US Plant Patent PP5953
Romance Too
Begonia plant named Romance Too
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 21, 2004. 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
- PP5953
- Filed
- November 23, 1983
- Granted
- April 21, 1987
- Expires
- April 21, 2004
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of begonia plant known by the name Romance Too characterized by its light chartreuse-yellow flower color, which fades to a lighter yellow on maturity, with the outermost petals tringing to pink on maturity; ease of propagation; vigorous growth habit; early flowering, and excellent keeping quality.
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 plant known by the name Romance Too, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its light chartreuse-yellow flower color, which fades to a lighter yellow on maturity, with the outermost petals tinging to pink on maturity; ease of propagation, vigorous growth habit; early flowering, and excellent keeping quality.
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