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