Melridge, Inc.

Edward A McRae

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of flowers particularly characterized by their deep pink, gold centered coloration, the flowers being of excellent form and long persistence. The plant is of short stature having moderately long and full leaves and coupled with its medium sized, upright flowers, it is especially suitable as a pot plant variety. Also, its color pattern and silhouette are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant, and its bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production.

Lily plant named `Dawn Pixie`

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of flowers of excellent form and comparatively large size particularly characterized by their rich orange coloration, accented by a golden orange midrib, the plant itself being of medium height with abundant foliage. This moderately short stature and the large clusters of flowers make this plant especially suitable as a pot plant variety, its color pattern and silhouette being completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus. It is an excellent garden plant and the bulb may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production.

Hybrid lily plant named Star Pixie

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of flowers of large size and excellent form particularly characterized by their rich orange coloration, accented by a golden orange band along the midrib. This plant is of short stature, about fourteen to eighteen inches in height, and has an abundant foliage of medium sized leaves, and a vigorous growth habit. The moderately short stature of the plant, its full leaves, and its large sized flowers make it especially suitable as a pot plant variety; its color pattern and silhouette being completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus. It is an excellent garden plant and the bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production.

Hybrid lily plant named Sun Pixie

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of medium sized, upright flowers particularly characterized by their clear pink, cream-centered coloration and their unusually broad, copiously spotted tepals. The moderately tall stature of the plant, the excellent form and long persistence of its flowers and its relatively short leaves, along with its ability to be forced into flower out of season, make it especially suitable as a cut flower variety. The color pattern and silhouette of this plant are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to cut flower forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. This plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant, and the bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for cut flower production. The clone is vigorous and is a good grower and propagator.

Lily plant named 'Bolero'

A new hybrid lily variety distinguished by its large, deep orange, unspotted flowers having 'clean' anthers which shed little pollen, the flowers being borne on a single tall stem from a raceme having five to eight buds, the blooms being of excellent form with long persistence both on the plant and as cut flowers. The plant itself is highly resistant to disease, shows high tolerance of virus, is an excellent garden plant, and its bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut flower production.

Hybrid Asiatic lily named Progress

A new variety of hybrid lily plant having flowers particularly characterized by their vivid golden orange coloration, large size, broad tepals, and complete lack of spotting. The flowers are borne in large clusters and are of excellent form and long persistence and its color pattern and forcing period are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial production for the cut flower market.

Hybrid Asiatic lily named Quickstep

A new variety of hybrid lily plant of very short stature, about 35 to 45 cm. in height, bearing clusters of flowers of medium size particularly characterized by their vivid red coloration, broad tepals, and inconspicuous spotting, the flowers being of upright orientation and the plant having abundant foliage comprising moderately long and full leaves. The short stature of this plant, its abundant foliage and its upright flower orientation make it especially suitable as a pot plant variety and its color pattern and silhouette are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, it is an excellent garden plant, and the bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production, the clone being vigorous and a good grower and propagator.

Hybrid Asiatic lily named Ruby Pixie

A new variety of hybrid lily plant particularly characterized by the rich golden orange color of its relatively large blooms of excellent form, borne in large clusters and having a lack of spotting; thereby providing a combination that is completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease, shows high tolerance of virus, and is an excellent garden plant with bulbs that may be precooled and forced for cut flower production.

Lily plant named Foxtrot

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of flowers particularly characterized by their vivid orange to orange-red coloration and their comparatively inconspicuous spots, the flowers being of medium size, excellent form and borne with an upright orientation. The plant itself is of short stature with moderately long and full leaves which, with its upright prolific flower production, makes it especially suitable as a pot plant variety; its color pattern and silhouette being completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is also highly resistant to disease and shows a high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant, and its bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production.

Lily plant named `Fire Pixie`

A new variety of hybrid lily plant particularly characterized by the vivid golden orange coloration of its flowers which have broad tepals with fluted margins and a complete lack of spotting, the flowers being of excellent form, large size and borne in large clusters with an upright orientation on straight, stately stems. The new plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus; it is an excellent garden plant and the bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for cut flower production.

Lily plant named `Hornpipe`

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of flowers each of which is particularly characterized by its starry form with fluted tepal margins and a unique yellow/white/yellow color pattern, wherein the yellow appears as a flush at the central base portion of each tepal which is generally of an unmarked white color, the yellow color also appears at the tips of the tepals and on the edges of the tepal margins, and the flowers are of excellent form and long persistence both on the plant and as cut flowers. This combination is completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant, and its bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut flower production producing a vigorous clone that is a good grower and propagator.

Lily plant named Charleston

A new variety of hybrid lily plant having large clusters of flowers of excellent form and particularly characterized by their vivid red to red-orange coloration, broad tepals, and lack of spots. The plant is of short stature with moderately long and full leaves, and its upright flower orientation makes it especially suitable as a pot plant variety. The color pattern and silhouette of this new plant are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. This new plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, it is an excellent garden plant with blooms having long persistence, and its bulbs may be precooled and forced through the year for pot plant production.

Lily plant named `Crimson Pixie`

A new and distinct variety of hybrid lily bearing large, upright to semi-upright flowers of excellent form particularly characterized by their clear pink coloration extending along the midrib of each tepal and suffuxing laterally toward a pure white petal margin which meets from each side to form a pure white outer end and tip of each tepal. This combination of large size and coloration and the upright to semi-upright orientation of the flowers of this plant is completely new in the Oriental hybrid divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows tolerance of virus; it is an excellent garden plant; and the bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut flower production.

Lily named Copellia

A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of flowers of excellent form and of medium to large size particularly characterized by their rich orange coloration accented by a golden orange midrib, the flowers being borne in a single compact raceme comprising five to eight buds carried on a single erect stem having an average height of about two to two and one-half feet. The short stature of this plant, together with its short but full leaves taken together with its large flowers, make it especially suitable as a pot plant variety. The color pattern and silhouette of this new lily plant are entirely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. This plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant, and the bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production. The clone of this new variety is vigorous and is a good grower and propagator.

Lily named Irish Pixie

A new variety of hybrid lily plant of short, two to two and one-half foot stature, bearing large clusters of flowers of medium to large size and particularly characterized by their rich orange coloration accented by a golden orange midrib. The short stature of the plant, its short but full leaves, and the long persistence of its blooms make it especially suitable as a pot plant variety. The color pattern and silhouette of this plant are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. This plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant. The bulbs of this plant may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production and the clone is vigorous and is a good grower and propagator.

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Boring, OR, United States of America

Edward A McRae