Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia
Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia
Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia
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<strong>Plant</strong> Varieties <strong>Journal</strong> Vol. 23 Number 4<br />
Details of Application<br />
Application Number 2009/201<br />
<strong>Variety</strong> Name ‘Sweetberry Ruffles’<br />
Genus Species Lavandula hybrid<br />
Common Name Lavender<br />
Synonym<br />
Nil<br />
Accepted Date 21 Dec 2009<br />
Applicant<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> Growers <strong>Australia</strong> Pty Ltd, Wonga Park, VIC<br />
Agent<br />
<strong>Plant</strong>s Management <strong>Australia</strong> Pty Ltd., Dodges Ferry, VIC<br />
Qualified Person Steve Eggleton<br />
Details of Comparative Trial<br />
Location<br />
Wonga Park, VIC<br />
Descriptor<br />
Lavandula (Lavandula) TG/194/1<br />
Period Jan 2010 – Sep 2010<br />
Conditions<br />
Trial conducted in the open, plants propagated from cuttings<br />
during Jan 2010, transferred from tubes to 140mm pots in Apr<br />
2010. Pots filled with soilless, pinebark based mix with<br />
controlled release fertilizers. Appropriate pest and disease<br />
treatments were applied as required.<br />
Trial Design Twelve pots of each variety in a completely randomised<br />
design.<br />
Measurements From ten plants randomly selected.<br />
RHS Chart - edition 1995<br />
Origin and Breeding<br />
Controlled pollination: ‘Winter Lace’ x ‘Boysenberry Ruffles’. Pollination occurred in<br />
Wonga Park, VIC <strong>Australia</strong> in Nov 2005. This has been part of an ongoing Lavandula<br />
breeding program designed to develop plants with shorter flowering stem length and<br />
large infertile bracts. From this cross the generation was raised in Feb 2006 and grown<br />
to flowering maturity in 140mm containers in Sep 2006. Selection criteria: <strong>Plant</strong>: size<br />
medium, Infertile bract: light pink, length medium to long. Propagation: The seedling,<br />
after being isolated, was then propagated via cuttings to establish trial stock plants.<br />
This initial and two subsequent generations were all found to be uniform and stable.<br />
Final selection for commercialisation occurred in Sep 2007. Breeder: <strong>Plant</strong> Growers<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> Pty Ltd.<br />
Choice of Comparators Characteristics used for grouping varieties to identify the most similar<br />
<strong>Variety</strong> of Common Knowledge<br />
Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part Context<br />
State of Expression in Group of Varieties<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> growth habit bushy<br />
<strong>Plant</strong><br />
intensity of green colour of foliage medium to dark<br />
Leaf incisions of margin absent<br />
Flowering stem length very short to short<br />
Flowering stem thickness at middle third very thin to thin<br />
Flowering stem lateral branching absent<br />
Spike presence of infertile bract present<br />
Corolla colour pink<br />
Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)<br />
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