US Plant Patent PP6206
Endeavor
Hybrid Asiatic lily named Endeavor
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 12, 2006. 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
- PP6206
- Filed
- May 12, 1986
- Granted
- June 21, 1988
- Expires
- May 12, 2006
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- MCRAE EDWARD A
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of flowers particularly characterized by their unusual color pattern, combining a soft orange color with rich plum-red "brushmarks", these flowers being of excellent form and long persistence both on the plant and as cut flowers. The plant itself is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, making it an excellent garden plant. The bulbs of this plant may be precooled and forced for out-of-season cut flower production. The clone is a good and vigorous grower and propagator.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its soft orange color with conspicuous plum-red "brushmarks", a color pattern unique among Asiatic hybrid lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation; the plant is further characterized by its vigorous growth habit and rapid natural propagation; the excellence of its flower form and its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut flower producer from precooled bulbs forced out-of-season under glass.
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