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US Plant Patent PP6902

Caricia

Chrysanthemum plant named Caricia

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 28, 2008. 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
PP6902
Filed
April 28, 1988
Granted
July 4, 1989
Expires
April 28, 2008

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Caricia particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; anemone capitulum type; very soft pink ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of up to 7 cm at maturity, with diameter of anemone cushion up to 22 mm; uniform eight week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; peduncle length ranging from 8 to 18 cm on open, terminal sprays; medium plant height when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; and excellent tolerance to low 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 Caricia, as described and illustrated, and parts thereof.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6902 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.