US Plant Patent PP4312
Wolverine
Chrysanthemum named Wolverine
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 16, 1997. 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
- PP4312
- Filed
- May 16, 1977
- Granted
- October 10, 1978
- Expires
- May 16, 1997
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- SHOESMITH LEONARD H
Abstract
A distinct chrysanthemum cultivar suitable for both year around greenhouse pot culture and for outdoor garden use as a natural season flowering plant, characterized by its single flower form with two or three rows of burnt orange ray florets surrounding a mass of yellow disc florets, the flowers being displayed in an open spray formation on strong stems and, when grown as a pot plant, being surrounded by abundant small to medium sized foliage on a relatively short and compact plant which requires no growth retardants. This plant enjoys a uniform 7-week response when flowered under photoperiod control at any time of the year.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinct chrysanthemum cultivar substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the burnt orange and yellow coloring of its medium sized blooms which appear singly on strong stems in an open spray formation, by its uniform 7-week photoperiodic flowering response for greenhouse pot plant culture, and by its excellent performance as a spring, summer and fall potted plant and as a natural season garden chrysanthemum.
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