US Plant Patent PP7500
Desiree
Chrysanthemum plant named Desiree
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 14, 2009. 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
- PP7500
- Filed
- November 14, 1989
- Granted
- April 16, 1991
- Expires
- November 14, 2009
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Desiree particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form, daisy capitulum type; light purple ray floret color with a dark red-purple underside of ray florets and dark red-purple flower buds; diameter across face of capitulum of 30 to 32 mm at maturity when grown as a pinched spray pot mum; very floriferous with an excellent display of many small flowers; uniform seven week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; short plant height when grown as a pinched pot mum; small, dark green foliage; spreading and very prolific branching pattern; and excellent tolerance to high 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 Desiree, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7500 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.