US Plant Patent PP8107
Giraffe
Chrysanthemum plant--Giraffe 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
- PP8107
- Filed
- June 25, 1991
- Granted
- January 19, 1993
- Expires
- June 25, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Giraffe is provided. The new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein the Buffalo cultivar (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by an unnamed seedling formed by crossing the Delta cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,815) by the BZN cultivar (non-patented in the United States). More specifically, the new cultivar forms attractive relatively large clear white single flowers having a yellow-green center (as illustrated). The inflorescence commonly exhibits two or three rows of petals. The response period of the flowers is approximately eight and one-half weeks. Resistance to white rust is exhibited. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a cut single 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 names Giraffe, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive relatively large clear white single flowers commonly comprising two or three rows of petals which have a yellow-green center, (b) bears flowers in a generally flat capitulum configuration when mature, (c) exhibits a flower response period of approximatel eight and one-half weeks, (d) exhibits resistance 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.
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