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Got a big laugh today from a database that listed this chrysanthemum variety as being named 'Fucker'. It was, unsurprisingly, a mis-transcription of the name 'Flicker' from US #PlantPatent 1,465 (granted 27 March 1956).
May 11, 2025, 4:42 PM
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