US Plant Patent PP8988
Christine
Chrysanthemum plant named Christine
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 22, 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
- PP8988
- Filed
- November 22, 1993
- Granted
- November 22, 1994
- Expires
- November 22, 2013
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Christine particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; coral-red ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 60 to 64 mm when fully opened; branching pattern is spreading and prolific, with 7 to 9 breaks after pinch when grown outside under natural daylength in fall flowerings and 5 breaks when grown in 10 cm pots for spring flowerings; natural season flower date of August 24 to September 2 when planting rooted cuttings on June 21 to 25 in Salinas, Calif., and of September 23 to October 5 when planting rooted cuttings June 11 to June 18 in Hightstown, N.J.; flowering response of 45 to 51 days after rooting in no light/no shade programs in spring in Salinas; plant height of 36 to 41 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators in New Jersey, and 15 to 20 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 Christine, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8988 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.