US Plant Patent PP8783
Carmen
Chrysanthemum plant named Carmen
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 14, 2013. 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
- PP8783
- Filed
- May 14, 1993
- Granted
- June 14, 1994
- Expires
- May 14, 2013
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Carmen particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; white ray floret color with a green overcast in the center of the flower; diameter across face of capitulum of 64 to 79 mm when fully opened, when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; flowering response in Salinas under normal temperatures is 46 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 60 to 67 days; plant height is 84 to 107 cm when grown in Salinas with 11 to 13 long days prior to start of short days; height is 117 to 122 cm when grown in Bogota with 14 to 15 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 5 to 10 cm when grown in Salinas, and 13 to 15 cm when grown in Bogota; peduncle length of the fourth lateral at flowering is 8 to 15 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 Carmen, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8783 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.