US Plant Patent PP4334
Lilium Peachblush
Lily plant: Lilium Peachblush
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 27, 1997. 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
- PP4334
- Filed
- December 27, 1977
- Granted
- November 21, 1978
- Expires
- December 27, 1997
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- MCRAE EDWARD A
Abstract
A new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant, bearing large clusters of unusually large flowers of excellent form, unusual color and long persistence, both on the plant and as cut flowers. The flowers of the new plant are particularly characterized by their peach-pink color tone which is completely new in the upright and outfacing Asiatic divisions of lilies. The plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high resistance to virus. It is an excellent garden plant. The bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut flowers. The clone is very vigorous and is an excellent 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 distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its stately and erect growth; the great vigor of its growth; its strong stem; its abundant deep green foliage; its numerous buds, colored peach-pink when the tepals first divide and unfurl; the fine form and texture of the flowers; the exceptionally broad tepals; its rapid propagation characteristics; its superb disease resistance; its high tolerance to virus; its versatility both as a garden flower and as a cut flower produced by forcing precooled bulbs; and in particular its peach-pink color tone which is unique in the hybrid Asiatic division of upright lilies suited to forcing.
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