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Discussion id : 11-367
most recent 3 JUL 21 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 28 FEB 06 by Kim Rupert
An idea has been germinating in my head for some time now using this rose to create a line of healthy, cold hardy, thornless roses. Had I the time and place in which to do it, I'd be hot on this line of breeding.

Dr. Robert Basye wrote in his ARS annual articles that, had he the time to do it again, he would have used Basye's Legacy with R. Wichuraiana to include the fourth source of blackspot resistance in his breeding line. He would have self crossed promising seedlings of Wichuraiana X Legacy, or vice versa, to fix the thornless trait, then proceeded to breed with the results.

What I'd propose is to cross thornless Wichuraiana X Rum 10, the thornless form of Multiflora, select promising seedlings from the offspring, then, perhaps either self the best, or cross promising siblings to fix the thornless trait. Only one selfing should be necessary. Once thornless offspring are created, they can be tested for value in breeding as well as garden plants. These results should provide exceptional vigor, cold hardiness, disease resistance, and who knows what kind of fragrances? Both species have made successful root stocks as both are easy to propagate from cuttings and are fairly adaptable to many soil and climate types, as well as scion types. These are all traits worthy of engineering into a breeding line.

The original polyantha roses were crosses of Multiflora and China roses. Later, some were brought into the class through crosses of Wichuraiana ramblers with Chinas, Teas and Hybrid Teas. Once you have developed your Multiflora X Wichuraiana thornless hybrid, some of the more successful crosses could be replicated to see how the second species has modified the results.

Basye's Legacy is now being used for breeding, so there are and will be more, hybrids of it to use in future breeding. This line brings very good health, cold hardiness and thornless ness into the gene pool. Early Legacy hybrids, such as my Lynnie, or even Legacy itself, could be used with the multi-churiana seedlings to create a breeding plant containing all the major sources of blackspot resistance, good cold hardiness and several different sources of thornless ness. Since there would have been only one self cross, there should be virtually no threat of undesirable recessive traits coming out in later generations.

The basic combination of the breeder I propose and Legacy would yield a rose containing Multiflora, Wichuraiana, Moschata, Rugosa, Carolina and Hybrid Perpetual genes. Clustered flowering would be expected, and high levels of disease and cold resistance should be assured, depending upon the other roses used in the mix and seedling selection.

As for what to use with this breeding line, the sky's the limit! I'd strongly suggest considering miniatures after witnessing Ralph Moore's results between species and minis. His Torch of Liberty has produce some fine seedlings, again, my Lynnie being a good example. Torch of Liberty resulted from Orangeade X Golden Angel. Orangeade functions to increase the flower size and saturate colors. It can introduce proclivity to blackspot, so seedling selection should be done with that in mind. Golden Angel combines several sources of Wichuraiana from both parents with several Hybrid Teas and miniatures. It also contains Little Darling, which has Wichuraiana in it and is a source of thornless roses. Harvey Davidson's thornless breeding line rests heavily on Little Darling's shoulders. Golden Angel, itself, could be a good choice for use with the multi-churiana hybrid.

Softee, one of Mr. Moore's miniatures, is a combination of his two most prolific breeding roses. On one side, it contains Wichuraiana and the floribunda, Floradora. On the other, is the sister seedling to his Rise'n Shine, which is a cross of Little Darling and his Yellow Magic. Both of these roses contain much Wichuraiana blood, providing good health, vigor and cold hardiness potential. One of my seedlings, which I created in hopes of it being a decent breeder, is a cross of Softee and Basye's Legacy. This thornless, constant blooming miniature may contain the potential for breeding dwarf, thornless modern roses, with, hopefully, improved health and cold hardiness. It's hoped this will be commercially available in the near future.

Other Moore minis which have produced thornless roses include Golden Gardens, Cal Poly, Sequoia Ruby, Rise'n Shine and Joycie. While these may yield seedlings which lack prickles, what isn't known is how disease resistant nor cold hardy they may turn out to be.

By combining the species which were responsible for the original polyanthas with Basye's Legacy, or one of its close offspring, my hope would be a race of polyantha-like roses which exhibit the improved cold hardiness of the originals, combined with increased disease resistance and thornless ness. Once this line is developed, imagine what could be created by returning to the better Old Garden Roses and introducing their genes into the pool!

Some OGRs to consider might be Gloire des Rosomanes and the found rose, Grandmother's Hat (Barbara Worl). Both are lightly prickled, extremely fragrant, reliably repeat blooming and somewhat shade tolerant. All of which are worthwhile characteristics to bring into your recipe.

