US Plant Patent PP10107
Grape Crush
New Guinea Impatiens named `Grape Crush`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 24, 2016. 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
- PP10107
- Filed
- July 24, 1996
- Granted
- November 4, 1997
- Expires
- July 24, 2016
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct New Guinea Impatiens cultivar named `Grape Crush` is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein the `Papete` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,457) was pollinated by the `Tahiti` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,601). The new cultivar forms large round rich purple flowers with a red eye that display an iridescent appearance. The foliage is medium green in coloration. An attractive moderately compact upright mounded growth habit is exhibited. The new cultivar can be readily distinguished from the parent `Papete` cultivar.
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 cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named `Grape Crush`, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive large round vibrant purple flowers with a red eye, (b) forms medium green foliage, (c) exhibits a good basal branching character, and (d) exhibits a moderately compact upright growth habit.
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