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'Orange Delight' rose Description
'Orange Delight (hybrid tea, Verschuren-Pechtold, 1949)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
HMF Ratings:
18 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Orange Delight (hybrid tea, Verschuren-Pechtold, 1949)
Exhibition name: Orange Delight
Origin:
Bred by Hendrikus A. M Verschuren-Pechtold (1925-1981) (Netherlands, 1948).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1950 as 'Orange Delight'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1951 as 'Koningin Juliana'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Orange, red veining, ages to salmon-pink .  Strong, old rose fragrance.  up to 30 petals.  Average diameter 5.75".  Very large, full (26-40 petals), cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Tall.  Large, glossy, dark green foliage.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 874  on  20 Sep 1949   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 76,382  on  14 Feb 1949
Hybridizer was Hendrikus Antonie Maria Verschuren.
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