Id：ICR-1559
Country：United States
Year Published/Registered：1949
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Betty Sheffield'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
Chinese Name：贝蒂
Japanese Name：
Meaning：
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Beidi Shao, Taichong, 1991, The Observations from the Camellia World, p.9. Chinese synonym for the USA C.japonica Betty Sheffield.
Betty Sheffield Special Mark S. Cannon Scion Catalogue, 1962, p.2. Described as having lots of white. However not sufficiently different to Betty Sheffield to warrant the standing of a sport. Hence a synonym for Betty Sheffield.
Mrs Albert Sheffield SCCS., 1950, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature, p.52. Synonym for Betty Sheffield.
Veiled Betty Sheffield Keeton, 1965, ACS., The Camellia Journal, vol.20, No.2, p.11. An unstable form of Betty Sheffield.
贝蒂 茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.2/28, No.1108.
» English Description
American Camellia Society News-Letter, 1949, Vol.4,No.4, p.9.Thomasville Nursery Catalogue, 1951; Fendig, 1981, American Camellia Catalogue: A medium to large, white with a few red and pink splotches and stripes, incomplete double amenone form, 10-11 cm across with large, erect petaloids intermixed with stamens. Leaves, glossy, rich green, oval, 10.5 cm by 6.5 cm, apex prominent acuminate, serrations shallow with black pointed tips. A seedling of Mrs F.L. Gibson, planted 1944 and grown by Mrs A.B. Sheffield, Thomasville, Georgia, USA. A most unstable camellia with a great number of sports, many often sporting on to other forms. These include: Betty by George, Betty Sheffield Strawberry, ‘Betty Lavender Pink’, Betty Sheffield Supreme, Betty Pink Chiffon, Betty Sheffield Variegated, ‘Betty Sheffield Baby’, Betty Sheffield Veined, Betty Sheffield Blush, Betty Sheffield White, Betty Sheffield Blush Variegated, Betty Sheffield Coral, Betty Sheffield White Throat, Betty Sheffield Dawn, Betty’s Beauty, Betty Sheffield Dream, Betty’s Pink Organdy, Betty Sheffield Lavender, Blond Betty, Betty Sheffield Light Pink, Funnyface Betty, Betty Sheffield Light Pink Variegated, ‘Betty Sheffield Peony’, Blush Supreme, Betty Sheffield Pink, Lucky Seven, Betty Shefffield Pinkheart, Betty’s Blond Superlative, ‘Betty Sheffield Pink Variegated’, Betty Sheffield Purple, Adrienne’s Betty, ‘Betty Sheffield (Ray’s Speckled)’, ‘Betty Sheffield Rose Form’, Betty Sheffield Silver, ‘Betty Sheffield Ruby Red’, ‘Betty Sheffield Special’, ‘Blonde Betty’. For illustrations see: American Camellia Yearbook, 1956 facing p.41. Sharp, 1957, Camellias Illustrated, p.155. Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens vol.III, p.19.
» Chinese Description
Betty Sheffield (贝蒂)一茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.2/28, No.1108.
Flower Form：Semi-double / Doubleness(hose-in-hose)
Flower Colour：Single color Flower / White
Flower Size： 10-11 cm
Blooming Season： 1-2 Month United States
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