Plant husbandry – Process
Patent
1980-10-30
1981-08-04
Feyrer, James R.
Plant husbandry
Process
47 55, 428 24, A01G 500
Patent
active
042814740
ABSTRACT:
A holder for a fresh flower or bud from which the stem has been severed, the holder including a covered wire, a portion of absorbent material formed around an intermediate portion of the covered wire to form a moisture reservoir, and a water-repellent covering formed around the absorbent material and extending down the length of the stem, the improvement wherein the strip of absorbent material is formed around the wire in a generally conical formation to form at the flower end a generally conical well for receiving the severed end of the flower and to form at the other end a tapered transition between the moisture reservoir and the wire, whereby when the holder is moistened and the flower is impaled on the end of the wire the severed end of the flower is securely held within the well formed by the absorbent material.
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patent: 2593797 (1952-04-01), Robbins
patent: 3150462 (1964-09-01), Gallo
patent: 3318044 (1967-05-01), Kise
patent: 3553889 (1971-01-01), Gallo
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