US Plant Patent PP4742
Harmony
Begonia plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 20, 2000. 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
- PP4742
- Filed
- March 20, 1980
- Granted
- June 16, 1981
- Expires
- March 20, 2000
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- VAN DEN BERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A begonia plant known by the cultivar name Harmony having large, double, light orange flowers and dark green foliage; a relatively great number of pistillated flowers; early flowering and floriferous habit; excellent keeping quality; adaptability in a controlled environment to year round flowering and varying pot size; sturdy, upright and compact growth habits, and excellent vigor.
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 cultivar name Harmony, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by its large, double, light orange flowers and dark green foliage; relatively great number of pistillated flowers; early flowering and floriferous habit; excellent keeping quality; adaptability in a controlled environment to year round flowering and varying pot size; sturdy, upright and compact growth habits, and by its excellent vigor.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4742 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.