US Plant Patent PP5890
Edith
Asiatic lilly named Edith
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 11, 2005. 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
- PP5890
- Filed
- March 11, 1985
- Granted
- February 24, 1987
- Expires
- March 11, 2005
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- MCRAE EDWARD A
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid Asiatic lily having compact racemes of large flowers of a unique and intense cream-yellow color tone, an excellent form, and long persistence both on the plant and as cut flowers. The flowers of this new plant are particularly characterized by the unusual cream-yellow color of their large and unusually broad tepals having relatively inconspicuous maculation, these characteristics being unique in the upright Asiatic division of lilies. This plant is highly resistant to disease, shows high tolerance to virus, and is an excellent garden plant. The bulbs of this variety may be precooled and forced for cut flower production.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of hybrid Asiatic lily, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its high resistance to disease and tolerance to virus; its vigorous growth; its excellent flower form and substance; and its versatility both as a garden plant and as a plant produced from precooled bulbs forced for cut-flower production; and in particular, its unique rich cream-yellow coloring and inconspicuous maculation.
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