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US Plant Patent PP8890

Adela

Carnation plant named Adela

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 30, 2013. 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
PP8890
Filed
July 30, 1993
Granted
September 13, 1994
Expires
July 30, 2013
Inventor
VANDENBERG CORNELIS P

Abstract

A carnation plant named Adela particularly characterized by its commercial double flower type; flat, high centered flower form; white flower color; diameter of flower 65 to 70 mm when fully opened, when grown as a spray carnation; petal margins are strongly serrated, with shallow to intermediate serration; strong, flexible stems; high production of flowers, with 5 to 6 flowering laterals developing per stem; flowering response of 26 to 30 weeks after planting rooted cuttings; very low incidence of splitting of calyx; very resistant to Fusarium oxysporum; and recommended as a miniature (spray) carnation.

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 carnation plant named Adela, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8890 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.