Ralph Moore created a small series of thornless roses nearly half a century ago. Luckily, they're still available. Using a self seedling of Gloire des Rosomanes crossed with the polyantha, Etoile Luisante, he created Renae, Carolyn Dean, Everbloom 1 and with further crosses, Climbing Yellow Sweetheart and Dancing Doll. All of these are either thornless themselves, or capable of producing thornless offspring. Though not really cold hardy in extreme situations, they do provide the removal of the prickles, repeat bloom and good disease resistance. One or more of these could be quite interesting for use with the multi-wichuria hybrid.

I hope these ideas and suggestions inspire someone to actually follow the thread and create some of these roses. I would enjoy hearing the results and thought behind the course you take. Good luck!
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 2 JUL 21 by BrianH
Kim, I can't tell you how inspiring your words are to me. You really do share your knowledge with everyone, in exactly the generous spirit that I believe Ralph Moore did. Thank you! -Brian
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 3 JUL 21 by Kim Rupert
How lovely and kind of you, Brian! Thank you! I'm delighted you found inspiration in what I wrote so many years ago. Mr. Moore planted seeds everywhere, hoping some would find fertile ground and germinate. I suppose that was me following his example. May those seeds find their fruition in your pleasure and successes! Thank you!
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Discussion id : 85-212
most recent 24 MAY 15 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 24 MAY 15 by heliotrope42
I think Basye's Legacy (which I bought as Commander Gillette, but according to Kim Rupert is the same rose) could safely be rated as hardy to Zone 4. I have grown it through two pretty tough winters here in Zone 3b and it has still been able to bloom, even though it died back.
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Discussion id : 51-300
most recent 3 JAN 11 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 3 JAN 11 by Kim Rupert
Legacy can grow like a Dr. Huey plant. It all depends upon how sharp your pruning shears are. It will branch into laterals like a climber or it can be "encouraged" to be a branching shrub, but it definitely desires to be used like a climber. I've always loved how malleable the thing is. It IS totally without any prickles. It is definitely deciduous with very nice autumn foliage. In both the mid desert and here on the inland valley side of the coastal mountains, it is totally disease free.

It roots well and grows perfectly own root. EVERY flower forms a round, marble like, orange hip with persistent sepals. The wood is very photo reactive in cold weather with bright sun, a trait passed on to all of its babies (thankfully!). Hybrids of it are EXTREMELY easy to differentiate from non hybrids. There is just a "look", a "glossiness" to the foliage, branching habit, cluster flowering, sepals, wood, everything about it. Ralph Moore used to hand me small pots of things and ask if I could guess where it came from. Legacy seedlings were always easy to spot! He'd chuckle each time because I'd bugged him for so long to use it.

The hips persist long into winter, causing one idiot to cut half my plant off one Thanksgiving to use for an arrangement.

I've honestly thought it would be an easy rose to use like a Banksia and just let it go, do its own thing. Even after flowering, the hips would be spectacular and I am sure self seedlings would occur everywhere, like the danged Washingtonias do here. With its total smoothness, gorgeous foliage and beautiful hips, I certainly wouldn't mind having to hack it back if were to get out of bounds. I've never had anywhere to let it go, but the original plant Basye sent to The Huntington had grown up into the Oak tree it shared with The Probable Amphidiploid. It wasn't anywhere near as large and scary as the Amphidiploid, but it definitely climbed into the lower branches of that tree. And, it was gorgeous! I'd read of it in the ARS annuals and found his passage of how he'd sent wood of it to them, making it available to anyone wishing it for a small donation to the institution. Clair lamented that in all the years it was there (less than ten at that time), NO ONE had ever inquired about either of them. Knowing what it was from their source cards, I quickly began propagating it to spread it around ASAP. Even in those days, the plans called for The Study Plot, where all the once flowering, found and odd roses were grown, to be developed into the Chinese Exhibition, so I knew its days were numbered. Fortunately, we replicated everything which grew there so nothing would be lost completely.

Both of the Basye plants growing there were own root directly from the wood Basye sent them as no one budded anything in those days. The remnants of my plant (huge, only gnarl with a cane protruding from one side) is an own root cutting from that plant.
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Discussion id : 16-743
most recent 18 FEB 07 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 15 FEB 07 by Unregistered Guest
The correct parentage reported by Basye in his ARS article of this rose is this:

Basye's Amphidiploid x Commander Gillette
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 18 FEB 07 by Cass
Do you consider this different from the parentage as presently noted because HMF lists the seed parent, "The Probable Amphidiploid's," parentage?
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 18 FEB 07 by Unregistered Guest
Yes I do believe that the parentage noted as of now, (R. moschata abysinnica × R. rugosa rubra ) x Commander Gillette, is different because the seed parent was named by Dr. Basye as "Basye's Probable Amphidiploid." And he never used colchicine to double the chromosome numbers in this rose. It was an openly selected seedling from the original plant of abysinnica and rugosa.
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