‘Ventorange’® 
‘Ventoux Red’® 
‘Victory’ 
Jean Rey : Discovered and introduced by Jean Rey. Name registered by 
H. Bertrand-Breisch, Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs des Techniques 
Horticoles, Angers, France, June 11, 1992 : Hybrid, chance seedling 
selected by Jean Rey in 1977; habit very erect; fruit red (43A, RHS), 
colors more slowly. 
(Pépiniére Jean Rey, Carpentras, France. Catalog, p. 53. Autumn 1977, 
as P. X ‘Ventorange’) : Growth habit creeping; leaves light green; fruit 
orange; hardy; RMD No. 213538-950508. Letter January 2, 1979, Jean- 
Paul Charvin, Pépiniére Jean Rey : Discovered and introduced by Jean 
Rey. Name registered by H. Bertrand-Breisch, Ecole Nationale 
d’Ingenieurs des Techniques Horticoles, Angers, France, June 11, 1992: 
Hybrid, chance seedling selected by Jean Rey in 1977; fruit orange (30A, 
RHS), colors late. 
(Pépiniére Jean Rey. l’Horticulture Francaise 64:33. 1976, without 
description). Pépiniére Desmartis, Bergerac, France. Catalog, p. 14. 
1977-78 : Fruit vivid red, abundant. Name registered by Jean Rey, 
February 1, 1979 : Vigorous, upright growth habit; leaves bright dark 
green, large; fruit large, up to 14 mm wide and 6-8 mm high, slightly 
oblate, field poppy red; chance seedling of P. atalantioides < unknown; 
selected by Jean Rey, Pépiniére Jean Rey; introduced in 1970; RMD No. 
824082, September 21, 1970. 
(Winsel-Gibbs, Los Angeles, California. Catalog, p. 16. 1949) : Fruit rich 
red with bright sheen, large, late maturing. Monrovia Nursery, Azusa, 
California. Catalog, p. 55. 1954-55 : Strong growth; fruit best red, 
persistent. Letter March 2, 1960, Walter Lee, Monrovia Nursery : Origi- 
nated as chance seedling growing near Riverside, California; discoverer 
unknown. D.R. Egolf and R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):86. 1967 : Chro- 
mosome number 2n=34. 
= ‘Victory Buch’ 
Also listed as ‘Victory Red’ 
P. koidzumii 
Orange Red 33A, RHS 
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