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US Plant Patent PP5321

Ninon

Begonia plant named Ninon

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 20, 2002. 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
PP5321
Filed
September 20, 1982
Granted
November 6, 1984
Expires
September 20, 2002
Inventor
SCHELBECK ERLAND V

Abstract

A slow growing vigorous hybrid begonia named Ninon having very large peach/pink colored flowers, often with several whorls of tepals in the center, and excellent keeping qualities in all seasons.

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 begonia named Ninon, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its vigorous growth habit; large dark green foliage; large flowers which frequently are compound with several whorls of interior petals; distinct peach/pink flower color, and its excellent keeping qualities.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5321 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.