US Plant Patent PP7189
Ruthie
Miniature rose plant named `Ruthie`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 3, 2009. 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
- PP7189
- Filed
- January 3, 1989
- Granted
- March 13, 1990
- Expires
- January 3, 2009
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Ruthie`, which is characterized by its blooms of near White to near Naples Yellow with a soft blush of near Poppy Red to near Carmine on the outer margins. 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 or more. The bush is vigorous, well-branched and produces moderate to heavy quantity of very fragrant blooms.
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The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant named, `Ruthie` of hardy, dwarf, vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive in appearance, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its hybrid tea-form blooms, ranging from near Naples Yellow to White with a blush of near Poppy Red to near Carmine, with flowers borne usually one to a stem but occasionally in sprays of 3 to 5 or more.
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