US Plant Patent PP5993
Multnomah
Asiatic lily plant named Multnomah
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 3, 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
- PP5993
- Filed
- September 3, 1985
- Granted
- May 19, 1987
- Expires
- September 3, 2005
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- MCRAE EDWARD A
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant particularly characterized by having large clusters of flowers distinguished by their rich orange-red color tone and a virtual lack of spotting, characteristics which are new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The flowers of this plant are of excellent form, strong color, and long persistence both on the plant and as cut flowers. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, it is an excellent garden plant, it is very vigorous, is a good grower and propagator, and the bulbs 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. The new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized in particular by its large size and its virtually unspotted rich orange-red color, by its vigorous growth and rapid natural propagation; and by its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut flower producer from precooled bulbs.
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