US Plant Patent PP6151
Arovuluc
Hybrid tea rose plant cv. Arovuluc
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 19, 2005. 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
- PP6151
- Filed
- January 9, 1985
- Granted
- April 19, 1988
- Expires
- April 19, 2005
- Assignee
- ARMSTRONG NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- CHRISTENSEN JACK E
Abstract
A new hybrid tea rose for garden decoration, having as its seed parent an undisseminated seedling from the cross [Camelot (Plant Pat. No. 2371)× First Prize (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,774)] and as its pollen parent Gingersnap (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,330). The new cultivar produces extremely abundant, large, well-formed flowers having an unusual chatoyant coloration of coral orange blushing to deep red. The plant is able to withstand hot climates without a drastic decrease in bloom production or flower size. The new variety is an attractive, round, bushy plant of medium height with vigorously growing, dark green foliage.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class cv. Arovulc and the parts thereof, substantially as shown and described herein, the plant being particularly characterized by its unusual chatoyant flower coloration of coral orange blushing to deep red; its extremely abundant production of large, well-formed flowers; its attractive, rounded, bushy mature habit; its profusion of dark green foliage that attractively clothes the entire plant; and its ability to withstand hot climates without a drastic decrease in bloom production or flower size.
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