(Snow on the Ridge), (C.sasanqua), Ashizawa, Yagorô, 1898, Chabaika Taishû; Yokohama
Gardener’s Association, 1891, Descriptive Catalogue, p.9 as ‘Minenoyuki’: Early,
snow-white, double, profuse bloomer, often giving 100-150 buds on one plant. Flower 5-7.5
cm across. Variable, ranging from semi-double to irregular double, pure white, 7-8 cm. across
x 3.7 cm deep. Petals are thin with a tendency to a square shape, 3.8 cm wide with two
distinct lobes at apex, crinkled and folded. Some yellow filaments with orange anthers
intermixed with petaloids. Buds round with a pinkish tip. Leaves, dull, dark green, sometimes
variegated, 4 cm x 2.5 cm, slightly serrate, apices blunt acute. Habit is willowy, spreading,
medium vigorous and blooms heavily. Originated in Japan. Synonyms: ‘White Doves’, ‘Snow
on the Mountain’, ‘Snow on the Peak’, ‘Snow’. Different readings: ‘Minenoyuki’, ‘Mine No
Yuki’. Orthographic errors: ‘Mino-no-yuki’, ‘Mine-no-fuki’, ‘Mine-o-yuki’, ‘Mini-no-yuki’,
‘Minnenoyuki’. Sport: White Doves Benten. Note: Mine-no-yuki and Fuji-no-mine are
sometimes listed as synonyms, however they are separate and distinct cultivars. Received an
RHS., “Award of Merit” in 1964. For black and white photo see p.309, Hertrich, 1955,
Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.II. There is also a Higo and a C.rusticana and some
extinct ancient varieties of the same name.
FOGLIA: medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.
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