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US Plant Patent PP8607

Barbara

Chrysanthemum plant named Barbara

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 7, 2012. 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
PP8607
Filed
December 7, 1992
Granted
February 22, 1994
Expires
December 7, 2012
Inventor
VANDENBERG CORNELIS P

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Barbara particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; dark red-purple ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 31 to 41 mm when fully opened; branching pattern is spreading and prolific, with 8 to 10 breaks after pinch when grown outside under natural daylength in fall flowerings and 4 to 5 breaks when grown in 10 cm pots for spring flowerings; natural season flower date of August 18 to 26 when planting rooted cuttings on June 21 to 25 in Salinas, Calif., and September 28 to 30 when planting rooted cuttings June 15 to June 18 in Hightstown, N.J.; flowering response of 49 to 56 days after rooting in no light/no shade programs in spring in Salinas, Calif.; plant height of 33 to 41 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators in New Jersey, and 15 to 18 cm when grown in 10 cm pots in spring with no growth regulator applications; and durable, uniform performance.

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 Chrysanthemum plant named Barbara, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8607 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.