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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL <strong>10</strong> NO. 2<br />

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Stalilas’ A , ‘Stajugro’.<br />

Location: Aalsmeer, Holland. Conditions: Spaced rows<br />

40cm-50 cm apart, clay soil pH 6.0 to 6.5, ambient Jun –<br />

Jan. Flower descriptions: plants grown in red kraznozem<br />

soils, multispan greenhouse Monbulk, VIC; flowers cut in<br />

bud May and transported to Devon Meadows, VIC and<br />

placed in solution of 5% sugar and 1 ml/L chlorine bleach.<br />

Flowers assessed five days later.<br />

Prior Applications and Sales<br />

Country Year Status Name Applied<br />

Germany 1991 granted ‘Stapula’<br />

Holland 1991 granted ‘Stapula’<br />

England 1992 pending ‘Stapula’<br />

New Zealand 1992 granted ‘Stapula’<br />

France 1992 granted ‘Stapula’<br />

Italy 1992 pending ‘Stapula’<br />

First sold The Netherlands 1993.<br />

Description: David Nichols, Devon Meadows, VIC.<br />

Table 3 Alstroemeria varieties<br />

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‘Stapula’ *‘Stalilas’ A *‘Stajugro’<br />

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STEM<br />

height medium medium tall<br />

to tall to tall<br />

thickness thick medium thick<br />

to thick<br />

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INFLORESCENCE<br />

pedicel length short long medium<br />

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FLOWER<br />

size large medium large<br />

spread of tepals broad medium broad<br />

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OUTER TEPAL<br />

shape obovate obovate broad<br />

obovate<br />

main Colour red purple red purple red purple<br />

RHS 72B-72C 71C 72B-72C<br />

stripes absent absent present<br />

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INNER LATERAL TEPAL<br />

tepal shape obovate obovate narrow<br />

obovate<br />

number of stripes many medium many<br />

to many<br />

yellow colour RHS 5C 155B 3C<br />

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OTHER FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />

filament colour red purple red purple light purple<br />

anther colour yellow brownish yellow<br />

green<br />

green<br />

style colour green white purple red purple<br />

spots on stigma absent absent present<br />

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‘Zanta’ syn Violetta<br />

Application No: 94/185 Accepted: 19 Sep 1994.<br />

Applicant: Koninklijke van Zanten B.V., Hillegom, The<br />

Netherlands.<br />

Agent: Spruson & Ferguson, Sydney, NSW.<br />

Description (Figure 9) Plant: stem long and thin, foliage<br />

density medium to dense. Leaf: length short, width<br />

medium, blade narrow, shape elliptic, longitudinal axis<br />

recurved. Inflorescence: branch number medium and length<br />

long, pedicel length short. Flower: colour purple, size<br />

medium, spread of tepals large. Outer tepal: blade recurved<br />

at the top, depth of emargination medium, main colour<br />

inside purple (ca. RHS 77C) with a purple-violet blotch<br />

(RHS 80B), stripes on inside present at the centre, number<br />

very few. Inner tepal: blade shape obovate, main colour of<br />

inside middle zone yellow (ca. RHS 9D), number of stripes<br />

on inside medium to many, size of stripes on inner side<br />

large. Stamen: main colour of filaments purple, spots on<br />

filament absent, colour of anthers at the start of dehiscence<br />

brownish. Pistil: anthocyanin colouration of ovary weak to<br />

medium, spots on the stigma absent<br />

Origin Controlled pollination: unnamed parents. Breeder:<br />

Koninklijke van Zanten of Hillegom, The Netherlands.<br />

Selection criteria: strong stems, large mauve-pink (purple)<br />

flowers, year round flowering, and minimal blind stems.<br />

Propagation: rhizomes.<br />

Comparative Trial The description is based on test report<br />

of dutch testing authority (Raad Voor het Kwekersrecht,<br />

Wageningen). The qualified person considers that<br />

‘Flamengo’ A is the closest comparator of common<br />

knowledge available in <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />

Prior Applications and Sales<br />

Country Year Status Name Applied<br />

The Netherlands 1994 pending ‘Zanta’<br />

Description: NF Derera AM and TP Angus, ASAS Pty Ltd, Winston<br />

Hills, NSW.<br />

APPLE<br />

Malus domestica<br />

‘Rafzubin’<br />

Application No: 88/029 Accepted: 28 Oct 1988.<br />

Applicant: Promo-Fruit AG SA Ltd Rafz, Switzerland.<br />

Agent: Davies Collison Cave, Patent Attorneys, Sydney,<br />

NSW.<br />

Description (Table 4, Figure 26) Plant: habit upright to<br />

spreading, density of branches medium. Shoot (dormant<br />

one year wood): pubescence medium, thickness medium,<br />

internode length medium, lenticel number minimum to<br />

medium. Bud: tip of leaf bud pointed, position relative to<br />

leaf bud adpressed. Flower: single, size medium to large,<br />

petal colour surface upper RHS 62C, lower RHS 66D. Leaf:<br />

margin biserrate with very pointed indentures. Fruit: shape<br />

flat to moderately globose, size medium to large, eye<br />

aperture closed, skin non-translucent, ground colour RHS<br />

153B (or RHS 15C), over colour RHS 33A, ribbing absent,<br />

crowning at end absent, stalk length medium to long,<br />

surface relief of fruit smooth, bloom and greasiness of skin<br />

absent; russeting low around stalk cavity; lenticel size<br />

medium to large; length (57mm); width (72.2mm); aperture<br />

of locules closed; eye basin broad (30.8mm), deep<br />

(8.3mm); stalk cavity narrow (29.4mm), shallow (9.3mm);<br />

flesh texture fine, juiciness medium.<br />

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