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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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