US Plant Patent PP4667
Ace
Carnation plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 31, 1999. 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
- PP4667
- Filed
- October 31, 1979
- Granted
- March 10, 1981
- Expires
- October 31, 1999
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- JESSEL JR WALTER H; DUFFETT WILLIAM E
Abstract
A carnation plant known by the cultivar name Ace and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of commercial double flower type; flat flower form, reflexing slightly at maturity; medium flower size; light orange flower color with scarlet red picotee color pattern, faintly striped; medium flowering response; 6 to 8 flowers and buds showing color per flower stem; medium peduncle length; strong peduncle strength; and tall plant height.
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, L., known by the cultivar name Ace, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of commercial double flower type; flat flower form, reflexing slightly at maturity; medium flower size, ranging from 45 to 65 mm. in diameter; light orange flower color with scarlet red picotee color pattern, faintly striped; medium flowering response; 6 to 8 flowers and buds showing color per flowering stem; medium peduncle length, ranging from 10 to 12 cm.; strong peduncle strength; and tall plant height.
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