Only a rose....

Hi Joolz don't feel robbed my friend feel really happy its a really beautiful Rose,My dad bless him had all standards a total of over 50 in two rows of 25 each side of his garden,if it wasn't for the cost and the grace of God ,there go I,
this is my Double Delight a lovely Bi-colour

 

As you probably know one of my favourite roses is Masquerade which has flowered all through the year and is still flowering. But it's the way it changes colour from yellow to red as the flower ages that always enthrals me.

Here's it last night:


And here's it today and you can see the petals starting to redden.



It's one of my all time favourites and has paid me back so much after paying 50p for it as a packaged dry root from a now defunct Supermarket over 30 years ago.

 

I can see it......and you can't, Jenny???

 

Right, I'll edit it and try again. Give me a sign, Mum, if it works

 

Good evening Armandll yes Masquerade is a lovely rose and a great Photo

Masquerade


American Bred
Won the Gold Cup in 1952
1949/Semi-Double blooms/17 petals
Parentage(Goldilocks x Holiday)
Seed x Pollen

 

Thank you, Woo, your knowledge of both roses and photography is some thing I aspire to and your comments are really appreciated.

 

Hi Armandll my friend and thank you ,I see the patent time has run out on it now and it will be unavailable in the future,so I am going to get one myself thanks to you bringing it to my notice

 

I'm not sure whether or not the patent time will affect the commercial proliferation of Masquerade, Woo, in that it will mean that Commercial Growers will not now have to pay royalties, which is an encouragement rather than the reverse.. I think Masquerade will be continued to be grown as long as there is a demand.

 

Hi Armandll yes but it will have another name ,there are literally 1000,s of Roses that disappear every single year ,just a few are renamed ,and the majority of these were indeed very popular and selling well but didn't suit the growers and breeders for different reasons that's the rose world for you


Hi Grumpy I am still in the process of researching this subject so please bear with me

Search on the rose's registered name (usually a code name that begins with the breeder's three letter prefix,and you will get a summary of the actual patent ... if there is one. According to the Patent Office, plant patents run for 20 years from the date of application. Many roses were never patented, so are pretty much fair game to propagate no matter how old they are.

It is illegal to propagate trademarked roses released less than 17 years ago because they are still under patent.

To get around the limitation on patent protection, some rose breeders are protecting their intellectual property by trademarking the name of the rose. Once the patent expires, it is legal to propagate, but the rose cannot be referenced except by the official name.

This is why Austin roses, in particular, are listed in nursery catalogs as AUSblush (Heritage) or AUSmary (Mary Rose).