US Plant Patent PP8370
Whisper
Chrysanthemum plant--Whisper cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 23, 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
- PP8370
- Filed
- June 23, 1992
- Granted
- September 14, 1993
- Expires
- June 23, 2012
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Whisper is provided. The new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein an unnamed plant designated 84.824 was pollinated by an unnamed plant designated 84.762. More specifically, the new cultivar forms attractive relatively small bicolored flowers wherein the petals are pink and the disc florets a yellow changing to white with full maturity. The inflorescence tends to be flat in configuration when mature. The plant is vigorous and forms attractive dark green foliage. The response period of the flowers in approximately eight and one-half weeks. Resistance to white rust is exhibited. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a cut anemone spray under greenhouse conditions.
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 cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named Whisper, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive relatively small anemone flowers having an overall diameter of approximately 40 mm. wherein the petals are pink and the disc florets form a cushion which changes from yellow to white as the flowers mature, (b) bears flowers having a somewhat flat capitulum, (c) exhibis a flower response period of approximately eight and one-half weeks, (d) exhibits considerable vigor and forms attractive dark green foliage, (e) has the ability to produce flowers of commercially acceptable quality throughout the year in a cut mum production program, and (f) exhibits resistance to white rust.
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