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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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />
PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL <strong>12</strong> NO. 2<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 ‘Bosapin’<br />
EU 1996 Granted ‘Bosapin’<br />
Japan 1997 Applied ‘Bosapin’<br />
New Zealand 1997 Applied ‘Bosapin’<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 />
‘Bosaque’ syn Queen Flair<br />
Application No: 97/237 Accepted: 7 Oct 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: soft woody,<br />
upright but flops over, width medium, height tall (average<br />
165cm), branches present but mainly single stem, redbrown<br />
anthocyanin pigmentation present, branches form<br />
into terminal compound cymes forked into three with either<br />
single or double seed terminals. Leaves: sessile, ovate,<br />
approx. 7 x 4cm in size, upper surface very dark green,<br />
lower surface light green, blistering absent. Flowers: stalk<br />
length 1.2–3cm, stalk colour variable with green to redbrown<br />
anthocyanin colour, flower size 2.4–3.5cm, 5 slightly<br />
asymmetrical sepals (calyx), 3 larger and 2 smaller; calyx<br />
broadly elliptical with around top (13x9 mm), 5 slightly<br />
asymmetrical golden-yellow petals, approx. 1.2cm long<br />
with an elliptical concave appearance and slightly bent<br />
back. Stamens: outwardly extending with brown-orange<br />
bilobed anthers. Pistil (stigma style and ovary): greenish<br />
yellow ovary, 3 yellow green styles and reddish stigmas.<br />
Fruit: size large, 1-1.3cm long and 0.8cm in diameter; shape<br />
at the apex between rounded to pointed, parallel sides with<br />
a low length to width ratio; berry colour at picking bright<br />
red-brown (RHS 185A) with a strong glossy appearance.<br />
Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: ‘Bosaque’<br />
was selected from controlled crossings between the seed<br />
parent Nr83 and the pollen parent Nr75 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 was 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 ‘Bosaque’<br />
Japan 1997 Applied ‘Bosaque’<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 />
‘Bosasca’ syn Scarlet Flair<br />
Application No: 97/228 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 short, height short (average 93cm), branches<br />
present, purple-brown anthocyanin pigmentation present on<br />
the top exposed stem surface, branch endings in a<br />
compound umbel with three stalks with centre leader<br />
divided at right angles to the first. Leaves: sessile, ovate, 4.8<br />
x 3.8cm in size, upper surface dark green, lower surface<br />
light green. Flowers: stalk length 1.3–3.0 cm, green with<br />
brown-red anthocyanin colour, flower size 3.0cm, 5 slightly<br />
asymmetrical sepals (calyx), 3 larger and 2 smaller; the<br />
calyx was broadly elliptical, 5 slightly asymmetrical<br />
golden-yellow petals, approx. 1.3cm long with an elliptical<br />
concave appearance. Stamens: outwardly extending with<br />
golden-yellow bilobed anthers. Pistil (stigma style and<br />
ovary): greenish yellow ovary, 3 yellow green styles and<br />
brown stigmas. Fruit: size very small, 0.8cm long and<br />
0.6cm in diameter; shape at the apex pointed, high length to<br />
width ratio with lobbing present; the berry colour at<br />
maturity dark red-brown (RHS 185A) with a medium<br />
glossy appearance.<br />
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