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US Plant Patent PP8227

ALHA

Chrysanthemum plant -- ALHA cultivar

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 25, 2011. 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
PP8227
Filed
June 25, 1991
Granted
May 11, 1993
Expires
June 25, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ALHA is provided. The new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein the Frankfort cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,342) was pollinated by the Penny Lane cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,238). More specifically, the new cultivar forms attractive yellow spider anemone flowers having a small cushion at the center and tubular ray florets which end in a spoon-like configuration (as illustrated). The disc florets when immature are yellow-green and change to yellow when mature. The inflorescence is of the generally flat capitulum form. The response period of the flowers is approximately eight weeks. Resistance to white rust has been exhibited. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a cut spider anemone spray under greenhouse conditions.

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 Chrysanthemum plant named ALHA, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive yellow spider anemone flowers having a small cushion at the center and tubular ray florets which end in a spoon-like configuration, (b) bears flowers of a generally flat capitulum form, (c) exhibits a flower response period of approximately eight weeks, (d) exhibits tolerance to white rust, (e) forms attractive dark green foliage, and (f) has the ability to produce flowers of commercially acceptable quality throughout the year in a cut mum production program.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8227 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.