Rose plant -- Meigrouge variety

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which forms in abundance attractive fully double long lasting blossoms which are strawberry red on the upper surface and cardinal red on the under surface. The plant exhibits vigorous vegetation and an erect growth habit. The new variety exhibits an excellent capability for greenhouse forcing during cut flower production. Excellent resistance to fungal diseases also is manifest.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characterstics: (a) forms in abundance attractive fully double long-lasting blossoms which are strawberry red on the upper surface and cardinal red on the lower surface,   (b) exhibits an erect growth habit,   (c) forms vigorous vegetation,   (d) exhibits an excellent greenhouse forcing capability,   (e) exhibits excellent resistance to cryptogamic diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.