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US Plant Patent PP10666

Meidonfe

Miniature rose plant named `Meidonfe`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 6, 2017. 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
PP10666
Filed
February 6, 1997
Granted
November 3, 1998
Expires
February 6, 2017
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature class is provided which abundantly forms attractive double red flowers. A bushy growth habit is exhibited. The plant propagates well from cuttings. The blossoms possess no fragrance. The plant can be grown as attractive ornamentation in the landscape or as a decorative pot 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 miniature rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance attractive double red flowers, (b) exhibits a bushy growth habit, (c) propagates well on its own roots, and (d) is particularly suited for growing as an ornamental pot plant; substantially as herein shown and described.

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