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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Exhibit C

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE

OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION OF VARIETY

Dahlia (Dahlia spp.)

NAME OF APPLICANT (S)

TEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNATION

VARIETY NAME

ADDRESS (Street and No. or RD No., City, State, Zip Code and Country)

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

PVPO NUMBER

PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY:

In the spaces on the left, enter the appropriate numbers that describe the characteristics of the application variety. On the right, enter the appropriate numbers

that describe the characteristics of the most similar comparison variety. Right justify whole numbers by adding leading zeros if necessary. The variety that you

choose for comparison should be the most similar one in terms of overall morphology, background and maturity. The comparison variety should be grown in field

trials with the application variety for 2-3 location/years (environments) in the region and season of best adaptability. In general, measurements of quantitative

traits should be taken from one trial on 15-25 randomly selected plants or plant parts to obtain averages and statistics that describe a typical field of the

variety.

1. PLANT:

Comparison Variety Name __________________

___ ___ ___

cm High

___ ___ ___

cm High

___ ___ ___

cm Wide

___ ___ ___

cm Wide

___ Plant Habit:

1 = Compact

2 = Spreading

___ Plant Habit

2. MAIN STEM: (At First Flower Cutting)

___ Alignment:

1 = Straight

2 = Flexuous/Crooked

___ Alignment

___ Surface: 1 = Not Glaucous

2 = Glaucous (Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder

___ Surface

easily rubbed off)

___ Surface Pubescence: 1 = Glabrous

2 = Pilose

___ Surface Pubescence

___ ___ No. of Flowers per Primary Branch (without disbudding)

___ ___ No. of Flowers per Primary Branch

___ ___ cm Between Primary Branches

___ ___ mm Diameter at Mid-point of First Internode Above Ground

___ ___ mm Diameter

___ Flower to Stem Axis Angle:

1 = <30°

2 = 30° - 60°

3 = 60° - 90°

___ Flower to Stem Axis Angle

3. LEAF:

___ Type: 1 = Simple

2 = Pinnate

3 = Bipinnate

___ Type

___ ___ No. of Pinnae per Leaf

___ Shape:

1 = Lanceolate

2 = Ovate

3 = Elliptic

___ Shape

___ Margin: 1 = Entire

2 = Denticulate

3 = Dentate

4 = Lanciniate

___ Margin

___ Texture: 1 = Soft

2 = Leathery

___ Texture

Application Variety Data

Comparison Variety Data

ST-470-24 (06/2015) designed by the Plant Variety Protection Office using Microsoft Word 2000.

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