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US Plant Patent PP10948

Meinalpir

Hybrid Tea rose plant named `Meinalpir`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 4, 2017. 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
PP10948
Filed
December 4, 1997
Granted
June 8, 1999
Expires
December 4, 2017
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which forms attractive blossoms that are smoked red on the inner surface and cream with tones of silver on the outer surface. Such blossoms posses no fragrance. The plant exhibits an erect growth habit, broad decorative dark green and semi-glossy foliage, and good disease resistance. The new variety is particularly well suited for producing cut flowers under greenhouse growing conditions.

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 variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive blossoms that are smoked red on the inner surface and cream with tones of silver on the outer surface, (b) exhibits an erect growth habit, (c) forms decorative broad foliage that is dark green and semi-glossy, (d) exhibits good disease resistance with respect to Downey Mildew and Botrytis, and (e) is particularly well suited for the production of cut flowers under greenhouse growing conditions;

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