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BRONZE AND RED 
Apricot Queen - if overwatered, this variety quickly becomes 
chlorotic. 
Bronze Masterpiece - somewhat soft, and must be disbudded. If 
too tall, pinch 7 to 10 days after short days are started. 
Copperhead - usually too tall unless pinched 10 days after short 
days are started. 
Glitters - if overwatered, this variety quickly becomes chlorotic. 
Gypsy - must be disbudded; fades in hot weather. 
Indianapolis Bronze - usually too tall unless pinched 10 days 
after short days are started. 
Indianapolis Golden Bronze - a quilled sport which is short. 
Ivanhoe 
Mrs. Stahelin - may be tall. 
PINK 
Helen Frick - usually too tall unless pinched 10 days after short 
days are started. 
Indianapolis Pink - usually too tall unless pinched 10 days after 
short days are started. 
Masterpiece - somewhat soft and must be disbudded. If too tall, 
pinch 7 to 10 days after short days are started. 
Queen of Pinks - the most popular pink pot mum; fades badly in 
in hot weather. 
General Remarks. The best pot mums are produced 
by placing three rooted cuttings in the finishing pot. If 
hard, starved plants out of small pots are used, poor 
specimens should be expected. If the pinches are made 
too high, the plant will not only be leggy, but require 
extra care in staking. 
Regular applications of fertilizer should be made to 
keep the foliage green and the plant in a healthy con- 
dition. It is no longer necessary to run the plants ex- 
tremely dry and starve them to obtain compact speci- 
mens—proper pinching takes care of this. Foliar nema- 
tode and septoria black spot can cause the loss of lower 
leaves which makes the plants unsightly. 
A pot mum that is too tall and leggy or one devoid of 
lower foliage is the main reason why one hears the re- 
mark “pot mums won’t sell.” Height can be kept in 
check by pinching 7 to 10 days after short days are 
started. With some varieties it may be necessary to 
The following varieties are recommended: 
White Yellow 
Avalanche Bamboo 
Calcite Carnival 
Christopher Columbus Early Gold 
Classic Early Yellow 
Pepita Gold Rush 
Renown Lemonade 
Silverplate September Sunshine 
White Wonder Witchery 
Yellow Christopher Columbus 
Yellow Spoon 
Yellow Supreme 
pinch as late as 14 days after short days are started. It 
is remarkable how the variation of pinch date in rela- 
tion to the start of short days regulates the height and 
compactness of the plant. 
While any variety may be grown as a pot mum, most 
pompons and standards become tall and leggy, are too 
soft, or do not produce an eye-catching display of 
flowers. 
Only one flower should be allowed to develop per 
stem. All other buds should be removed when they are 
large enough to handle conveniently. 
Hardy varieties as spring flowering pot plants. 
A number of hardy or garden chrysanthemums can 
be grown as spring flowering pot plants. By using the 
easy-to-follow directions below there is no trick at all 
in producing excellent specimens: 
1. Use only cuttings taken from lighted stock plants. 
2. For flowering about May 1, place 5 rooted cuttings in a 5- 
or 6-inch pot February 8 and pinch that same day. 
3. Give the plants 10 foot-candles of light from 5 p.m. to 10 
p.m. each night from February 8 to March 8. 
4. On March 8 pinch the plants again, discontinue lighting, 
and to produce the most uniform specimens shade with black 
cloth daily from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. until flowering. 
5. Keep the night temperature at 60°F. from potting until 
flowering. 
If the plants are desired somewhat earlier or later 
than May 1, the dates of potting, pinching, lighting, and 
shading can be moved ahead or back as desired. This 
schedule has been worked out at Columbus, Ohio, 
which is on the 40th parallel. For other localities some 
modifications may be necessary. 
In Ohio the sale of the chrysanthemum as a hardy 
plant necessitates the purchase of a license for the sale 
of perennials. Consult with your nursery inspector or 
county agent if you are not sure of the law in your 
state. 
As a spring flowering pot plant the hardy or garden 
chrysanthemum is in a class by itself and when cor- 
rectly grown it should be a valuable addition to the 
list of spring plants sold by both nurserymen and 
florists. 
Pink Bronze 
Joybringer Carmelita 
Major Cushion Early Bronze 
September Cheer James Stewart 
Serenade Mona 
Apricot Orchid 
Calico Jewell 
Tiffany Rose Spellbound 
W. P. Snyder 
