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US Plant Patent PP5005

Lilium Harvest

Lily plant: Lilium Harvest

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 27, 2000. 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
PP5005
Filed
October 27, 1980
Granted
March 22, 1983
Expires
October 27, 2000
Assignee
MELRIDGE INC
Inventor
MCRAE EDWARD A

Abstract

A new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant bearing large clusters of medium sized flowers of excellent form, unusual color, and long persistence, both on the plant and as cut flowers. The plant is characterized by rapid natural propagation under field conditions and vigorous and healthy growth when forced under glass. It is further characterized by uniform growth to maturity when forced into flower throughout the year. The buds are exceptionally large and bright colored. The flowers are broad and thick petaled and of an intense bright orange color.

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 Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its rapid natural propagation under field conditions, vigorous and healthy growth when forced under glass, and a uniform growth to maturity when forced to flower throughout the year; by its exceptionally large bud size and bright orange bud color; by its broad and thick petaled flowers; and by the intense bright orange color of its flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5005 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.