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RE: Sporting a rose

Thanks Dave, that's good to know.  I will just be patient. I'm so
delighted someone knows some of this stuff.  Makes the list all the
better for it.

Sincerely,       
Carleen Rosenlund of Rainier, Oregon -zone 6
Sweetbriar - Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
  
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> From: Dave Amorde <dave_amorde@msn.com>
> To: ebell@sk.sympatico.ca; rose-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Sporting a rose
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 11:20 AM
> 
> A "sport" is a genetic mutation, and therefore a permanent change
in the
> growth habits and/or flowering of the plant. Genetic mutations
cannot be
> induced by cultural changes - more or less watering, sunlight,
fertilizer,
> etc. Nor will merely moving a plant induce a "sport." However,
*temporary*
> changes in the color, form, and frequency of bloom are often caused
by
> weather & changes in sunlight. There are chemicals available that
can cause
> sporting, but they are powerful carcinogens, often caustic, and
very
> dangerous.
> 
> -Dave-
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edith Bell <ebell@sk.sympatico.ca>
> To: rose-list@eskimo.com <rose-list@eskimo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 7:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Sporting a rose
> 
> 
> >rosenlund wrote:
> >>
> >> My father gave me a rose that has been in the family for over
100
> >> years. I believe it to be Apothecary Rose, as I also have one.
> >> Our family calls it the "Calico Rose" because it is "suppose" to
be
> >> of blotchy color; pink and white. I suspect that it is the sport
of
> >> Apothecary; Rosa Mundi.  Grandmother says if it blooms in only
> >> one color, (and thus far my little one is) to dig and re-plant
it.
> >>
> >> Would this cause the rose to sport ?
> >> If I am taking TOO good of care (great soil, fertilizing,
watering,
> >> talking to her) will she also not sport or become variegated ?
> >> Is there any connection here ?
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Carleen Rosenlund of Rainier, Oregon -zone 6
> >> Sweetbriar - Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
> >>
> >Maybe your rose isn't old enough yet.
> >Last year I bought The Fairy and Austrian Copper.  I was
disappointed
> >when The Fairy bore only white blooms and the Austrian Copper
clear
> >yellow blooms with no hint of red.  This year thought The Fairy
has lots
> >of pink blooms (on some canes still white) and the Austrian
Copper's
> >clear yellow blooms showed streaks of red this year.  I have heard
that
> >some roses don't bloom true to type right away or perhaps it was
due to
> >stress from being moved.
> >Perhaps your rose will be more like itself next year.
> >Edith
> >
> >
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