US Plant Patent PP4882
Duke
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
- PP4882
- Filed
- August 5, 1980
- Granted
- August 31, 1982
- Expires
- August 5, 2000
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- JESSEL JR WALTER H; DUFFETT WILLIAM E
Abstract
A carnation plant known by the cultivar name Duke 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; crimson red flower color with minimum color oxidation; medium flowering response; 4 to 6 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.
We claim: / 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dianthus caryophyllus, L. known by the cultivar name Duke, 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, crimson red flower color with minimum color oxidation; fast flowering response; 4 to 6 flowers and buds showing color per flowering stem; medium peduncle length; strong peduncle strength; and tall plant height.
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