Sorry to hear that! I do not know, but I do know that Georges Delbard had the patent listed as a HT.

Primary Examiner: Locker; Howard J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis
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Claims
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I claim:
1. A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics:
(a) from a physical point of view it forms green mature wood, assumes a bushy growth habit, and forms attractive long-lasting red striped with light pink and white double flowers having consistent petals that detach cleanly, and
(b) from the biological point of view forms semi-vigorous to vigorous vegetation, produces flowers in abundance, exhibits the ability readily to be forced, and is very resistant to diseases when grown under greenhouse conditions and in the garden;