US Plant Patent PP8971
Victoria
Carnation plant named Victoria
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 7, 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
- PP8971
- Filed
- June 7, 1993
- Granted
- November 8, 1994
- Expires
- June 7, 2013
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A carnation plant named Victoria, particularly characterized by its commercial double flower type; flat, high centered flower form; orange flower color, streaked and margined with red; diameter of flower of 54 to 60 mm when fully opened, when grown as a spray carnation; petal margins are slightly serrated and ruffled; strong, flexible stems; high production of flowering stems per plant; high production of flowers, with 5 to 7 flowering laterals developing per stem; flowering response of 24 to 26 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 Victoria, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8971 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.