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US Plant Patent PP8341

Meitorpo

Rose plant -- Meitorpo variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 10, 2012. 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
PP8341
Filed
March 10, 1992
Granted
August 10, 1993
Expires
March 10, 2012

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which abundantly forms attractive small double blossoms which are red in coloration. The blossom coloration is Vermilion Red on the upper surface and Cherry Red on the under surface. The blossoms exhibit an excellent life when cut and placed in a vase. The plant exhibits an upright growth habit, forms very vigorous vegetation, and is well suited for cut flower production. An excellent forcing capacity is exhibited when grown under greenhouse conditions.

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 following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance attractive double blossoms which are Vermilion Red on the upper surface and Cherry Red on the under surface, (b) forms blossoms which exhibit an excellent life when cut and placed in a vase, (c) exhibits very vigorous vegetation, (d) exhibits an upright growth habit, (e) is particularly suited for cut flower production and exhibits an excellent capacity to be forced under greenhouse conditions, and (f) is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8341 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.