US Plant Patent PP6787
Herbie
Miniature rose plant, named `Herbie`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 1, 2008. 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
- PP6787
- Filed
- February 1, 1988
- Granted
- May 9, 1989
- Expires
- February 1, 2008
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Herbie`, which is characterized by its mauve blooms, ranging from near Rhodamine Purple to near Peony Purple with a deeper mauve margin of the same colors. The blooms are usually borne one to a stem with hybrid tea form but on occasion may be produced in sprays of 3 to 5 blooms or more. The bush is vigorous, well-branched and produces moderate to heavy quantity of blooms.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Herbie` of hardy, dwarf, vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive in appearance, substantially as illustrated and described; it is further characterized by its blooms of rich mauve, ranging from near Rhodamine Purple to near Peony Purple with a deeper mauve of the same color on the margin of the outer petals; and, the blooms are hybrid tea form and are usually borne one to a stem but on occasion may come in sprays of 3 to 5 or more.
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