US Plant Patent PP9309
Meiqualis
Hybrid Tea rose plant named `Meiqualis`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 15, 2014. 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
- PP9309
- Filed
- December 15, 1994
- Granted
- October 3, 1995
- Expires
- December 15, 2014
- 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 bright double long-lasting dark velvet-red blossoms. The foliage is dark green and glossy and contrasts well with the blossom coloration. Long erect stems are formed that infrequently bear thorns. The new variety is particularly suited for cut-flower production under greenhouse growing conditions. Additionally, the new plant exhibits very good disease resistance.
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 in abundance attractive bright double long-lasting dark velvet-red blossoms, (b) forms attractive dark green glossy foliage, (c) forms long erect stems that infrequently bear thorns, and (d) is particularly suited for cut flower production; substantially as herein shown and described.
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