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US Plant Patent PP6917

Virgo

African violet plant named Virgo

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 10, 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
PP6917
Filed
May 10, 1988
Granted
July 11, 1989
Expires
May 10, 2008

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Virgo characterized by its single, very light pink flowers with wavy edges and darker pink center; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; medium green, strongly serrated girl-type 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 Virgo, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its single, very light pink flowers with wavy edges and darker pink center; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; medium green, strongly serrated girl-type leaves; profuse flowering, vigorous growth habit, flowering 10-11 weeks after potting, and its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6917 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.