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US Plant Patent PP5446

Lonsico

Carnation named Lonsico

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 25, 2003. 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
PP5446
Filed
July 25, 1983
Granted
April 23, 1985
Expires
July 25, 2003
Inventor
BARBERET NICOLE; DUCLOUX YVES

Abstract

A new carnation variety particularly distinguished by the substantially solid ruby red coloration of its medium sized blooms which are borne on long, strong, straight stems and which bloom profusely during the recurrent blooming seasons of Spring and Fall, this plant having a vigorous, upright growth habit with rigid stems and comparatively few leaves, the plant height at eight months averaging about 100 cm.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

We claim: 1. A new carnation cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its ruby red flowers of medium size which bloom profusely during each of its recurrent blooming seasons, and by its vigorous growth habit which is resistant to Fusarium oxysporum.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5446 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.