56. Volume 12- Number 2 - IP Australia

DESCRIPTIONS
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL 12 NO. 2
seedling number BFP-368 was chosen on the basis of
flower and habit characters. Selection criteria: flower size
and colour, branching character and growth habit.
Propagation: vegetatively propagated by cutting over more
than eight generations and is uniform and stable. Breeder:
Dr. S. Trees, Ball FloraPlant, Arroyo Grande, USA.
Choice of Comparators ‘Isopa’ was chosen as the most
similar variety 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: ‘Isopa’. 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 95321) ‘BFP-368 Rose’
Japan 1996 Applied ‘Celebration
Rose’
First sold in USA in May 1995 First Australian sale
February 1998.
Description: Matthew Turner, A.J.Newport and Son Pty Ltd, Winmalee,
NSW.
Table 18 Impatiens varieties
‘BFP-368 Rose’ syn *‘Isopa’
Rose Celebration
PLANT: HEIGHT OF FOLIAGE (mm)
mean 239 275
std deviation 26 52
LSD/sig 27 P≤0.01
PLANT: WIDTH (mm)
mean 394 344
std deviation 85 88
LSD/sig 46 P≤0.01
LEAF: LENGTH (mm)
mean 146 126
std deviation 15 20
LSD/sig 10 P≤0.01
LEAF: LENGTH/ WIDTH RATIO
3.81 3.51
LEAF: GROUND COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE (RHS,1986)
146A
147B
LEAF: COLOUR OF LOWER SIDE BETWEEN VEINS
(RHS,1986)
147C
183C
FLOWER: DIAMETER (mm)
mean 70 58
std deviation 3 3
LSD/sig 3 P≤0.01
FLOWER: MAIN COLOUR OF UPPER SIDE OF PETAL
(RHS,1986)
57A
52A
FLOWER: SIZE OF EYEZONE
medium
TIME OF BEGINNING OF FLOWERING
early
PEACH
Prunus persica
large
medium
‘Sweet Scarlet’
Application No: 96/215 Accepted: 30 Oct 1996.
Applicant: Zaiger’s Inc. Genetics, Modesto, California,
USA.
Agent: Fleming’s Nurseries & Associates Pty Ltd,
Monbulk, VIC.
Characteristics (Figure 33) Plant: size large, vigor
vigorous, growth upright, density medium dense,
productive, bearing regular, trunk size medium-large,
surface medium shaggy, branches size medium, surface
texture smooth to medium rough – varying depending on
the age of the growth, lenticels numerous, medium in size,
colour light brown-brown varying with the age of the
growth. Leaf: size large, mean length 165mm, mean width
38mm, form lanceolate, pointed, texture smooth, margin
serrulate, petiole medium length, medium thickness,
nectaries reniform, the number varying from 2 to 3 the
mean number being 2. Nectaries are medium sized and
located on the upper portion of the petiole and lower portion
of the leaf blade. Leaf colour upper surface green to dark
green, lower surface green to dull green. Flower: bud size
large, form plump, size large, form showy, pollen present,
colour pink. Fruit: size large diametre axially 73mm to
76mm, transversely in suture plane 73mm to 76mm, form
nearly globose, suture shallow extending from the base to
the apex, ventral surface round, nearly smooth, apex usually
round varying from slight pistil point to rounded, base
retuse, cavity rounded to slightly elongated insuture plane,
mean depth 12.7mm, mean width 25.4mm. Flesh: ripens
evenly, texture firm, fibers moderate number, small, tender,
juice moderate, aroma moderate, flavor good very mild,
subacid, sweet, amygadalin undetected, colour yellow RHS
20A. Skin: thickness medium, texture medium, down
moderate short, colour yellow ground colour RHS 19A with
a red overcolour RHS 39A to RHS 41A. Stone: size large,
mean length 35mm, mean breadth 25.4mm, mean thickness
12.7mm, type clingstone, form ovoid, apex acute, base
usually rounded varying from rounded to straight, sides
equal to unequal, tendency to split none, surface irregular
furrowed toward apex, pitted towards base, pits varying
from round to elongated, ridges round, colour light brown
RHS 165B. Keeping and shipping qualities both good.
(Note: all RHS colour chart numbers refer to 1986 edition).
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent
39EB706 x pollen parent ‘Sweet Gem’ (US Plant Patent
No: 7952). The seed parent 39EB706 originated from a
cross between two selected seedlings. In comparison to the
pollen parent ‘Sweet Gem’, the fruit of the new variety is
approximately one week earlier in maturity. Hybridisation
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