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US Plant Patent PP6663

Sneffels

Dwarf carnation plant `Sneffels`

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
PP6663
Filed
July 10, 1987
Granted
March 14, 1989
Expires
July 10, 2007

Abstract

A carnation plant known by the cultivar name Sneffels 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 3 to 4 lateral stems 21 to 27 cm long, each developing a terminal flower and 4 to 5 secondary buds which open intermittently as the terminal flowers seneses; lavender pink flowers 4.0 to 6.0 cm in diameter with a slight clove 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 83-40-2 and known as Sneffels and substantially as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6663 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.