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Chrysanthemum plant--Funset cultivar
AssigneeFides Beheer B.V.
InventorJacques C. M. van der Knapp
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AssigneeFides Beheer B.V.
InventorJacques C. M. van der Knapp
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A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Funset is provided. The new cultivar is a spontaneous mutation of the Funshine cultivar (U.S. Ser. No. 07/719,461, filed concurrently herewith) and can be readily distinguished from its parent cultivar. More specifically, the new cultivar forms attractive relatively small bicolored flowers wherein the petals are very light-red instead of white as the Funshine cultivar and the disc florets on the distal ends particularly towards the center bear an orange-red coloration (as illustrated) instead of the light-red coloration of the Funshine cultivar. The inflorescence tends to be pyramidal in configuration. The response period of the flowers is approximately seven and one-half weeks. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a cut anemone spray under greenhouse conditions.
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Funset, substantially as herein shown and described, which:
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The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum, botanically known as Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ramat., and hereinafter is referred to by the cultivar name Funset.
The new Funset cultivar is a spontaneous mutation of unknown causation which was discovered and carefully preserved during the course of plant selection work which was conducted by me. The new cultivar was discovered during June, 1987 among plants of the Funshine cultivar (U.S. Ser. No. 07/719,461, filed concurrently herewith) being grown under my direct supervision at De Lier, The Netherlands.
It was observed that a plant consistently formed bicolored flowers with very light-red petals which included orange-red coloration on the distal ends of the disc florets (as illustrated) unlike the white petals and light-red disc coloration of the Funshine cultivar. All of the other characteristics of this plant were found to be substantially identical to those of the Funshine cultivar. Had I not discovered, carefully studied, and preserved this new cultivar, it would have been lost to manking. The new cultivar is particularly well suited for growing in the production of a cut anemone spray.
The accompanying photograph shows as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in a color illustration of this character, a typical specimen of an overall plant of the new cultivar. The plant was grown in a greenhouse at De Lier, The Netherlands.
The chart used in the identification of colors described hereafter is the R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England. The color values were determined at 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon under natural daylight conditions at De Lier, The Netherlands, during May, 1991. The plants described were grown under standard greenhouse conditions which approximate those commonly utilized for the production of cut mums.
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Botanical.--Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat., cv. Funset.