US Plant Patent PP6274
Lontieno
Carnation plant named `Lontieno`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 25, 2006. 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
- PP6274
- Filed
- July 25, 1986
- Granted
- September 6, 1988
- Expires
- July 25, 2006
- Assignee
- LONDE LAB PHYSIO VEGETALE
- Inventor
- BARBERET NICOLE; DUCLOUX YVES
Abstract
A new carnation cultivar particularly distinguished by its medium sized flowers which exhibit an overall light pink color comprising a combination of Dawn Pink and Venetian Pink, the lighter color being at the margins of the petals which are many in number presenting a very pleasing ball form, the blooms being borne on long, strong, upright stems having moderately abundant foliage. The plant blooms profusely during recurrent periods from spring to fall on a tall, upright bush having vigorous growth with good strength.
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 carnation variety, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the profuse production of medium sized blooms having a generally light pink overall coloration with many petals and of a generally ball shape, the plant being of tall, bush shape with intermittent blooming seasons and profuse production of flowers on long, strong, upright stems.
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