연분홍색 장미 신품종 ‘퓨어하트’ 육성

A New Rose Cultivar, ‘Pure Heart’ with Bright Pink Color

A new rose cultivar, ‘Pure Heart’ was selected from the progenies of a cross between ‘Saphir’ and ‘Crystal Line’ at the Gyeonggi-Do Agricultural Research and Extension Services in 1998. It was finally selected in 2002 after evaluation trials for three years (2000-2002). ‘Pure Heart’ was developed for a standard-type cut flower. ‘Pure Heart’ has some good agricultural and marketing traits. ‘Pure Heart’ has good qualified flower of which color is fair bright pink, 6.8cm in flower diameter and 4.5cm in flower height. ‘Pure Heart’ produce 122 stems/m 2 in a year, and has 45 petals per flower. The length of cut flower was long with 66.0cm. Vase life of the cultivar could be as long as 8 days. Futhermore marketing-quality was good in some aspects. The cultivar was applied for a variety protection in 2004 and was released to commercial growers in 2005.