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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2000 VOL <strong>13</strong> NO. 1<br />

LEAF CHARACTERISTICS<br />

length very short very short very short medium<br />

width narrow very narrow very narrow narrow<br />

to narrow<br />

narrow<br />

shape of elliptic to narrow narrow narrow<br />

blade ovate elliptic ovate elliptic<br />

longitudinal axis of blade<br />

straight straight straight straight<br />

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INFLORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS<br />

number of umbel branches<br />

very few few to very few medium<br />

medium<br />

length of short to short short short<br />

umbels very short<br />

pedicel short short short long<br />

length<br />

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FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />

main colour red purple red purple red purple red purple<br />

size medium medium medium small<br />

to large<br />

spread of medium medium small to small to<br />

tepals to broad medium medium<br />

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OUTER TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />

shape of broad broad broad elliptic<br />

blade obovate obovate obovate<br />

depth of emargination<br />

shallow to medium shallow shallow<br />

medium<br />

main colour 58B-58C 62B-62C 65A-65B 64C-64D,<br />

(RHS)<br />

11C<br />

stripes absent present absent present<br />

number of absent very few absent few<br />

stripes<br />

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INNER LATERAL TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />

shape of elliptic elliptic obovate obovate<br />

blade<br />

yellow 9A 3A 8D 9B<br />

colour (RHS)<br />

number of few to medium few to few<br />

stripes medium medium<br />

stripe large medium small to small<br />

thickness to large medium<br />

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INNER MEDIAN TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />

yellow present absent absent present<br />

colour<br />

stripes medium few few few to<br />

medium<br />

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OTHER FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />

filament pink pale pink pink pink<br />

colour<br />

filament absent absent absent absent<br />

spots<br />

anther colour red brown greenish brownish brownish<br />

style colour green white green white pink pink<br />

stigma colour green white green white pink pink<br />

spots on absent absent present present<br />

stigma<br />

anthocyanin in ovary<br />

weak to absent to absent to medium to<br />

medium very weak very weak strong<br />

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Argyranthemum frutescens<br />

Marguerite Daisy<br />

‘Summer Melody’<br />

Application No: 1997/190 Accepted: 12 Sep 1997.<br />

Applicant: Protected Plant Promotions <strong>Australia</strong> Pty<br />

Ltd, Macquarie Fields, NSW and<br />

The University of Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute,<br />

Cobbitty, NSW.<br />

Agent: The University of Sydney, Plant Breeding<br />

Institute, Cobbitty, NSW.<br />

Characteristics (Table 6, Figure 20) Plant: habit compact,<br />

height medium (mean 51cm), width medium (mean 75cm).<br />

Stem: multi-basal branching. Leaf: alternate, simple,<br />

sessile, blade attenuate, width above first and below second<br />

segment wide (mean 7.06mm) margins entire, bipinnatisect,<br />

length medium (mean 62.52mm), width medium (mean<br />

20.73mm), length to width ratio of 3.06, lobes linear, apex<br />

acuminate, colour is green, adaxial surface (RHS 146A),<br />

abaxial surface (RHS 146B). Inflorescence: capitulum,<br />

fully double, diameter medium (mean 44.142mm).<br />

Inflorescence colour: pink and alters as the flower matures;<br />

at bud opening (RHS 67A), fully open (RHS 72D), and<br />

older fully open (RHS 75C). Flowering: early and<br />

continuous flowering habit. (Note: All RHS colour chart<br />

numbers refer to 1995 edition.)<br />

Origin and Breeding Controlled pollination: seed parent<br />

X94 4147.1 x pollen parent X94 3817.2 in a planned<br />

breeding program. The seed parent was a breeding line<br />

characterised by anemone flower type and compact bushy<br />

habit. The pollen parent, also a breeding line, was<br />

characterised by compactness and single flower type.<br />

Hybridisation took place in The University of Sydney, Plant<br />

Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW in 1995. Selection<br />

criteria: from this cross, seedling number X95 1420.1 was<br />

chosen in 1996 on the basis of compact growth habit, early<br />

and prolific flowering, flower morphology and colour.<br />

Propagation: a number mature stock plants were generated<br />

from this seedling through tissue culture and were found to<br />

be uniform and stable. ‘Summer Melody’ is commercially<br />

propagated by vegetative cuttings from the stock plants.<br />

Breeder: Dr T Cunneen, The University of Sydney, Plant<br />

Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW.<br />

Choice of Comparators ‘Dahlia Pink’ was chosen because<br />

it is the most similar variety of common knowledge on the<br />

basis of flower colour and plant habit. The new variety<br />

‘Summer Stars’ was also selected for its similarity in flower<br />

colour and plant habit. ‘Rosaline’ was initially considered<br />

but later was excluded because of its smaller single flower<br />

heads and less compact growth habit. The parents were not<br />

included for characteristics as stated above.<br />

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Summer Stars’ and<br />

‘Dahlia Pink’. Location: Glenfield Wholesale Nursery,<br />

Glenfield, NSW, (Latitude 30° South, elevation 40m), May<br />

- Aug 1999. Conditions: trial conducted in open. All plants<br />

were propagated from cuttings, rooted cuttings planted in<br />

250mm plastic pots filled with a well aerated nursery<br />

potting mix; the plants were watered by overhead irrigation<br />

and were not treated with chemicals nor trimmed in any<br />

way. Nutrition maintained with slow release fertilisers, pest<br />

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