1998년도에 절화장이 길고 화형이 우수한 적색의 스탠다드 ‘레드산드라’ 품종을 모본으로 꽃수가 많고 줄기가 강건한 주홍색의 스탠다드 ‘바로네스’ 품종을 부본으로 인공교배 하였다. 1999년에 파종 후 287개체의 실생을 획득하여 이들을 대상으로 2001-2003년까지 3차에 거쳐 특성검정을 실시한 후 최종 특성검정 단계에서 기호도 조사를 실시한 결과 최종선발된 ‘원교 D1-27’을 2003년 농촌진흥청 농작물 직무육성 신품종 선정위원회를 거쳐 ‘스노우
A new standard rose cultivar ‘Snow Ball’ was bred by the cross between the red standard cultivar ‘Red Sandra’ and the scarlet standard cultivar ‘Baroness’ at the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, in Suwon. The cross was made in 1998 and ‘Snow Ball’ was finally selected in 2003 after investigating the characteristics for three years from 2001 to 2003. ‘Snow Ball’, a white standard cultivar grows vigorously and has good flower shape. The major characteristics of this cultivar are 90.3 stems/m2/year in yield, 57.8 cm in length of cut flower, 6.1 cm in flower diameter, 85.7 in petal number, and 15.0 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, ‘Tineke’.