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US Plant Patent PP7085

Cherry

Distinct variety of geranium plant named Cherry

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 18, 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
PP7085
Filed
January 18, 1989
Granted
December 26, 1989
Expires
January 18, 2009

Abstract

A new cultivar is characterized by its compact, well branched, upright plant that provides a neat habit. The bright fluorescent crimson to ruby red color of the bloom accents the dark green foliage. The plant has shown good outdoor performance that equals or in some cases surpasses the variety Veronica.

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 variety of geranium plant characterized by a bright, fluorescent, crimson to ruby red color accented by dark green foliage, compact, well branched and upright plant and good outdoor performances as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7085 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.