Patents Assigned to The Plant Company
  • Chrysanthemum named Alpine
    Patent number: PP4456
    Abstract: A new pot chrysanthemum cultivar distinguished by its large white blooms having light cream centers and its decorative flower form with firm ray florets which have good shelf life, and by its upright plant habit with durable foliage and strong stems providing a plant which performs well when flowered year around on tall treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Leonard H. Shoesmith
  • African violet named Light Marta
    Patent number: PP4467
    Abstract: A new African violet variety for potted plant culture particularly distinguished by the light lavender color of its flowers. Otherwise this cultivar exhibits substantially the same morphological characteristics of the variety "Marta" (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,610); of which the variety is a sport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Edward A. McMillan
  • Chrysanthemum named Bounty
    Patent number: PP4468
    Abstract: A new variety of chrysanthemum plant intended for glass house culture for cut flower production distinguished by its creamy white incurved blooms of excellent form and medium size, and by its resistance to sunscald and botrytis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Leonard H. Shoesmith
  • Chrysanthemum named Fantasy
    Patent number: PP4469
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum for greenhouse culture as a spray pot plant characterized by the dark pink color of the spoon-tipped ray florets comprising the flower head, each spoon-shaped portion of the ray florets extending from a narrow white stem. This plant is also characterized by its 9-week response with medium sized blooms having a relatively heavy pollen production and by its formation of about 5 to 7 lateral breaks when pinched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Leonard H. Shoesmith
  • Chrysanthemum named Sunburst Spirit
    Patent number: PP4476
    Abstract: A yellow chrysanthemum cultivar of the pot plant type originated as a sport of the variety "Spirit" (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,813) and distinguished by the light yellow coloring of its medium sized blooms. In general, this plant has the growth habit of its parent variety although the blooms are somewhat smaller in size and its response is about two to four days slower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Kerry S. Petusky
  • Chrysanthemum named Hartmann's Yellow Dignity
    Patent number: PP4477
    Abstract: This chrysanthemum cultivar originated as a sport of the variety "Hartmann's Dignity" (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,377) and is distinguished by the pleasing light yellow color of its large composite and incurved standard blooms. Otherwise this new plant is about the same in its growth and blooming habits as the parent variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Kerry S. Petusky
  • Chrysanthemum named Ruffled Spirit
    Patent number: PP4478
    Abstract: A new pot chrysanthemum cultivar originated as a sport of the variety "Spirit" (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,813) and distinguished by its white hemispherical blooms which have serrate-tipped ray florets and which are somewhat smaller in diameter than the blooms of the parent plant. The new plant is generally similar to its parent in growth habit but is slightly shorter in average height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Kerry S. Petusky
  • Chrysanthemum named Golden Bounty
    Patent number: PP4482
    Abstract: A new variety of chrysanthemum of the composite and incurved standard type distinguished by the bright yellow color of its medium sized blooms, its year around flowering capability with photoperiod control, its nine-week response, and its vigorous, upright and terminal habit of growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Kerry S. Petusky
  • Chrysanthemum named Free Spirit
    Patent number: PP4483
    Abstract: A greenhouse chrysanthemum cultivar of the pot plant type originated as a sport of the variety "Spirit" and distinguished by its large, generally white blooms having quilled ray florets which project radially from an upstanding group of inner florets having a pale yellow cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1979
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Kerry S. Petusky
  • Chrysanthemum named Gettysburg
    Patent number: PP4509
    Abstract: A new variety of chrysanthemum plant characterized by its single flower form having intense yellow ray florets, of which there are several rows, possessing good substance and long life. This new plant is not temperature sensitive and can be flowered the year around on medium treatment producing abundant blooms of medium size with minimal pollen production when grown as a spray pot plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Leonard H. Shoesmith
  • Chrysanthemum named Anthem
    Patent number: PP4510
    Abstract: A new cultivar of pot chrysanthemum characterized by its single flower form with several rows of medium pink ray florets which have very good substance and long life, its abundant production of blooms when grown as a spray pot, its minimal pollen production, and its ability for year around flowering on tall treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Leonard H. Shoesmith
  • African violet cultivar named Grace
    Patent number: PP4536
    Abstract: A new African violet variety distinguished by its flowers of a distinct light blue color borne in clusters on sturdy main stems to the side and somewhat above dark green and shiny foliage, its vigorous, strong and rapid growth, and the pink under sides of its abundant oval leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Arnold W. Fischer
  • Yellow chrysanthemum named Medalist
    Patent number: PP4563
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Chrysanthemum morifolium distinguished by the bright yellow color of its flat blooms which have a green center in the mass of its yellow disc florets. This greenhouse pot plant is also distinguished by its compact habit and the distinct advantage that it will not heat delay. It is a late nine-week medium variety and is at its best when grown from April to October.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Leonard H. Shoesmith
  • Kalanchoe named Princess
    Patent number: PP4567
    Abstract: A new cultivar of kalanchoe characterized by its bright pink florets which range from 12 to 14 mm. in diameter, an extended blooming period due to continuous flower bud development over several weeks, a uniform 10-week flowering response for year around flowering with photoperiod control, and its medium plant height with medium sized glossy foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Claude Hope
  • Kalanchoe named Conquistador
    Patent number: PP4568
    Abstract: A new kalanchoe variety for greenhouse culture as a pot plant and suitable for year around flowering with a 10-week response under photoperiod control characterized by the orange-red color of its medium sized florets which bloom for an extended period due to a continuous flower bud development during the first several weeks of the blooming period, and by its upright growth with medium plant height, compact habit, and medium sized glossy foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Claude Hope
  • African violet named Julia
    Patent number: PP4569
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Saintpaulia ionantha distinguished by its continuous and profuse production of vivid and well defined bi-color flowers, borne upright above the foliage on erect and rigid peduncles and exhibiting clean white petals each narrowly bordered by a bright blue margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Arnold W. Fischer
  • Chrysanthemum named Early Yellow
    Patent number: PP4588
    Abstract: A new variety of light yellow chrysanthemum for greenhouse culture distinguished by its relatively short response, its rapid growth and the intense color of its blooms, its uniform year around flowering response, and its usefulness both for spray pot plant culture and as a spray plant for cut flower production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: J. C. M. van der Knaap
  • Chrysanthemum named Westland
    Patent number: PP4589
    Abstract: A new variety of chrysanthemum intended for glass house culture for cut flower production distinguished by the pink coloration of the quill-shaped ray florets of its uniquely formed medium-sized blooms, its vigorous upright growth habit, and its year around 9-week photoperiodic flowering response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: J. C. M. van der Knaap
  • Red chrysanthemum named Chieftain
    Patent number: PP4590
    Abstract: A new chrysanthemum distinguished by its vivid dark red composite flowers of medium-large size which are borne in a cyme having eight to ten open blooms on a rigid and erect stem. The foliage is large and abundant and the flower color is excellent in hot weather, which makes this plant a very fine red chrysanthemum for year around flowering, and the peduncles are long enough for cutting out individual flowers for various special uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Leonard H. Shoesmith
  • Kalanchoe named Yucatan
    Patent number: PP4745
    Abstract: A new kalanchoe cultivar developed for year-around four or six inch pot production and distinguished by its profuse display of closely massed flowers which are of a light red color upon first opening and which quickly turn to a bright pink, giving the head of flowers a pleasing two-tone appearance. This plant has a vigorous and rapid growth habit and an abundant production of large leaves spreading outwardly below the large and bright clusters of flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Pan-American Plant Company
    Inventor: Claude Hope