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US Plant Patent PP8180

Corrida

Chrysanthemum plant named Corrida

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
PP8180
Filed
August 16, 1991
Granted
March 16, 1993
Expires
August 16, 2011

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Corrida particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; spooned anemone capitulum type; light purple ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 76 to 83 mm when fully opened, when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; flowering response in Salinas under normal temperatures is 49 to 55 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 64 to 70 days; plant height is 76 to 86 cm when grown in Salinas with 14 long days prior to start of short days; height is 102 to 117 cm when grown in Bogota with 21 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 8 cm when grown in Salinas and in Bogota; peduncle length of the fourth lateral at flowering is 10 to 18 cm when grown in Salinas, and 10 to 13 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 Corrida, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8180 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.