Abstract: A new compact clematis cultivar which displays single pale white flowers with pale violet margins. The cultivar is free flowering. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and traditional methods and is suitable for ornamental use in outdoor settings in a variety of climatic conditions. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new Kalanchoe cultivar named ‘Forever Maxi Pink’ characterized by its pink colored flowers, full dense floral display, round flower petals, semi-mounded growth habit and excellent basal branching.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Aster plant named ‘Cassandra’, characterized by its vigorous and strong growth; rapid growth rate; bright green leaves; numerous inflorescences per flowering stem; purple-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Serenity, characterized by its orange flower color, deep green leaves, early flowering, long-lasting flowering, and self-branching and vigorous mounded growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Gala apple tree originating as a limb mutation of the Malus sylvestris variety of Gala, ‘McKenzie’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,637). This new variety is unique from its parent and other Gala cultivars because the fruit ripens 5 weeks later than the parent and Gala cultivars. The new variety is firmer than other Gala cultivars, averaging 18 to 23 pounds pressure at maturity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Carnation plant named ‘Sunflor Surprise’, characterized by its purple-colored flowers; upright and mounded plant habit; good basal branching with about 10 lateral branches developing after pinching; dark green leaves; fragrant flowers, and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Poinsettia plant named ‘Duecohopi’, characterized by its creamy white flower bracts; flat to concave flower bracts that are held horizontal or angled slightly upright with respect to stem axis; very dark green foliage; freely branching plant habit; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hybrid Tea rose plant named ‘Predemera’, characterized by its light greenish ivory-colored flowers that are mostly green on the under side of the petals and mostly ivory on the upper side of the petals; long and strong flowering stems; dark green leaves; good flower production; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckadire’, characterized by its large inflorescences with dark red-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves with burgundy-colored petioles; uniform and upright plant habit; freely branching habit with strong lateral stems; natural season flower maturity date is December 2 for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif.; response time, about 9.5 weeks; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct Azalea cultivar is provided that abundantly forms clusters of sturdy double pearl pink hose-in-hose blossoms that commonly retain their attractive appearance even in inclement weather. The dark green and plentiful foliage substantially retains its coloration throughout the winter. The growth habit is dense, well-branched, and naturally mounding. The cultivar exhibits excellent hardiness and is tolerant to wet soils and clay soils.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Bouvardia plant named ‘Royal Janette’ characterized by having bright orange/red flowers, dark-green foliage, short internodes, which makes it suitable for growing as a potplant, and excellent keeping quality.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckadin’, characterized by its large inflorescences with bright red-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves with burgundy-colored petioles; compact, uniform and upright plant habit; very freely branching habit; natural season flower maturity date is November 28 for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif., response time, about 9 weeks; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ornithogalum plant named ‘Chesapeake Starlight’ characterized by its strong, upright and long scapes; and dense corymbose racemes with numerous white-colored flowers.

