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US Plant Patent PP5844

Meifula

Rose plant--Meifula variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 11, 2004. 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
PP5844
Filed
October 11, 1984
Granted
December 30, 1986
Expires
October 11, 2004
Inventor
MEILLAND MARIE-LOUISE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which forms large, elegant very double blossoms which are of a velvet red coloration on the upper surface and of a cardinal red coloration on the under surface. The new variety is well adapted for the production of long-lasting cut flowers while being grown under greenhouse conditions. Such flowers are highly attractive and are produced on long stems.

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 Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the fact that: (a) from a physical point of view, the plant has medium green adult wood, an upright growth habit, and forms on long stems large, elegant very double blossoms of long duration which are of a velvet red coloration on the upper surface and of a cardinal red coloration on the under surface; and (b) from a biological point of view, the plant has vigorous vegetation, and exhibits good disease resistance; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5844 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.