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US Plant Patent PP9094

Empire Citrine

Chrysanthemum plant named Empire Citrine

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 28, 2014. 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
PP9094
Filed
July 28, 1994
Granted
March 28, 1995
Expires
July 28, 2014
Inventor
FUESS JANET S

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Empire Citrine, particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type with 2 to 3 rows of ray florets; light yellow ray floret color; flowers have an average of 57 ray florets and 161 disc florets; diameter across face of capitulum of 45 to 50 mm when fully open; fully expanded ray florets approximately 23 mm long and 7 mm wide with dentate tips; ray florets open with a spoon shape and as they mature, remain closed at base and broaden to a wide flat keel, tapering to a rounded dentate tip; early natural season flowering date of September 15 in Hartford, N.Y.; flowering response of 7.5 weeks in a controlled Light/Shade program; compact growth habit with good spread and breaking, exhibiting 8 to 10 branches per plant after pinch two weeks after planting rooted cutting in New Hartford, N.Y.; compact cushion habit makes it suitable for production in 4" to 8" containers; and adaptability to greenhouse or garden cultures.

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 Empire Citrine, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9094 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.