56. Volume 12- Number 2 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL 12 NO. 2
green styles and reddish brown stigmas. Fruit: size large,
1.4cm long and 0.8cm in diameter; shape at the apex
medium; between rounded and pointed, low length to width
ratio with visible strong lobbing; berry colour at picking
deep red-brown (RHS 185A) with a medium glossy
appearance.
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosakin’
was selected from controlled crossings between the seed
parent Nr83 and the pollen parent Nr71 in a planned
breeding program. Hybridisation was performed on the
breeder’s property in Rijnsburg in the Netherlands in 1988.
Several plants from the 1,500 resultant seedlings were
selected in August 1989. In 1991 the final selection was
vegetatively propagated to 250 plants and was checked for
four years to ensure uniformity and stability. Selection
criteria: flowering time, berry colour, shape and size.
Propagation: by vegetative means. Breeder: B.R. van den
Bosch, Rijnsburg, The Netherlands.
Choice of Comparators Hypericum androsaemum
‘Hippie’ was chosen as a comparator because it is the most
similar variety of common knowledge and only known “cut
flower” variety of the same species in Australia. A wild
form of Tutsan (H. androsaemum) was collected from the
wild at the time of harvest and certain berry characteristics
were examined and compared. St John’s Wort (H.
perforatum) is a different species and was not included in
the trial. Four other candidate varieties from the same
breeder were also included in the trial.
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Hippie’, and wild
Tutsan. Each of the candidates were compared against each
other and also with the chosen comparators. Location:
conducted at Clayton road farm of F & I Baguley at Clayton
South in Victoria. Conditions: trial was planted into an open
high roofed polyhouse. Rooted cuttings were planted
directly into a pure sand soil amended with organic matter
in Jun 1998 and assessed and harvested when the berries
were at their maximum colour production for commercial
sale in Jan 1999. The crop was irrigated by drip irrigation
and fed hydroponically, the crop was sprayed at regular
intervals to prevent fungal and insect damage. No growth
regulators were applied. Trial design: four plots of 50m
length were planted with the 5 test varieties and the one
comparator in a randomised block design. Measurements:
taken from 50 plants selected at random from within each
trial block.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Current Status Name Applied
The Netherlands 1995 Granted ‘Bosakin’
EU 1996 Granted ‘Bosakin’
Israel 1996 Applied ‘Bosakin’
Japan 1997 Applied ‘Bosakin’
New Zealand 1997 Applied ‘Bosakin’
First sold in The Netherlands in November 1996.
Description: Graeme Guy, F & I Baguley Plant and Flower Growers,
Clayton South, VIC.
‘Bosapin’ syn Pinky Flair
Application No: 97/229 Accepted: 26 Sep 1997.
Applicant: H. & B.R. van den Bosch B.V., Rijnsburg, The
Netherlands.
Agent: Plants Management Australia Pty Ltd, Warragul,
VIC.
Characteristics (Table 31, Figure 29) Plant: woody,
upright, width medium, height medium (average 145cm),
branches present and straight, light brown to red
anthocyanin pigmentation present on the top exposed stem
surface; branch ending in a short centre, branch with two
lateral branches ending in two or three seed heads. Leaves:
sessile, ovate, approx.7.5 x 5cm in size, upper surface dark
green, lower surface light green, blistering absent. Flowers:
stalk length 1.4–4.0cm, green with red-brown anthocyanin
colour, flower size 3.5 cm; 5 slightly asymmetrical sepals
(calyx), 3 larger and 2 smaller; calyx broadly elliptical, 5
slightly asymmetrical golden-yellow petals, approx. 1.4cm
long with an elliptical concave appearance. Stamens:
outwardly extending with golden-yellow bilobed anthers.
Pistil (stigma, style and ovary): greenish yellow ovary, 3
yellow green styles and brown stigmas. Fruit: size large, 1.4
cm long and 0.7 cm in diameter; shape at the apex pointed,
with a high length to width ratio with obvious lobbing;
berry colour at maturity bright scarlet pink (RHS 50A and
179A) with medium glossy appearance.
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosapin’
was selected from controlled crossings between the seed
parent Nr93 and the pollen parent Nr71 in a planned
breeding program. Hybridisation was performed on the
breeder’s property in Rijnsburg in the Netherlands in 1988.
Several plants from the 1,500 resultant seedlings were
selected in August 1989. In 1991 the final selection was
vegetatively propagated to 250 plants and was checked for
four years to ensure uniformity and stability. Selection
criteria: flowering time, berry colour, shape and size.
Propagation: by vegetative means. Breeder: B.R. van den
Bosch, Rijnsburg, The Netherlands.
Choice of Comparators Hypericum androsaemum
‘Hippie’ was chosen as a comparator because it is the most
similar variety of common knowledge and only known “cut
flower” variety of the same species in Australia. A wild
form of Tutsan (H. androsaemum) was collected from the
wild at the time of harvest and certain berry characteristics
were examined and compared. St John’s Wort (H.
perforatum) is a different species and was not included in
the trial. Four other candidate varieties from the same
breeder were also included in the trial.
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Hippie’, and wild
Tutsan. Each of the candidates were compared against each
other and also with the chosen comparators. Location:
conducted at Clayton road farm of F & I Baguley at Clayton
South in Victoria. Conditions: trial was planted into an open
high roofed polyhouse. Rooted cuttings were planted
directly into a pure sand soil amended with organic matter
in Jun 1998 and assessed and harvested when the berries
were at their maximum colour production for commercial
sale in Jan 1999. The crop was irrigated by drip irrigation
and fed hydroponically, the crop was sprayed at regular
intervals to prevent fungal and insect damage. No growth
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