GEO. K. GROFF 
746 New Holland Avenue 
LANCASTER, PA. 
NEW VARIETIES FOR 1993 
White 
GIANT BETSY ROSS (Yoder) Nov. 5. 
Large flowered sport of Betsy Ross. 
CRYSTAL QUEEN (Yoder) Nov. i0. 
Sport of Orchid Queen. 
Yellow 
MARIBANA (DePetris) Oct. 25. Yellow 
spider. Recommended for June flower- 
ing but tall and will require 12 weeks 
short day response treatment. 
GOLD LACE (Yoder) Nov. 1. Golden yel- 
low sport of Yellow Lace. Tubes are 
straight. 
POMPONS, SINGLES and ANEMONES 
SHOOTING STAR (Baur & Steinkamp) 
Oct. 25. Intermediate single, clear white, 
productive, and possesses good form. 
Free growth. Useful in early shading 
programs. 
ILLINI IGLOO (Univ. of Ill.) Nov. 10. 
Int. white Pompon with creamy center; 
exceptional substance, very productive; 
good for outdoor shading. 
YELLOW HALO (Yoder) Noy. 1. Sport, 
Intermediate single deep lemon yellow. 
Recommended for April 15 thru Novem- 
ber 1 greenhouse culture. 
D.C.P. (Paschke) Oct. 1. Small yellow 
pompon. Very dwarf, compact and 
prolific. Best suited for border work in 
outdoor gardens and pot plants. 
MOONDRIFT (Yoder) Oct. 20. Interme- 
diate cream yellow single. Excellent 
growth and production. Recommended 
for April 15 to June 15 and September 
15 to October 20 flowering. Suggested 
for late cloth house. 
IVORY SEA GULL Nov. 1. Sport of Sea 
Gull. Intermediate Ivory Pompon. 
YELLOW NAGONA (California Yellow 
Mensa) Nov. 10. Sport of Nagona. Int. 
lemon yellow single. Short, semi-vege- 
tative habit. Well known and widely 
grown. Requires 1 week additional time 
over its recommended long day treat- 
ment to obtain adequate stem length. 
YELLOW SPANGLES (Yoder) Dec. 5. 
Deep lemon yellow sport of Spangles. 
BRONZE MARY McARTHUR Oct. 23. 
Orange bronze sport of Mary McArthur. 
IMP. BRONZE DAISY (Katako Red) 
Nov. 1. Intermediate bronze single. 
Growth habit similar to Bronze Daisy. 
Color is more intense and vivid than 
original, holding better under high tem- 
perature conditions. 
IMP. RED DAISY (Adachi Red) Nov. 1. 
An improved selection of Red Daisy. 
LARGE FLOWERING STANDARDS 
HOOKED LACE (Yoder) Nov. 1. Sport of 
Yellow Lace. The tube ends open and 
incurve, presenting an attractive hook- 
ed appearance. 
IMPROVED INDIANAPOLIS YELLOW 
(Yoder) Nov. 5. Improved, slightly 
deeper yellow selection of Indianapolis 
Yellow. 
YELLOW MARKETEER (Johannes) 
Nov. 18. Yellow sport selected from 
Marketeer. 
CREAM MEFO (Yoder) Nov. 20. Cream 
Yellow selection from Mefo. Primarily 
of value in the December thru May 
flowering program. 
YELLOW RAYONNANTE Nov. 5. Yel- 
low sport of Rayonnante. 
MRS. CALKINS Nov. 25. Large, deep yel- 
low standard, partial incurve. 
White 
WHITE LADY (Yoder) Nov. 25. 
sport of Beautiful Lady. 
CRYSTAL VALENCIA (DePetris) Nov. 
28. A white Valencia which does not 
have the tendency toward pinking at 
cool temperatures. 
White 
Yellow 
YELLOW HIGHBROW (Yoder) Nov. 20. 
Sport. Int. golden yellow Pompon, iden- 
tical in habit with Highbrow. Very use- 
ful in late (September 15 and on) cloth 
house. Recommend greenhouse flower- 
ing period October 15-December 15 and 
March 1 thru April. 
GOLD SEAL (DePetris) Dec. 20. Int. 
lemon yellow single. Very heavy pro- 
duction. Recommended for winter flow- 
ering. More productive than either 
Sunkist or Cinderella. 
TACOMA (DePetris) Nov. 15. Large 
golden yellow Pompon with very broad 
petals. Excellent form and growth 
habit. One of the best yellowish bronze 
Pompons for mid-November. 
ILLINI SUNSPOT Nov. 20. Large deep 
yellow Pompon. Responds well to dis- 
budding. Suggested for late cloth house. 
CREAM SNOWCREST (H.R. Frank) 
Dec. 15. Cream yellow sport of Snow- 
crest. A soft color, very useful Decem- 
ber thru February. 
Bronze and Red 
DARK BRONZE MINSTREL Dec. 13. 
Reddish bronze sport of Bronze Min- 
strel. 
COMANCHE (Baur-Steinkamp) Nov. 2. 
Int. Pompon reddish bronze. Color and 
form improve Sparkler. Habit and pro- 
duction resemble Gold Coast. Recom- 
mended for any shading and flowering 
program that suits Gold Coast. 
Bronze and Red 
DALWIN (DePetris) Oct. 25. Large, light 
bronze spider. The quills are compactly 
arranged with small barbs. Shades well 
in the cloth house. 
RED GLITTERS Oct. 28. Sport of Glit- 
ters. 
ROYAL BRONZE Nov. 1. Large orange 
disbud Short, compact growth habit. 
DARK INDIANAPOLIS BRONZE (Cal- 
vert) Nov. 5. Dark reddish bronze sport 
of Indianapolis Bronze. 
Pink 
LAVENDER QUEEN (Yoder) Nov. 10. 
Sport of Orchid Queen. Flower more 
compact and color more intense than 
that of Dark Orchid Queen. 
CARRARA (DePetris) Dec. 8 Int. pure 
white decorative. Clean growth, fine 
spray formation. Has promise for use 
in the lighting program in December, 
January and February. 
ILLINI SNOWBOUND (Univ. of Ill.) Jan. 
5. Large informal white decorative 
with cream center. Responds well to 
partial disbudding. Useful primarily for 
the natural crop. 
ILLINI SUNNY (Univ. of Ill.) Nov. 25. 
Int. deep yellow Pompon. Resembles 
Yellow Cordova with larger flower and 
no tendency toward blind growth. Ex- 
cellent production and good growth 
habit. 
GOLDENROD (DePetris) Nov. 25. Full 
round and solid yellow Pompon with ex- 
ceptional substance and keeping qual- 
ities. Can be kept on the plant for a 
long time without impairing the color, 
substance or form of the flower. Gives 
a heavy production of high quality 
sprays. 
YELLOW GALAXY (Ahern) Dec. 1. Sport 
of Galaxy. Deep lemon yellow inter- 
mediate single possessing the wide flat 
petal so attractive in its parent. Use- 
ful from October 15 thru full winter 
program. 
ILLINI YELLOW SNOWBOUND (Univ. 
of Ill.) Jan. 5. A yellow sport of Illini 
Snowbound. 
ILLINI TANGIER (Univ. of Ill.) Nov. 12. 
Large rusty red-bronze decorative. 
Holds color well during summer for a 
bronze. 
WANAKAH (Skloud) Nov. 25. Coral-sal- 
mon sport of Hasegawa Pink. Good pro- 
duction and growth habit of the orig- 
inal. 
BRONZE ENCHANTRESS Dec. 5. Orange 
bronze sport of Enchantress. 
See Price Schedule on Page Five for more than 50 of a variety. 
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