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US Plant Patent PP7696

Little Cherokee Girl

African violet plant named Little Cherokee Girl

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 10, 2010. 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
PP7696
Filed
August 10, 1990
Granted
October 29, 1991
Expires
August 10, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Cherokee Girl characterized by its mid-size growth habit (13-15 cm in diameter); pink, semi-double to double flowers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; medium green, heart shaped leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by 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 Little Cherokee Girl, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its mid-size growth habit (13-15 cm in diameter); pink, semi-double to double flowers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; medium green, heart-shaped leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7696 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.