NOTE TO EDITOR’S — “Texas Sapphire,” a long-stemmed bluebonnet developed by scientists at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, will be officially displayed today during a U.S. Patent Office news conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to commemorate issuance of the 10,000th plant patent. The long-stemmed bluebonnet series, “Big Bend Bluebonnet,” was patented on July 15.
A floral arrangement of Texas Sapphires will be displayed along with various other plants from around the nation that have received patents through the government agency. AGNMORE will move a story on the event Tuesday morning.
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