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US Plant Patent PP5776

Winsome

Carnation plant named Winsome

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 15, 2004. 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
PP5776
Filed
November 15, 1984
Granted
August 5, 1986
Expires
November 15, 2004
Inventor
DUFFETT WILLIAM E; JESSEL JR WALTER H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar named Winsome, particularly described as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of miniature or spray type, commerical double form, 6.0 to 8.0 cm. flower diameter, lavender (red-purple) color, 16 to 18 weeks for response, 10 to 12 flowers and buds per stem, 5 to 8 cm. peduncle length, rigid peduncle strength, 86 to 90 cm. plant height, and strong, spice fragrance.

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 cultivar of Dianthus caryophyllus, Linn., named Winsome, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of miniature or spray type, commercial double form, 6.0 to 8.0 cm. flower diameter, lavender (red-purple) color, 16 to 18 weeks for response, 10 to 12 flowers and buds per stem, 5 to 8 cm. peduncle length, rigid peduncle strength, 86 to 90 cm. plant height, and strong, spice fragrance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5776 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.