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US Plant Patent PP8847

Meimouslin

Rose plant -- Meimouslin variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 7, 2013. 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
PP8847
Filed
July 7, 1993
Granted
July 26, 1994
Expires
July 7, 2013
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Grandiflora rose plant is provided which abundantly and continuously forms attractive fully double large long-lasting blossoms of relatively stable coloration that are Strawberry Red on the upper side and Cardinal Red on the under side. The blossom petals frequently are indented and the blossoms exhibit a slight fragrance. The plant exhibits a bushy growth habit, tends to be regular and somewhat low-growing, forms medium green adult wood, forms strong and vigorous vegetation, and is well suited for service as attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens. Additionally, the plant is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases.

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 Grandiflora rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance on a continuous basis attractive large long-lasting fully double blossoms of relatively stable coloration which are Strawberry Red on the upper side and Cardinal Red on the under side, (b) forms blossoms which exhibit a slight fragrance, (c) forms blossom petals that commonly are indented. (d) forms medium green adult wood, (e) exhibits strong and vigorous vegetation, (f) exhibits a bushy and somewhat regular growth habit, (g) is particularly suited for growing in parks and gardens, and (h) is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8847 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.