Burgundy Rose’ A *‘Candy Floss’ *‘Sparkler
syn Fiesta Sparkler syn Fiesta Lavender syn Fiesta Pink Salmon’ A
Rose Double Orchid Double Ruffle
PLANT: HEIGHT OF FOLIAGE (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=27
mean 244b 216cd 197d 279a 248b 237bc 249b
std deviation 30 25 36 27 24 48 31
PLANT: WIDTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=35
mean 352bcd 382ab 314e 413a 341cde 330de 370bc
std deviation 30 48 57 28 48 41 41
LEAF: LENGTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=10
mean 94bc 96bc 93bc 102b 114a 113a 88c
std deviation 8 13 19 10 12 14 7
LEAF: WIDTH (mm) LSD (P≤0.01)=4
mean 44cd 48abc 43d 46bcd 50ab 52a 46bcd
std deviation 3 5 8 3 5 6 4
LEAF: LENGTH/ WIDTH RATIO
2.12 2.02 2.19 2.20 2.29 2.17 1.93
LEAF: GROUND COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE (RHS)
146B ca 146A ca 146A ca 144A 146A ca 147A 146A
LEAF: MARKING OF UPPER SIDE
absent absent absent absent absent absent absent
LEAF: COLOUR OF LOWER SIDE BETWEEN VEINS (RHS)
ca 147C 147C 147C 147C 147C 147C 147C
FLOWER: TYPE
double double double double double double double
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