te We See Them! 
Again in this ‘52 Ball Mum Guide you will find 
an offering of the better 1952 novelties. To assist 
our customers in evaluating these many promis- 
ing new-comers, we add this ’’Blue Sheet’’ giving 
our own experience with many of them. It is 
added as an insert in this manner to permit in- 
clusion of notes made during our September- 
October flowerings. The notes are based on trials 
grown here at West Chicago along with our year 
‘round Mum cut flower program. i 
Our comments are limited to varieties we 
flowered—and to the periods during which we 
flowered them. Included are comments on some 
of the 1951 novelties which seemed to us out- 
standing. 
We hope you will find it helpful. 
Vic Ball 
WHITE 
Halo. Most pleasing pure white daisy for May thru Sep- 
tember. Very popular on Chicago market ($2.00) in May. 
Best if cut before pollen grains open. 
White Popcorn, sport of Popcorn. A creamy white, but 
no pink regardless of temperature. A terrific producer, and 
One you can “‘cut with a scythe.’’ Excellent thru June, July 
and August, and for fall cloth house. Stem length medium. 
Illini Snowdrift. Outstanding novelty. Pure white “Spider’’ 
pompon. Excellent production, even spray and flowering; 
shades well from June thru October in our trials altho 
flowers are not as large in early summer as in the fall. 
Something different. Flowers ship and handle easily. 
Highbrow. Our experience limited to September-October 
flowering. Large, cream pompon with deeper cream center. 
Looks neat. High production and even flowering habit. Visi- 
tors here were about 50-50 either enthused or against it. 
Try it for September or October. 
Snowflurry. What a producer! One spray (no pinch) 
weighed 412 oz. A small Pinocchio-type white; not quite 
as formal or clear white, but 50% more cut. Good thru 
September-October in our trials. No winter experience here. 
Moonglow. We like this one from September 15. thru 
October, but not before. Pure white. 
Dynamo. Clear white pompon. Medium single flower. 
Pleasing flower and spray in late September-October, but 
uneven before then in our tests. O.K. for cloth house. 
Keepsake. Flowered here (and liked it) thru July-August- 
September. Some cream cast, but good spray and produc- 
tion. Stands heat. 
Encore. There’s no better late summer-fall white pompon 
if it buds up properly. Try it, but not over 2 weeks from 
pinching to shade—and never below 60° during bud forma- 
tion. O.K. under cloth. A beauty if well done! 
YELLOW 
Schneeburg’s Daisy. A most pleasing, bright golden yel- 
low daisy. We flowered it thru August-September-October 
and found it always even, productive, and often called for. 
No fading. 
Golden Chord. In our experience, a very fine, bold, bright 
yellow pompon for October-November. Not recommended 
for flowering prior to October 1. Wonderfully fine in its 
season, 
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Pippin. Terrific production, good spray form, bright yellow 
color made this one stand out during our September-October 
flowering. It seems actually to combine outstanding produc- 
tion with a better than passing grade on all other counts. 
Klondike. We found it a quite large, bold, deep golden 
yellow pompon, long on production, and good even spray— 
during October, our only flowering of it. 
Lollipop. Our late Sepember-October flowering of it pro- 
duced a fairly small, firm, hard, rounded pompon; lemon 
yellow and of good spray form. Hard flower and stiff stem 
means good shipper. 
PINK 
Grand Slam. In our experience, one of the top novelties 
of the season. Color about like Mary Ellen Snap or Shell 
Pink Aster. It is a daisy, wide, stiff petalled, suggesting a 
small Dahlia. Flowered here thru September-October only; 
best after mid-September in our trials. 
Reward. The best pink daisy from mid-June till fall in 
our tests. While its ‘summer color’’ under glass is lighter 
than at normal season, it is bright even thru hot spells. 
Good production, medium stem. O.K. under cloth. 
Majorette. A quite deep rose anemone, short habit; ideal 
for pot culture. As a cut flower we found it quite produc- 
tive, and of especially good, even spray formation. Flowered 
during October. 
BRONZE and RED 
Paragon. Top-notch, extra large, deep bronze pompon, 
during our October flowering of it. Holds color well, good 
production, and a fine, open even spray. ‘XX’ in the cloth 
house, too. 
Buckskin. A bright and pleasing tan-bronze daisy that 
held its color right thru July-August in our trials. Rated 
good on production; uniformly even, nice spray. Good for 
late summer cloth house. 
Chevron. One of ‘the few bronzes that will hold a usable 
color under glass during July-August-September. Like 
Seneca except for “‘anti-fade.’” At normal season, it’s a 
much deeper maroon bronze. 
Beauregard. A good, rich, tan-bronze from July till fall 
in our trials. Good yield, nice spray, holds color O.K. under 
INC. 
WEST CHICAGO 
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