US Plant Patent PP6422
Butter Pixie
Lily named Butter Pixie
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 22, 2007. 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
- PP6422
- Filed
- January 22, 1987
- Granted
- November 29, 1988
- Expires
- January 22, 2007
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- MCRAE EDWARD A
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant of short, thirty-five to forty centimeter stature, bearing large clusters of medium to large size upright flowers, particularly characterized by their vivid yellow coloration and virtual spotlessness, this combination of features making this plant especially suitable as a pot plant variety. The color pattern and silhouette of this new plant are completely new in the upright Asiatic divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus, maing is an excellent garden plant, and the bulbs may be precooled and forced throughout the year for pot plant production. The clone is vigorous and a good 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 distinct variety of Asiatic hybrid lily, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its short height and its medium-large sized, vivid yellow flowers; the excellence of its flower form and its versatility both as a garden plant and as a pot plant variety well suited to forcing into flower out of season.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6422 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.