US Plant Patent PP8609
Tracy
Chrysanthemum plant named Tracy
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 7, 2012. 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
- PP8609
- Filed
- December 7, 1992
- Granted
- February 22, 1994
- Expires
- December 7, 2012
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
Chrysanthemum plant named Tracy particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; duplex daisy capitulum type; white ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 54 to 70 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 with 5 to 7 breaks after pinch in 10 cm pots for spring flowerings; natural season flower date of Aug. 27 to 29 when planting rooted cuttings on Jun. 21 to 23 in Salinas, Calif., and Sep. 23 to 28 when planting rooted cuttings Jun. 15 to Jun. 18 in Hightstown, N.J.; flowering response of 48 to 56 days after rooting in no light/no shade programs in spring in Salinas, Calif.; plant height of 20 to 33 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators in New Jersey, and 13 to 18 cm when grown in 10 cm pots in spring with 0 to 2 applications of 2500 ppm B-9 SP; 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 Tracy, as described and illustrated.
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