US Plant Patent PP6641
Quandary
Dwarf carnation plant `Quandary`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 10, 2007. 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
- PP6641
- Filed
- July 10, 1987
- Granted
- February 28, 1989
- Expires
- July 10, 2007
Abstract
A carnation plant known by the cultivar name Quandary was developed through a breeding program and is particularly characterized as to uniqueness by its dwarf growth habit and the following combined characteristics: upon pinching a rooted cutting, forms 4 to 6 lateral stems 24 to 26 cm long, each developing a terminal flower and 4 to 6 secondary buds which open intermittently after the terminal flowers seneses; light pink and red variegated flowers 5.0 to 6.0 cm in diameter with a slight fragrance; can be grown under specified environmental conditions either as a single pinched plant per 10 cm pot or 3 pinched plants per 13 cm pot, which results in an ideal new flowering house plant.
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 Dianthus caryophyllus, Linn, identified as 85-215-120 and known as Quandary and substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6641 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.