Patents Assigned to Joseph H. Hill Company
  • Patent number: PP3990
    Abstract: A new variety of rose plant developed for commercial greenhouse culture and the commercial production of cut flowers, particularly distinguished by its abundant year around production of medium large flowers having an unusual lavender color and a strong tea fragrance. This new plant is a floribunda having a free and vigorous growth habit, one to three buds being borne on a strong stem of medium length which may be commercially disbudded to present a single blossom having a strong, erect peduncle of medium length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Roy L. Byrum
  • Patent number: PP4015
    Abstract: A new variety of hybrid tea rose intended for greenhouse culture and the commercial production of cut flowers, characterized by its abundant and continuous production of medium large, long pointed buds which when first cut, open up very well in the base to produce attractive, well formed, 4 to 5 inch flowers which have a distinctively strong tea fragrance and better than average vase life. This new rose plant has a vigorous, much branched growth habit and abundant foliage of large leaves which accentuate the brilliance of its yellow flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Roy L. Byrum
  • Patent number: PP4016
    Abstract: A new variety of rose plant, suitable for greenhouse culture for the commercial production of cut flowers, particularly distinguished by the warm nasturtium red general color effect of its very double, medium small blossoms. This plant is also characterized by its abundant and continuous production of flowers, which have a slight spicy fragrance and an excellent vase-life as cut flowers, and by its vigorous, upright and much branched growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Roy L. Byrum
  • Patent number: PP4407
    Abstract: A new variety of yellow floribunda rose plant distinguished by the deep rich color of its blooms and the high glossy green color of its foliage which enhances the beauty of the flower; by the improved vase life performance of the cut flowers for holding color and shape; by its vigorous growing habit and resistance to disease; and by its free and continuous blooming habit under greenhouse culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1979
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Roy L. Byrum
  • Patent number: PP4419
    Abstract: A white rose plant intended for greenhouse culture and production of cut flowers distinguished by its prolific growth habits, disease resistance, and its abundant production of flowers of a medium large size offering versatility in usage for corsages, low-profile centerpieces and hospital arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Glenn H. Ryan
  • Patent number: PP4631
    Abstract: A new and distinct bi-colored rose plant for greenhouse culture and cut flower production, distinguished by the Talisman coloration of its medium sized blooms which is intense and brilliant both in the bud stage and as an open flower, and by its above average vase life and keeping qualities as a cut flower. This rose plant has a vigorous growth habit with a continuous and abundant production of flowers, borne singly on stems of medium length, and an abundance of dark green, glossy foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Roy L. Byrum
  • Patent number: PP4886
    Abstract: A new variety of hybrid tea rose for greenhouse culture and commercial production of cut flowers distinguished by its continuous and abundant production of large cardinal red flowers on long, strong stems; and its long and attractively pointed buds which, when half opened, display a flower having a high pointed center with the inner petals provided with a very desirable swirling effect and having a tendency to individually unfurl until the flower is fully opened thereby displaying a center of many yellow stamens which enhances and accentuates the velvety iridescence of the redness in the opened flower. This new plant has a vigorous, much branched growth habit and a moderately abundant production of medium large leaves and of strong, large diameter canes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Lowell L. Hoy, Jr.
  • Patent number: PP4986
    Abstract: A red grandiflora rose for greenhouse culture and the production of cut flowers, this new variety being characterized by its free, vigorous, upright and much branched growth habit with free and abundant continuous production of flowers in greenhouse; a particular distinctiveness of this new variety being its attractive, long pointed bud at cutting stage, its excellent vase life as a cut flower and its abundant production of foliage comprising leaves of relatively large size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Lowell L. Hoy, Jr.
  • Patent number: PP5360
    Abstract: A rose cultivar intended for greenhouse culture for cut flower production, the new plant being distinguished by its abundant and continuous production of medium large flowers of a soft clear shade of pastel pink borne on long, medium strong stems and having an excellent vase life. As a greenhouse rose, this plant has a free and vigorous growth habit, upright and much branched, with abundant foliage having a high winter production of flowers for the cut flower market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Lowell L. Hoy, Jr.
  • Patent number: PP6142
    Abstract: A white tea rose cultivar intended for greenhouse culture and cut flower production, the new plant being distinguished by its continuous and profuse production of large, clear white flowers borne on long, strong and sturdy stems and having a very excellent vase life. In greenhouse culture, this plant has a free branching, upright and vigorous growth habit with an abundant production of foliage of medium size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. DeVor
  • Patent number: PP6669
    Abstract: A new floribunda rose variety distinguished by its abundant and continuous production of well-formed flowers of relatively small size and a bright cardinal red color which remains unchanged for the life of the fully opened bloom and which persists as a cut flower for up to ten days under normal conditions of vase keeping; this new plant is also distinguished by its free and vigorous growth habit and by its very high wintertime productivity during greenhouse culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Lowell L. Hoy, Jr.
  • Patent number: PP8163
    Abstract: A new hybrid tea rose plant producing flowers having a general light pink tonality which develops from orange-hued buds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Joseph H. Hill Company
    Inventor: Lowell L. Hoy