Chrysanthemum named Bruin

A new chrysanthemum cultivar suitable for year around four inch pot production and for Fall garden culture, distinguished by its profuse production of bright yellow button-type flowers of a relatively small size and an on-plant lasting quality of three to four weeks.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT 
This plant was discovered in 1976 as a seedling of unknown parentage 
growing among a group of miscellaneous seedlings which were originated by 
me and maintained at West Chicago for observation, test and breeding 
purposes. The profuse production by this plant of very attractive, small, 
pom pom shaped, button-type bright yellow flowers, caused it to be 
selected for testing. Extensive asexual propagation, by cuttings and under 
my direction, through successive generations, has shown that this new 
plant will be an excellent garden chrysanthemum, as well as having an 
ability for year around production in small four to four and a half inch 
pots, generally with an eight-week response. Culture of this new plant 
through successive generations has also shown that its novel 
characteristics hold true and are firmly fixed. Commercial scale 
production of this plant is now being done at Parrish and Cortez, Fla.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW PLANT 
The following is a detailed description of my new chrysanthemum cultivar 
based upon observations made in the Spring of 1981 of plants grown at West 
Chicago, Ill., the color designations being according to The R.H.S. Colour 
Chart published by The Royal Horticultural Society of London, England. 
THE PLANT 
Origin: Seedling. 
Parentage: Unknown. 
Classification: 
Botanic.--Chrysanthemum morifolium. 
Commercial.--Garden Mum. 
Form: Perennial herbaceous bush of mound shape. 
Height: 1 to 1.5 meters. 
Growth: Vigorous and strong with rapid growth rate. 
Branching character: Normal for chrysanthemums. 
Foliage: 
Quantity.--Abundant. 
Size of leaf.--From small to about 70 mm. long and about 50 mm. wide. 
Shape.--Ovate with cleft margins. 
Texture.--Leathery. 
Venation.--Pinnate. 
Color.--Upper side -- 147A. Under side -- 147B. 
Petioles.--Length -- About 20 mm. 
Rachis.--About 70 mm. long. 
Leaflets.--Few in number and of various sizes. 
THE BUD 
Form: Globular. 
Size: The size varies in both diameter and length. 
Opening rate: Typical chrysanthemum. 
Color of florets: 
When phyllaries first divide.--9A. 
When petals begin to unfurl.--9A. 
Phyllaries: 
Number.--About 13. 
Shape.--Lanceolate. 
Peduncle: The length varies. 
Aspect.--Pubescent. 
Character.--Strong. 
Color.--147C. 
THE FLOWER 
Blooming habit: Intermittent and blooming profusely in the Fall. 
Blooms: 
Size.--Small. Diameter -- About 20 to 30 mm. Depth -- About 15 mm. 
Borne.--Cyme. 
Shape.--When bloom first opens -- Cup-shaped. When bloom matures -- A small 
pom pom, button type inflorescence borne on a receptacle surrounded by an 
involucre of bracts. 
Petalage: 
Ray florets.--Many in number. 
Disc florets.--Very few. 
Arrangement.--Imbricated. 
Form.--Oblanceolate with truncate and incised apex and entire margins. 
Texture: Soft. 
Appearance: Satiny. 
Color: 
Top side.--9A. 
Reverse side.--9C. 
Peduncle: Strong and of various lengths. 
Color.--147C. 
Effect of ambient conditions: Color of the bloom varies slightly with 
temperature and light intensity. 
Persistence: The florets hang on and dry. 
Fragrance: Typical chrysanthemum. 
Lasting quality: 
On plant.--Three to four weeks. 
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 
Stamens: 
Number.--Five. 
Arrangement.--Syngenesious. 
Anthers.--Size -- Insignificant. Color -- Yellow. 
Filaments.--Length -- Insignificant. Color -- Yellow. 
Pollen.--Color -- Yellow. 
Pistils: 
Number.--One for each floret. 
Styles.--Length -- Insignificant. Color -- Yellow. 
Stigmas: 
Color.--Yellow. 
Ovaries: Inferior bicarpellate. 
This plant is a new and distinct bright yellow button-type chrysanthemum 
for year around production in small pots of four to four and a half inches 
diameter and the plant generally has an eight-week response. This plant 
also makes an excellent garden mum and if planted as vegetative cuttings 
and pinched until flower initiation, this plant will make an excellent 
yellow mound of color in the Fall.