US Plant Patent PP8493
Meicupag
Miniature rose plant named `Meicupag`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 30, 2012. 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
- PP8493
- Filed
- October 30, 1992
- Granted
- December 14, 1993
- Expires
- October 30, 2012
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Miniature Class is provided which abundantly and continuously forms attractive long-lasting double aureolin yellow blossoms wherein the coloration is fairly stable. The plant is very bushy and upright, and forms strong glossy dark green vegetation. The blossoms are very slightly fragrant. The plant is well adapted to greenhouse forcing while grown in small containers, and is particularly well suited for use as a flowering pot plant when grown indoors or outdoors. Additionally, the plant is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases.
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 characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance on a continuous basis attractive double long-lasting blossoms which are of a fairly stable aureolin yellow coloration, (b) forms dark green glossy foliage, (c) exhibits a very bushy and upright growth habit, (d) is very quick to cycle, (e) exhibits excellent garden performance and is well adapted to greenhouse forcing when grown in a container, and (f) is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.
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