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'Akito' rose Description
'Akito (hybrid tea,Tantau before 1997)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Johno
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
18 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend.
Exhibition name: Akito
Origin:
Bred by Hans Jürgen Evers (1940-2007) (Germany, before 1997).
Introduced in Germany by Rosen-Tantau/Tantau Roses in 1998 as 'Akito'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
White.  None to mild fragrance.  Average diameter 3".  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 2000/296  on  2000   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
Canada - Patent No: 2435  on  1 Jun 2006
Application No: 98-1414  on  25 May 1998
Rigghts revoked on October 17, 2011.
Breeder: Hans Evers, Rosen Tantau Mathias Tantau Nachfolger, Uetersen, Germany
 
European Union - Patent No: tm 008797474
 
European Union - Patent No: tm 016791022
See Tanotika (Akito)
 
Germany - Patent No: tm 30002042  on  28 Mar 2000
Application  on  13 Jan 1999
Notes:
The Australian Patent lists the parentage as follows:

Seed Parent: RT 81 426X x Pollen Parent RT 83 126