Coral Yograceland

Chrysanthemum

Variety Description

Varieties used for comparison: 'Apricot Yoblush' (Apricot Blush) and 'Pink Yograceland' (Pink Graceland)

Summary: 'Coral Yograceland' has a longer ray floret blade and larger disc diameter than 'Apricot Yoblush'. The upper side of the ray florets of 'Coral Yograceland' is light yellow brown with blue pink and yellow brown over colour while it is light orange with red pink over colour for 'Apricot Yoblush' and light blue violet with a light blue pink over colour for 'Pink Yograceland'. The disc florets of 'Coral Yograceland' are enlarged tubular type while those of 'Apricot Yoblush' are tubular.

Description:

PLANT: year round cultivation for pot production, disbud flowering type, 8 week response group, short to medium height
PRIMARY LATERAL SHOOT: few
STEM: no anthocyanin colouration

LEAF: short to medium length, medium width, broad wedged base
LATERAL LOBE: diverging margins of sinus
LOWER LOBE: medium length, shallow to medium deep sinus

FLOWER HEAD: anemone centred type, chromatic self colour type, pink colour group of very weak intensity, large to very large diameter, no bracts among ray florets
RAY FLORET: long to very long blade with short corolla tube, reflexed longitudinal axis of majority, concave in cross-section, mamillate to dentate tip, light yellow brown with blue pink and yellow brown over colour on upper side, light yellow brown with blue pink under colour on lower side
DISC: yellow green before anther dehiscence, yellow after anther dehiscence, very large diameter
DISC FLORET: enlarged tubular type, massed in centre of flower head, green brown changing to yellow with faded base at maturity

Origin & Breeding History: 'Coral Yograceland' is a product from a mutation induction program conducted by the breeder, Mrs. Wendy R. Bergman, an employee of Yoder Brothers, Inc. in Barberton, Ohio, USA. It was created by exposing unrooted cuttings of Chrysanthemum variety 'Pink Yograceland' to x-ray radiation in August 2000 in Fort Myers, Florida, USA. Following radiation treatment, the cuttings were rooted and the terminal apices removed three times to promote lateral branching. After lateral branches from the third pinch reached sufficient size, terminal cuttings were harvested, planted and flowered. 'Coral Yograceland' was selected in January 2001 based on its uniform plant growth habit, desirable inflorescence form and floret colours, fast response time and excellent post production longevity.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'Coral Yograceland' were conducted in the fall of 2006 at Yoder Canada Ltd. in Leamington, Ontario. They were performed under greenhouse conditions similar to those used in commercial Chrysanthemum production. 40 unrooted cuttings per variety were directly stuck into 15 cm pots with 4 cuttings per pot and 10 pots per variety. The pots were spaced 30 cm apart. The plants were pinched once prior to short day treatment. All plants were disbudded by removal of lateral buds. Measured characteristics were based on measurements taken from 10 plants or parts of plants on November 1, 2006. All colour determinations were made using the 2001 Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'Coral Yograceland' with reference varieties 'Apricot Yoblush' and 'Pink Yograceland'

Ray floret blade length (cm)

Disc diameter (cm)

Ray floret colour (RHS)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Coral Yograceland (left) with reference varieties 'Apricot Yoblush' (centre) and 'Pink Yograceland' (right)