April, 1917 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
115 
The growing of chrysanthe- 
mums in green houses is too big a 
subject to do justice to in such a 
short paper, so 1 will touch on it 
very briefly. Cuttings are rooted 
in sand in a cool house from Feb- 
ruary till April, potted into 2 
inch pots when, rooted next to 
4" pots and then to their flower- 
ing pots or to the bench. Large 
flowering varieties are grown to 
single stems by keeping a leader 
and pinching off all other 
growths. They are tied to stakes 
and often attain the height of 8' 
with flowers up to 10" in diam- 
eter. The selection of buds for 
exhibition blooms can only be ac- 
quired by studying the varieties 
individually which makes grow- 
ing new varieties uncertain to 
even an experienced grower. To 
explain just what I mean. These 
large flowering varieties grown to 
single stems will, during June, 
form a flower bud which if se- 
lected would, as a general rule, 
amount to nothing but rather 
seems nature’s way of stopping 
the plant to encourage side 
growth for at this time several 
side growths appear. One of 
these growths is selected as a 
leader and the others removed. 
In the same way a flower bud will 
appear early in August, perhaps 
two in September and the last or 
terminal bud late in September or 
early October. Now in order to 
produce the largest and best 
flowers we must know which one 
of these buds in the different va- 
rieties to choose. Let us take for 
example that fine variety, “Beat- 
rice May.” On an early August 
bud this produces an enormous 
pure white flower. On the next 
bud it is not so large and has a 
light shade of pink color, while on 
the terminal bud it is much 
smaller and is of a decided pink 
color. To take the wrong bud on 
some varieties will mean a de- 
formed flower or a flower with an 
open center. There are of course 
many tine varieties that come 
good from any bud and these the 
beginner should grow first. As 
cool as possible over 45 degrees is 
the best temperature. Bush plants 
in greenhouses are pinched and 
grown same as in frame culture 
and by feeding and extra care 
specimen plants have been grown 
16' in diameter and carrying as 
many as 3,000 flowers. Although 
they are very easily grown, noth- 
ing will show the good results of 
a little extra care quicker than 
chrysanthemums. 
For Frames; Large Flowered. 
Yellow: Comoleta, Cheltoni, 
Golden age. 
White: Early Snow, Wm. Tur- 
ner, Lady Lydia. 
Pink: Pacific Supreme, Well’s 
Lake Pink, Dr. Enguhard. 
Red: The Bard, Black Hawk, 
Harvard. 
Bronze : Greystone, Brutus. 
Single 
Yellow: Little Barbee, Golden 
Mensa. 
White : Anna, Mensa. 
Pink : Stanley Veil, Cosmos. 
Red : Ceddie Mason, Minneso- 
ta. 
Bronze : Dorothy Dann. 
Anemone. 
Yellow: Yellow Garza, Mrs. 
F. Kuehne. 
White: Garza, Chas. L. Hut- 
chinson. 
Pink : Ada Sweet, Miss Kath- 
erine Simmons. 
Pompon. 
Yellow: Zenobia, Golden Cli- 
max, Klondvke. 
White : Diana, Lulu, Elva. 
Pink : Lillian Doty, Minta, 
Fairy Queen. 
Red: Black Douglas, Viola. 
Bronze : Skibo, Princeton. 
Yellow: Carrie, Cranfordia, 
Horace Martin. 
White : Carpet of Snow, 
Well’s Masse, Dorothy. 
Pink: Cranford Pink, Nor- 
mandie, Marie Masse. 
Aster Type, for Out Doors. 
Red : Goascher’s C r i m s o n, 
Crimson Pride, Chas. Jolly. 
Bronze : A. Barham. 
A Home Made Sprayer. 
Mr. Christian Saabye, who 
lives at Detroit Harbor, which is 
the principal city of Washington 
Island, which is a part of Door 
Co., is a progressive fruit grower 
and submits the following for the 
benefit of the smaller grower who 
does not feel able to pay three 
hundred dollars for a power out- 
fit. 
“I see by the February number 
of Wisconsin Horticulture one 
member wants to know about a 
power sprayer. Now I made one 
myself out of a D /2 II. P. engine, 
a well pump jack, a good hand 
Power spray pump and a home 
made tank all mounted on a low 
truck and it works fine. I run 
the jack with a belt and belt 
shifter. This outfit will last well 
for years with little expense for 
repairs. Here is the expense : 
Engine < 
£25 to $35 
Tank 
10 to 15 
Pump 
12 to 15 
Jack 
3 to 4 
Hose, belt, etc. 
5 to 6 
Belt shifter 
2 to 3 
Total 
57 78 
According to the 1910 census. New 
York fruit products are worth nearly 
$25,000,000. 
It will keep Wisconsin growers 
-going some to catch up with New 
York. Still it can be done. 
