US Plant Patent PP4781
Fresco
Begonia plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 25, 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
- PP4781
- Filed
- March 25, 1980
- Granted
- October 27, 1981
- Expires
- March 25, 2000
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C; VAN DEN BERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A begonia plant referred to by the cultivar name Fresco having large semi-double to double, deep orange-red flowers; heavy infusion of red pigmentation in the foliage; pleasant contrast of flower and foliage color; year round flowering with proper environmental conditions, and a vigorous growth habit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of begonia plant referred to by the cultivar name Fresco, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its large semi-double to double, deep orange-red flowers; heavy infusion of red pigmentation in the foilage; pleasant contrast of flower and foliage color; year round flowering with proper environmental conditions, and by its vigorous growth habit.
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