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US Plant Patent PP6598

Meilontig

Rose plant--Meilontig variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 10, 2007. 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
PP6598
Filed
June 10, 1987
Granted
February 14, 1989
Expires
June 10, 2007

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms in moderation attractive single white blossoms. The variety exhibits an extremely rapid growth habit and forms arching canes which become horizontal as the plant matures. An excellent aptitude for rooting and growing on its own roots is exhibited. The new variety is well adapted for growing as a landscape planting.

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 in moderation attractive single white blossoms, (b) exhibits an extremely rapid growth habit, (c) forms rambling arching canes which become horizontal as the plant matures, (d) exhibits an excellent aptitude for rooting and growing on its own roots, and (e) is particularly well suited for growing in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described together with the parts thereof.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6598 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.