US Plant Patent PP5887
Grete
Begonia plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 10, 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
- PP5887
- Filed
- January 10, 1985
- Granted
- February 24, 1987
- Expires
- January 10, 2005
- Assignee
- DAEHNFELDT A S L
- Inventor
- SCHELBECK ERLAND V
Abstract
A new and distinctive cultivar of Begonia plant bearing medium sized, heavily filled flowers of rose color and small, medium green, tapered leaves. The plant is characterized by rapid propagation and vigorous growth, producing flowers and leaves of long persistance and excellent display.
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 hiemalis plant named Grete, as shown and described, and particularly characterized by its medium-sized, heavily filled rose flowers, fast propagation, rapid flowering and its resistance to powdery mildew.
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