US Plant Patent PP8172
Cantata
Chrysanthemum plant named Cantata
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 16, 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
- PP8172
- Filed
- August 16, 1991
- Granted
- March 9, 1993
- Expires
- August 16, 2011
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Cantata particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; light pink ray floret color in the red group; diameter across face of capitulum of 76 to 89 mm when fully opened, when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; flowering response in Salinas under normal temperatures is 48 to 52 days after start of short days; flowering response in Bogota, Colombia under temperatures of minimum 6.3 degrees Celsius night and maximum 29 degrees Celsius day is 59 to 63 days; plant height is 84 to 91 cm when grown in Salinas with 6 to 7 long days prior to start or short days; height is 94 to 107 cm when grown in Bogota with 14 long days prior to start of short days; peduncle length of the first lateral at flowering after removing the apical bud without growth regulator applications is 10 to 15 cm when grown in Salinas, and 13 to 20 cm when grown in Bogota; peduncle length of the fourth lateral at flowering is 15 to 25 cm when grown in Salinas, and 18 to 23 cm when grown in Bogota; and excellent tolerance to low night temperatures for bud initiation and flower development.
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 Cantata, as described and illustrated.
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