Carnation variety `Longotom`

Abstract

A new standard carnation cultivar particularly distinguished by its very large blooms having a light purple coloration, borne on long, strong, straight stems and which have a recurrent blooming habit with profuse production in the spring, midseason and fall but having a tendency to give less blooms in the fall. This plant has a vigorous, upright growth habit reaching a height of about one hundred centimeters at eight months with moderately abundant foliage, the flower stem having an average length of about eighty-two centimeters.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct carnation cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the very large size of its flowers which are generally of a light Purple color with petals which are tinged at the inner body portion and outer end edges with a somewhat darker Mallow Purple color; the plant being further characterized by its recurrent and profuse production of flowers during its blooming seasons.