US Plant Patent PP7963
Ruth Staley
Miniature rose plant named `Ruth Staley`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 31, 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
- PP7963
- Filed
- December 31, 1990
- Granted
- September 8, 1992
- Expires
- December 31, 2010
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Ruth Staley`, which is characterized by rich pink blooms ranging from near Empire Rose to near Shell Pink. Blooms of this rose are usually borne one to a stem with hybrid tea form but on occasion may be produced in sprays of 3 to 5 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 `Ruth Staley`, of hardy, dwarf, vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive in appearance, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its hybrid tea form blooms of ranging from near Empire Rose to near Shell Pink with a base of near Orient Pink to near Rose Pink with flowers usually borne one to a stem but occasionally in sprays of 3 to 5 or more.
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