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US Plant Patent PP5976

Ruiredro

Rose plant--Ruiredro variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 26, 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
PP5976
Filed
June 26, 1984
Granted
May 12, 1987
Expires
June 26, 2004
Inventor
DE RUITER GIJSBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Miniature rose plant is provided which resulted as a seedling from a planned hybridization program. The new variety exhibits very long-lasting flowers of a deep red coloration which are borne on a very compact plant. The new variety is very well-adapted to greenhouse forcing as a flowering pot plant as well as to general outdoor usage.

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 Miniature rose plant, substantially as illustrated and described, having the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms flowers of a medium deep red coloration which are of unusually long duration, (b) exhibits a well-balanced, compact and vigorous growth habit which is extremely floriferous, (c) exhibits an excellent aptitude for greenhouse forcing as a flowering pot plant, and (d) exhibits a very good comportment when used as an outdoor garden plant.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5976 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.