US Plant Patent PP7783
Meipitac
Rose plant--Meipitac variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 10, 2010. 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
- PP7783
- Filed
- September 10, 1990
- Granted
- February 11, 1992
- Expires
- September 10, 2010
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms in abundance attractive bicolored blossoms which are China Rose on the upper surface and Cream White widely suffused with Pale Pink on the under surface. The petals are very consistent. The blossoms are well disposed on the plant and form a visually appealing contrast with bright dark green foliage. Very quick reflowering cycles are exhibited. A very well-balanced plant is formed which exhibits excellent disease resistance.
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 rose plant of the Shrub Class characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) abundantly and continuously forms attractive long lasting double bicolored blossoms which are China Rose on the upper surface and Cream White widely suffused with Pale Pink on the under surface, (b) forms blossoms having very consistent petals, (c) exhibits a very rapid reflowering cycle, (d) forms vigorous vegetation, (e) assumes a well-balanced configuration, (f) forms bright dark green foliage, and (g) is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.
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