Abstract: The new cultivar is a variety of dwarf rose plant having a broad bushy growth habit. The light pink flowers are small and high-centered. The plant exhibits good winter hardiness, resistance to most diseases, repeated blooming and is easily propagated on its own roots.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Jacaimee’, characterized by its inflorescences with creamy white-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves with green-colored petioles; compact, uniform and upright plant habit; freely branching habit; early flowering, natural season flower maturity date is November 15 for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif.; response time, about 7.5 weeks; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant name ‘Eckahab’, characterized by its inflorescences with soft red-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves with burgundy-colored petioles; compact, uniform, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; very freely branching habit; early flowering, natural season flower maturity date is November 16 for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif.; response time, about 7 weeks; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Regal Yonashville’, characterized by its uniform and upright plant habit; strong and vigorous growth habit; dark green foliage; uniform flowering response; early flowering, eight-week response time; very freely flowering habit; large daisy-type inflorescences that are about 7.3 cm in diameter; purple ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for at least four weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of ‘Impatiens walleriana’ plant named ‘TiLip,’ characterized by large light pink fully double flowers, flowers that are positioned above or beyond the foliage, good heat tolerance, dark green foliage and mounded, freely branching and dense plant habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of plum tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular fruit production. 2. Production of medium to large fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit with good storage and shipping quality. 4. Vigorous and upright growth. 5. Fruit with an attractive red flesh color.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘MP20’, characterized by its compact, uniform cascading and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely and continuous branching habit; small leaves; and numerous small lavender-colored flowers with dark purple-colored throat and venation.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named ‘Jessie’, characterized by its freely flowering habit and bright yellow floral bracts and whorl leaves with distinct orange margins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cherry tree, Prunus avium, and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, self-sterile but very productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures in the early season approximately in the second week in May under the ecological conditions described, with first picking on May 9, 2000. The fruit is uniformly large in size, very sweet in flavor, very firm and crisp in texture, entirely red in skin color, virtually non-doubling and somewhat resistant to skin cracking due to rain. The variety was a first generation cross using ‘Tulare’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,407) cherry as the seed parent and ‘Brooks’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,676) cherry as the selected pollen parent.

Abstract: A diving mask having hemispherically-shaped lenses mounted on a flexible gasket or portion and fitted to the contours of a user's face. Laser scanning or topographic mapping is used to determine the contours of the user's face. Edges of the hemispherically-shaped lenses are then shaped to fit the contours of the face. As a result, the spherical center of the lenses substantially coincides with the optical nodal point of the user's eyes, or the center of rotation of the eyes. This virtually eliminates the phenomenon of underwater magnification-distortion caused by the difference in refractive indices of water and air. The diving mask may also have hemispherically-shaped lenses mounted on a support portion. The support portion, in turn, is mounted on a flexible gasket of selected size. A secure seal is provided between the diving mask and a user's face by the flexible gasket. The diving mask may be provided with at least one purge valve.

Abstract: An arrangement for recording an information signal in a track (T0, T1, . . . ) on a record carrier (1), includes an input (20) for receiving the information signal, signal processing circuitry (21) for processing the information signal such that it can be recorded in the track, counting device (23) for counting and for generating an array of subsequent different count signals and for supplying the count signals to an output (24), recording apparatus (25, 26, 27) having at least one recording head (26) for recording the processed information signal in a track on the record carrier, and for recording the count signals in a track on the record carrier and a transport apparatus (34,35) for transporting the record carrier with a certain transport velocity (vt) in a longitudinal direction of the record carrier.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing sector location pulses to a controller of a rotating disk data storage device having a counter clocked in proportion to the disk rotation rate and an accumulator for accumulating times to sectors on the disk. A comparator connected to the counter and the accumulator enables an accumulator clock for repetitive clocking of the accumulator at such times the contents of the accumulator do not exceed the contents of the counter. A sector location pulse generator connected to the comparator generates the controller pulses, when enabled, concurrently with the accumulator clock signals. A master reset generator resets the first counter and the accumulator each time an index location on the disk passes a transducer head used to read and write data to and from the disk and a partial reset generator resets the accumulator each time the transducer head is moved between tracks on the disk.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetoresistive head wherein: a magnetoresistive film is created in a read-track region at the center of the magnetoresistive head; an antiferromagnetic film and a ferromagnetic film experiencing an exchange coupling magnetic field due to direct contact with the antiferromagnetic film are created on each end of the magnetoresistive film outside the read-track region in such a way that the ferromagnetic film is located beside the magnetoresistive film; a nonmagnetic intermediate film is created between the magnetoresistive film and the ferromagnetic film for preventing ferromagnetic coupling from being developed on a contact boundary surface between the magnetoresistive film and the ferromagnetic film and for making crystal orientations of the antiferromagnetic film and the ferromagnetic film uniform; and bias magnetization is applied to the magnetoresistive film by exchange coupling between the antiferromagnetic film and the ferromagnetic film.