US Plant Patent PP8754
Meiloscor
Hybrid tea rose plant named `Meiloscor`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 11, 2013. 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
- PP8754
- Filed
- May 11, 1993
- Granted
- May 31, 1994
- Expires
- May 11, 2013
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which abundantly forms attractive very double long-lasting blossoms that are dark Currant Red suffused with Cardinal Red on the upper side, and dark Cardinal Red on the under side. The buds are elongated, and the stems tend to be very long, straight, and rigid. The plant exhibits an upright growth habit, forms somewhat small foliage, forms vigorous vegetation, and is particularly well suited for cut flower production. Additionally, the plant exhibits very good disease resistance.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms elongated buds, (b) forms in abundance attractive long-lasting very double blossoms which are dark Currant Red suffused with Cardinal Red on the upper side, and dark Cardinal Red on the under side, (c) forms very long straight and rigid stems, (d) forms somewhat small foliage, (e) exhibits vigorous vegetation, (f) exhibits an upright growth habit, (g) is particularly well suited for cut flower production, and (h) is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.
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