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James C Mikkelsen

Cornelis P Van Den Berg

Lyndon W Drewlow

Edward P Mikkelsen

New, distinct and stable cultivars of double-flowering New Guinea Impatiens (NGI) are disclosed. Double-flowering NGI produce one or more flowers with at least seven full or partial petals per flower. Double-flowering NGI cultivars are disclosed in which substantially all the flowers produce at least 7 full or partial petals per flower. The double-type flower characteristic has been successfully bred into all single-type (5 petals per flower) or semi-double-type (6 petals per flower) NGI cultivars thus far tested. The double-type flower characteristic has been combined with many desirable NGI traits including different flower colors, leaf colors, leaf variegation, and growth habits. Methods for the reliable breeding of the double-type characteristic into diverse single-type or semi-double-type NGI genetic backgrounds, as well as methods for increasing the degree of doubleness per flower or plant, are disclosed.

Double-flowering New Guinea Impatiens

Sweep tillage tools (10, 10') according to the preferred teachings of the present invention are disclosed including generally flat, horizontal sweep blades (18) generally located behind the implement shank (12) and above the point (28) of the spike (16, 16'). Specifically, the front corners of the sweep blades (18) between their front cutting edges (36) and inside edges (40) are integrally connected to the side edges (34) of a central portion (32, 32'). Gussets (20) are provided having a first side (48) integrally connected generally perpendicular to the inside edges (40) of the sweep blades (18) and having a second side (50) integrally connected to the side edges (34) of the central portion (32, 32') to provide catilever mounting of the sweep blades (18) and to provide support for soil passing over the spike (16, 16') and the sweep blades (18) at their intersection. Furrow fillers (22) are provided having top edges (52) integrally connected to the bottom faces (46) of the sweep blades (18) for moving the soil behind the implement shank (12) and the gussets (20). Applicators (64) may be provided generally behind point (28) of spike (16, 16') and generally in front of sweep blades (18) for applying fertilizer. Thus, tools (10, 10') according to the teachings of the present invention till, fertilize, and incorporate granular fertilizer and/or herbicides into the soil in a one-pass tillage operation.

Sweep tillage tool

A sweep-spike combination tillage tool (10) according to the preferred teachings of the present invention is disclosed including generally flat, horizontal sweep blades (18) located behind a spike (16) and above the point (28) of the spike (16). Specifically, the front corners of the sweep blades (18) between their front cutting edges (36) and inside edges (40) are integrally connected to the side edges (34) of the spike (16). Gussets (20) are provided having a first side (48) integrally connected generally perpendicular to the inside edges (40) of the sweep blades (18) and having a second side (50) integrally connected generally tangentially to the side edges (34) of the spike (16) to provide cantilever mounting of the sweep blades (18) and to provide support for soil passing over the spike (16) and the sweep blades (18) at their interconnection. Furrow fillers (22) are provided having top edges (52) integrally connected to the bottom faces ( 46) of the sweep blades (18) for moving the soil behind the implement shank (12) and the gussets (20). Applicators (64) may be provided behind point (28) of spike (16) and in front of sweep blades (18) for applying fertilizer. Thus, tool (10) according to the teachings of the present invention tills, fertilizes, and incorporates granular fertilizer and/or herbicides into the soil in a one-pass tillage operation.

Sweep-spike combination tillage tool

A begonia plant named St. Helena characterized by its large, double bright orange flowers; relatively large leaves with red tinged margins; early and long lasting flowering; strong stems and petioles, and compact growth, and by its ease of propagation from both stem and leaf cuttings.

Begonia plant named St. Helena

A poinsettia plant named Merrimaker particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of deep bright red colored bracts, dark green foliage, strong, vigorous, upright growth, early flowering, outstanding keeping quality, and by its commercially significant ability of being grown as a single stem or pinched plant.

Poinsettia plant named Merrimaker

A begonia plant named Cheers particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of rose-red flower color, strong and upright petioles which support flowers above foliage, double flower form, floriferous habit, fast growth with good branching, and by its adaptability to 10 to 15 cm. pots.

Begonia plant named Cheers

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named Avanti, characterized by its relatively large orange-red flowers and floriferous habit; small, dense foliage; compact growth habit with high degree of basal and side branching; early flowering, and its resistance to disease.

Kalanchoe plant named Avanti

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named Tropicana, characterized by its orange-red flower; floriferous habit; superior self-branching; time to flowering of eleven weeks in summer to thirteen weeks in winter; requirement for growth regulation to control peduncle and pedicel elongation; relatively large, dark green foliage which maintains color after several months of flowering; excellent flower keeping qualities, and by its resistance to disease.

Kalanchoe plant named Tropicana

A new and distinct cultivar of begonia plant known by the name Romance Too characterized by its light chartreuse-yellow flower color, which fades to a lighter yellow on maturity, with the outermost petals tringing to pink on maturity; ease of propagation; vigorous growth habit; early flowering, and excellent keeping quality.

Begonia plant named Romance Too

An impatiens plant named Comet, having large deep pink to red purple flower color, large number of leaves in a whorl, multiple flowering at a leaf axil, good keeping quality of flowers, extremely floriferous, long internodes on a compact plant, terminal shoot that is slow to elongate, irregular lateral branching from the leaf whorl, and by its adaptability to various environments of use.

Impatiens plant named Comet

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named Bingo, characterized by its bright pink flower color, floriferous habit, dense and relatively small leaves, early flowering, and its excellent keeping qualities.

Kalanchoe plant named Bingo

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant name Cherry Jubilee, characterized by its cherry rose flower color, dense and symmetrical full growth, excellent basal and secondary branching, excellent keeping qualities, and by its pinkish white mature stigmas.

Kalanchoe plant named Cherry Jubilee

A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named Flamboyant, characterized by its distinct light orange flower color, dense symmetrical foliage and branching, early and floriferous flowering habit, and its excellent keeping qualities.

Kalanchoe plant named Flamboyant

An impatiens plant named Enterprise, having intense pink flowers, large leaf size with distinct variegation, tolerance to moisture stress, and its vigorous self-branching bush growth habit, which makes it useful for pot and hanging basket use.

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Ashtabula, OH, United States of America

James C Mikkelsen