US Plant Patent PP7029
Little Pearl
African violet plant named Little Pearl
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 26, 2008. 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
- PP7029
- Filed
- October 26, 1988
- Granted
- September 12, 1989
- Expires
- October 26, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Pearl which is a sport of Little Rose Quartz disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6110. Little Pearl is characterized by its miniature growth habit; very light pinkish white, semi-double flowers; 7-9 petals per flower, the ones in the center being much smaller and covering up the anthers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; medium green, spear to 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 Pearl, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its miniature growth habit; very light pinkish white, semi-double flowers; 7-9 petals per flower, the ones in the center being much smaller and covering up the anthers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; medium green, spear to heart-shaped leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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