US Plant Patent PP6475
Swan Song
Lily named `Swan Song`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 9, 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
- PP6475
- Filed
- March 9, 1987
- Granted
- December 20, 1988
- Expires
- March 9, 2007
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- MCRAE EDWARD A
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid lily plant bearing large, upright to semi-upright flowers of excellent form particularly characterized by their completely unspotted and pure white coloration. This combination of pure white coloration, large size and substance, and the upright to semi-upright orientation of the flowers is completely new in the Oriental hybrid divisions of lilies suited to forcing and to mass commercial cultivation. This plant is highly resistant to disease and shows tolerance of virus; it is an excellent garden plant; and the bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut flower production.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of Oriental hybrid lily plant and the parts thereof, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its unique upright to semi-upright flower orientation, the pure white unspotted flower coloration, and the excellence of its flower form; by its high resistance to disease, its tolerance of virus, and its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut flower producer from precooled bulbs forced under glass out-of-season.
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