US Plant Patent PP4783
Duchess
Carnation plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 5, 2000. 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
- PP4783
- Filed
- August 5, 1980
- Granted
- October 27, 1981
- Expires
- August 5, 2000
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- MEEK JACK M
Abstract
A carnation named Duchess, a spontaneous mutant of the cultivar Queen (disclosed in U.S. plant patent application, filed Oct. 31, 1979, Ser. No. 89729, now U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,668). Duchess is particularly characterized by its commercial double flower type; flat flower form, twisting slightly with maturity; medium flower size; dark salmon pink flower color with minimum color oxidation; medium flowering response; 4 to 7 flowers and buds showing color per flowering 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.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of carnation known by the cultivar name Duchess, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of commercial double flower type; flat flower form, twisting slightly with maturity; medium flower size, dark salmon pink flower color with minimum color oxidation; medium flowering response; 4 to 7 flowers and buds showing color per flowering stem; medium peduncle length; strong peduncle strength; and tall plant height.
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