New Zealand - Patent No: 214 on 28 May 1984
Application No: ROS153 on 9 Mar 1983
Trade Name: Olympiad. PVR Terminated: May 28, 1998.
United States - Patent No: PP 5,519 on 23 Jul 1985
VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 06/556,544 on 30 Nov 1983
Inventor: Samuel McGredy, IV (Auckland, NZ). Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc. (Ontario, CA). A new hybrid red tea rose for cut flowers and garden decoration, having as it seed parent 'Red Planet' and as its pollen parent 'Pharoah', Plant Pat. No. 2825... produces nearly continual, abundant, brilliant and lasting long-stemmed red flowers with a heavy petal substance lending to their longer-than-average longevity, both in the garden and in the vase... usually bears its flowers singly, sometimes 3 to 4 flowers per stem in irregular clusters, on strong stems that are long for the class...