US Plant Patent PP7331
Everglades
African violet plant named Everglades
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 8, 2009. 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
- PP7331
- Filed
- June 8, 1989
- Granted
- September 18, 1990
- Expires
- June 8, 2009
- Assignee
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD SR
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD SR
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Everglades characterized by its single violet-shaped to semi-double, blue flowers with frilled edges; strong, upright flower stems that curve slightly toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; large medium green leaves, profuse flowering, vigorous growth habit, flowering 10-11 weeks after potting, and its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Everglades, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its single violet-shaped to semi-double, blue flowers with frilled edges; strong, upright flower stems that curve slightly toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; large medium green leaves, profuse flowering, vigorous growth habit, flowering 10-11 weeks after potting, and its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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