US Plant Patent PP5757
Orangeade
Geranium plant named Orangeade
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 16, 2004. 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
- PP5757
- Filed
- August 16, 1984
- Granted
- July 1, 1986
- Expires
- August 16, 2004
- Assignee
- UNIV IOWA STATE RES FOUND INC
- Inventor
- BUCK GRIFFITH J
Abstract
A new variety of geranium plant distinguished by the scarlet color (Mandarin Red) of its flowers, its vigorous and floriferous growth under the high summer temperatures and humidities commonly found in Midwestern United States, and its strong field tolerance to foliar diseases such as Botrytis cinerea (gray mold).
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 geranium cultivar substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its abundant production of large umbel-form clusters of very large florets, the red-orange coloring of its flowers, and its resistance to foliar diseases, particularly Botrytis cinerea.
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