US Plant Patent PP8809
Cherry Conga
Chrysanthemum plant named Cherry Conga
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 1, 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
- PP8809
- Filed
- April 1, 1993
- Granted
- June 28, 1994
- Expires
- April 1, 2013
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Cherry Conga particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; cherry red ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 64 to 79 mm when fully opened, when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; photoperiodic flowering response of 49 to 55 days after start of short days when grown in Salinas, Calif., flowering response in Bogota, Colombia is 65 to 68 days; plant height is 71 to 94 cm when grown in Salinas with 11 to 18 long days prior to start of short days; height is 99 to 102 cm when grown in Bogota with 15 to 21 long days prior to start of short days; peduncle length of the first lateral at flowering after removing the apical bud and without growth regulator applications is 3 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 5 to 13 cm when grown in Salinas, and 15 to 18 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 Cherry Conga, as described and illustrated.
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