plant named ‘G21015’

Latin name of the genus and species:

Variety denomination: ‘G21015’.

The new cultivar is the product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor. The cross-pollination resulting in the new variety was made in August of 2020 at a research greenhouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The seed parent is an undistributed, unpatented proprietary F1 seedling variety referred to internally as G18-206-5. The pollen is an undistributed, unpatented proprietary F1 seedling variety referred to internally as G20-049. The new variety was found and selected by the inventor in March of 2021 at the same research greenhouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar ‘G21015’ by terminal vegetative cuttings was performed at the same nursery in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania in March of 2021. Subsequent asexual reproduction, both by terminal cuttings and tissue culture has shown that the unique features of this cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type through successive generations.

The cultivar ‘G21015’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, day length, and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘G21015’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘G21015’ as a new and distinctcultivar:

No symptoms of CDM have been observed on new variety ‘G21015’ since its selection in 2021 in greenhouse, outdoor container, or outdoor in-ground trials. In those same trials, CDM-susceptiblevarieties were observed to suffer foliage losses due to CDM infection at rates from 25% to 100%.

Plants of the new cultivar ‘G21015’ are similar to plants of the seed parent variety, in most horticultural characteristics. However, plants of the new cultivar ‘G21015’ differ in the following:

Plants of the new cultivar ‘G21015’ are similar to plants of the pollen parent variety, in most horticultural characteristics. However, plants of the new cultivar ‘G21015’ differ in the following:

‘G21015’ can be compared to the commercially known variety‘Apple Brandy’, unpatented. These plants are similar in most horticultural characteristics. However, plants of the new cultivar ‘G21015’ differ in the following ways:

‘G21015’ can also be compared to the commercially known variety‘Balflamsira’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 32,342. These cultivars are similar in most horticultural characteristics. However, plants of the new cultivar ‘G21015’ differ in the following ways:

The photographs were taken using conventional techniques and although colors may appear different from actual colors due to light reflectance it is as accurate as possible by conventional photographic techniques.

In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Color Chart 2015, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The following observations and measurements describe ‘G21015’ plants grown outdoors during Summer in Camarillo, California. The growing temperature ranged from about 7° C. to 28° C. during the day and from about 5° C. to 18° C. during the night. General light conditions are bright, normal sunlight. Measurements and numerical values represent averages of typical plant types. Plants are approximately 4 months old from a rooted cutting. No chemical or photoperiodic treatments were given.