US Plant Patent PP7498
Augustina
Heather plant named Erica `Augustina`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 14, 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
- PP7498
- Filed
- August 14, 1989
- Granted
- April 16, 1991
- Expires
- August 14, 2009
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Heather plant named Erica Augustina, a seedling of unknown pollen parent growing in a field of Erica persoluta `Sunset`, the variety believed to be its seed parent, where it was selected because of its blooming habit which is earlier than that of any Heather variety familiar to me, long stems and attractive deep, rich rose-magenta color.
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 Heather plant named Erica `Augustina`, substantially as herein shown and described characterized particularly as to novelty by its early blooming habit; attractive deep, rich rose-magenta color; and vigorous long stems desirable for cut flowers.
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