US Plant Patent PP5603
Baltimore
African violet plant named Baltimore
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 5, 2004. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5603
- Filed
- January 5, 1984
- Granted
- December 17, 1985
- Expires
- January 5, 2004
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Baltimore characterized by its very compact growth habit, girl type leaves, wire-like flower stems each of which carries seven or more flowers, white flower color, with purple tinging at the center of each petal and around the edges of certain of the petals, very long lasting flowers which do not drop, and by its ability to be grown close together with other plants without leaf stretching.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Baltimore, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its very compact growth habit, girl type leaves, wire-like flower stems each of which carries seven or more flowers, white flower color, with purple tinging at the center of each petal and around the edges of certain of the petals, very long lasting flowers which do not drop, and by its ability to be grown close together with other plants without leaf stretching.
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