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US Plant Patent PP6281

Meibalbika

Rose plant--Meibalbika variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 11, 2006. 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
PP6281
Filed
August 11, 1986
Granted
September 13, 1988
Expires
August 11, 2006
Inventor
MEILLAND MARIE-LOUISE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms attractive semi-double blossoms having excellent color persistence which are carmine pink suffused with a scarlet blush on the edges. Plants of the new variety are particularly floriferous in the springtime and form attractive orange fruit in the autumn. Exceptionally good disease resistance also is exhibited. The new variety is well adapted for growing in the landscape.

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 shrub rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive semi-double blossoms having an excellent color persistence which are carmine pink suffused with a scarlet blush on the edges, (b) is particularly floriferous in the springtime, (c) forms attractive orange fruits in the fall, (d) is exceptionally disease resistant, (e) exhibits a propensity to readily undergo asexual propagation from cuttings, and (f) is particularly well-suited for growing in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6281 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.