A new standard rose cultivar ‘ink holic’was bred from the cross between pink standard cultivar ‘yvia’and red standard cultivar 'Sioux' at the National Horticulture Research Institute. The cross was made in 2002 and ‘ink holic’was finally selected in 2007 after investigating characteristics for three years from 2005 to 2007. ‘ink holic’ a light pink standard cultivar grows vigorously and has powder mildew resistant. The major characteristics of this cultivar are 185.4 stems/m2/year in yield, 83.9cm in length of cut flower, 11.0cm in flower diameter, 42.9 in petal number, and 22.4 days in vase life. This cultivar can be propagated by both cutting and grafting. The consumer's preference of this cultivar is relatively higher than that of control cultivar, 'Moon light'.

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