Rose plant

1. A new and distinct cultivar of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of a vigorous, upright habit of growth, stiff, straight, strong stems, particularly suitable for use as a greenhouse grown cut flower, Garnet Brown new foliage, white to near white (very light Chartreuse Green) buds and open blooms, very light musky fragrance.

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of rose plant 
of the hybrid tea class, which was originated by me by crossing two 
unnamed cultivars of roses. 
The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a cultivar 
particularly suitable for production of cut flowers in greenhouse culture, 
having long stems and white buds and open flowers. This objective was 
fully achieved along with other distinctions as evidenced by the following 
unique combination of characteristics which are outstanding in this new 
cultivar and which distinguish it from its parents as well as from all 
other cultivars of which I am aware: 
1. A vigorous habit of growth. 
2. Stems grow in a very vertical position, seldom deviating from the 
vertical, thereby producing straight cutting stems. 
3. Strong peduncles that remain stiff when cut as cut flowers. 
4. Very pronounced Garnet Brown (W) coloring in new foliage. The undersides 
of old foliage display an overlay or reddish cast. 
5. Nearly white bud and open flower. 
6. A slight, musky fragrance. 
Asexual reproduction of this new cultivar by budding, as performed at 
Wasco, Calif., shows that the herein described characteristics and 
distinctions come true to form and are established and transmitted through 
succeeding propagations.