60. Volume 11- Number 2 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1998 VOL 11 NO. 2
transplanted to 100 mm pots (20/2/98), then 200 mm pots
(19/3/98) in standard soilless media, ambient conditions.
Trial design: split pots. Measurements: ten to twenty
specimens from ten plants.
Prior Applications and Sales
First sold in Australia 1997.
Description: David Nichols, Rye, VIC.
Table 21 Argyranthemum varieties
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‘Abby Belle’ ‘Beth’ *‘Blanche’
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PLANT
size small medium medium
foliage cover dense medium dense
to dense
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PLANT HEIGHT (cm) LSD (P#0.01) = 1.7
mean 14.1b 22.9a 21.7a
std deviation 1.3 1.7 1.9
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PLANT WIDTH (cm) LSD (P#0.01) = 3.0
mean 33.2b 45.0a 45.3a
std deviation 1.5 4.0 2.2
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LEAF
colour (RHS) 137B 138A 137A
shape pinnatisect to bipinnatisect bipinnatisect
bipinnatisect
shape of base obtuse acute acute
margins serrate serrate to serrate to crenate
crenate
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LEAF LENGTH (mm) Largest leaf. LSD (P#0.01) = 6.4.
mean 61.9a 67.6a 63.2a
std deviation 6.5 5.4 4.2
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LEAF WIDTH (mm) Largest leaf. LSD (P#0.01) = 6.7.
mean 35.9a 39.1a 36.1a
std deviation 8.8 5.6 3.9
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FLOWER
ray florets no of rows
2 3 2
ray florets number
15 to 20 20 to 25 15 to 20
disc floret array
colour (RHS) 7A to 9A 7A to 12A 7A to 9B
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CAPITULUM DIAMETER (mm) LSD (P#0.01) = 3.6
mean 40.2c 61.2a 45.0b
std deviation 2.1 3.4 2.9
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CAPITULUM HEIGHT (mm) From base of involucre to floret
tips.
LSD (P#0.01) = 2.4
mean 16.3b 19.7a 14.6b
std deviation 1.2 3.0 2.0
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RAY FLORET LENGTH (mm) LSD (P#0.01) = 1.7
mean 17.4b 26.4a 18.9b
std deviation 1.8 2.1 0.9
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RAY FLORET WIDTH (mm) LSD (P#0.01) = 1.1
mean 5.2c 9.3a 6.4b
std deviation 0.6 1.2 0.8
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DIAMETER OF DISK FLORET ARRAY (mm)
LSD (P#0.01) = 1.4
mean 12.2b 15.0a 14.7a
std deviation 1.0 0.7 1.6
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‘Christy Belle’ syn M6/07
Application No: 97/156 Accepted: 22 Jul 1997.
Applicant: Frank Hammond, Warren Park Nurseries,
Narre Warren East, VIC.
Description (Table 22, Figure 19) Plant: dwarf shrub
upright; size medium. Stem: green, rigid, glabrous; leaf
arrangement spiral; stipule like appendages present. Leaf:
glabrous; colour greyed green (RHS 189A) shape
bipinnatisect, pinnules mainly opposite; shape of base of
sinus acute; margins of sinus diverging. Inflorescence:
capitulum. Type: semi double. Ray floret: basal spot
absent.
Origin Chance seedling: from ‘Harvest Gold’. Breeder:
Frank Hammond, Narre Warren East, VIC. Selection
criteria: compact habit, flower type and colour.
Propagation: cuttage through several generations.
Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Primrose Petite’,
‘Harvest Gold’. Location: Narre Warren East, VIC, Jan to
May 1998. Conditions: plants raised as cuttings (25/1/98),
transplanted to 100 mm pots (20/2/98), then 200 mm pots
(19/3/98) in standard soilless media, ambient conditions.
Trial design: split pots. Measurements: ten to twenty
specimens from ten plants.
Prior Applications and Sales
First sold in Australia 1998.
Description: David Nichols, Rye, VIC.
Table 22 Argyranthemum Varieties
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‘Christy *‘Primrose *‘Harvest
Belle’ Petite’ A Gold’
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PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
foliage cover dense dense medium to dense
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PLANT HEIGHT (cm)
mean 20.5 16.5 27.2
std deviation 2.0 1.4 2.0
LSD /sig 1.9 P#0.01 P#0.01
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PLANT WIDTH (cm)
mean 42.6 40.5 35.7
std deviation 2.8 1.5 3.2
LSD /sig 2.8 ns P#0.01
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LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
serration medium to fine to medium
coarse medium
margins serrate serrate to serrate to crenate
crenate
shape of base acute acute to obtuse
obtuse
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LEAF LENGTH (mm) Largest leaf.
mean 81.5 70.3 88.5
std deviation 13.4 8.6 6.0
LSD /sig 11.0 P#0.01 ns
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LEAF WIDTH (mm) Largest leaf.
mean 36.5 47.8 51.3
std deviation 9.3 6.9 6.1
LSD /sig 8.0 P#0.01 P#0.01
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FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS
type semi-double single single
ray florets no of rows
3 to 4 2 2
30