'Damon Runyon' Rose

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'Damon Runyon' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

HMF Ratings:

5 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Damon Runyon

Origin:

Bred by Carl G. Duehrsen (United States, before 1954).
Introduced in United States by Howard & Smith in 1955 as 'Damon Runyon'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Crimson. Moderate fragrance. 35 to 40 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Upright. Glossy, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 3" to 5" (8 to 13cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,441 on 20 Dec 1955 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 469,282 on 16 Nov 1954

Carl George Duehrsen, Montebello, Calif., assignor to Howard & Smith, Inc., Montebello, Calif.
...orginated as a seedling whose parentage is Red Talisman...x Southport ... X Mirandy.
...One of the varieties that this variety is somewhat similar is the variety Major Shelly (Pl. Pat. 447), but it differs in a number of points...

Parentage:

seed:	Red Talisman
pollen:	Southport × Mirandy (Hybrid Tea, Lammerts 1944)

Notes:

Patent application and Modern Roses V state a different parentage than MR XI. - See References.
Honoring Alfred Damon Runyan (a.k.a. Damon Runyon) (October 4, 1880 Manhattan, Kansas - December 10, 1946 New York City), US American journalist and writer