US Plant Patent PP8503
Macpluto
Miniature rose plant named `Macpluto`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 21, 2010. 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
- PP8503
- Filed
- December 17, 1990
- Granted
- December 21, 1993
- Expires
- December 21, 2010
- Assignee
- MCGREDY SAMUEL D
- Inventor
- MCGREDY SAMUEL D
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature rose class which was originated by crossing as seed parent the cultivar `Matangi` and as pollen parent the cultivar `Stars 'n Stripes` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,029). It is a new, almost continuously and profusely blooming rose plant, of the miniature class, having well formed buds with hybrid tea shape and open-faced flowers with petals slightly cupped and reflexing, with contrasting red and white stripes. The flowers are pleasantly highlighted by their placement over a healthy and dense crop of glossy, deep green foliage on an upright and vigorously growing, well branched plant.
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 miniature rose plant substantially as herein described and illustrated, which is particularly characterized by being of tall, hardy, upright, and much branched habit, with blooms borne singly or in sprays of 3 to 5, and the petals slightly reflexing with the mature bloom showing golden yellow stamens, and resembling in form, but with more intense coloration, the bloom of its pollen parent, `Stars 'n Stripes` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,029).
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