CHICAGO Peer Rutt Company NEW YORK 
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW 1954 INTRODUCTIONS 
MARSHMALLOW Oct. 5. Heavily petalled 
pure white daisy. Improves the growth 
and durability of Chris. Columbus. Rec- 
ommended as a garden variety and 
Mother’s Day pot plant. Dwarf, compact 
plant. 
SILVERTONE Oct. 24. Intermediate white 
daisy. Similar in habit to Reward and 
Buckskin. August and September cloth 
house and May through October in the 
greenhouse. 
SILVER CLOUD Nov. 1. Intermediate 
white single. Heavily petalled, better 
form than Halo. A good producer. Rec- 
ommended April through October with 
use restricted to the greenhouse. 
FREEDOM Nov. 5. Intermediate pure 
white single. Outstanding for spray for- 
mation and flower substance. Clean vig- 
orous growth; improves Halo in all re- 
spects. Recommended for August and 
September cloth house, and May through 
November in the greenhouse. Excellent 
shipping and keeping qualities. 
WHITETOP Nov. 5. Intermediate pure 
white decorative. Vigorous growth habit. 
Recommended April through November 
in the greenhouse and August through 
October in the cloth house; also as a 
medium sized disbud for pots. It fills the 
need for a pure white pompon in the 
greenhouse during the spring months 
when Encore is difficult to flower. 
PACESETTER Nov. 10. Intermediate pure 
white single. Good form, petallage and 
substance. Excellent shipping quality. 
Growth is short and strong. Excellent 
for spring, summer and fall. A very fine 
pot plant disbud. 
ILLINI STARLET Dec. 10. (Univ. of Il.) 
Intermediate white anemone. Improves 
Garza in form, growth and clarity of 
color. Good production and much freer 
growth. Believe this is a white anemone 
that could replace Garza. 
TRENTON Dec. 15. (DePetris) White pom- 
pon. Good form and substance plus pro- 
duction. An important pompon for nat- 
ural flowering. 
TALMEDA Jan. 5. (DePetris) Intermediate 
white pompon. Improves Revelation. Just 
about latest white pompon. Good form 
and substance. 
LEE POWELL Oct. 10. Large golden yel- 
low decorative. Vigorous plant. Showy. 
Fine for disbudding. Outstanding garden 
variety. Promising for outdoor cut flower 
and spring pot plant. 
ARLORA Oct. 15. (DePetris) Large, soft 
yellow, closely incurved flower. Very 
good substance; Flower 3”—3%” in 
in diameter. Should prove good spring 
and fall pot plant. 
CREAMPUFF Oct. 20. Intermediate cream 
white single. Strong fast growth and very 
heavy production. A beautiful new color 
for April through June. Excellent in the 
late September and October cloth house. 
ORDALIA Oct. 25. (DePetris) Deep golden 
yellow, semi-incurved decorative. Size 
3”—314”. Excellent keeper. Very vigorous 
bushy growth. Blooms in the garden in 
October. A large pot plant disbud. 
STARLIGHT Oct. 25. Large yellow daisy. 
Improves the growth and production of 
Starbright. Very durable; uniform re- 
sponse. A 9 week Yellow Valencia. Rec- 
ommended April through October in the 
greenhouse. Natural or disspray. Makes 
a fine disbud in pots spring and fall. 
AZTEC Oct. 28. Intermediate deep yellow 
daisy. Strong wiry growth and heavy 
production. Especially valuable for high 
temperature flowering. Recommended 
May through October in greenhouse and, 
August and September in cloth house. 
Greatly improves existing 9-week yellow 
daisy varieties in production and flower 
quality. 
SAUTERNE Oct. 30. Intermediate intense 
yellow single. Very uniform response 
tolerating a wide temperature range. Im- 
proves the production, petallage and 
quality of Yellow Halo and other existing 
yellow daisy varieties. Recommended 
May through October in the greenhouse, 
aie through October in the cloth 
ouse. 
GONDOLA Oct. 30. Intermediate yellow 
daisy. Outstanding form and color. Quite 
large flower similar to Starbright. Rec- 
ommended May through October in the 
greenhouse and in the cloth house. Very 
durable with fine petallage and sub- 
stance. 
HONEYMOON Nov. 4. Large yellow daisy. 
Good form and an unusually clear yellow 
color. Recommended May and June in 
the greenhouse, and August and Septem- 
ber in the cloth house. 
YELLOW PARAMOUNT Nov. 23. Deep 
yellow sport from Paramount. Same 
habit as original variety. 
YELLOW FORTUNE Dec. 1. Deep yellow 
sport from Fortune. Same habit as orig- 
inal variety. 
YELLOW SNOWCAP Dec. 15. Deep lemon 
yellow sport from Snowcap. Same habit 
as original variety. 
BUCKEYE Oct. 3. Intermediate salmon 
bronze pompon. Dwarf, compact, very 
sturdy growth. Striking new color well 
suited to the garden and Mother’s Day 
pot plant program. 
MOONMAID Oct. 14. Intermediate salmon 
bronze pompon. A new and useful color 
with good growth and production. Late 
garden variety or outdoor cut flower. 
Recommended for spring and fall flower- 
ing. 
TALISMAN Oct. 20. Talisman bronze; in- 
termediate daisy. Color holds exception- 
ally well. Recommended April through 
October in the greenhouse and August 
and September cloth house. 
PARADISE Oct. 20. Intermediate coral red 
single. Color holds well. Recommended 
April through mid June in the green- 
house, mid August through October in 
the cloth house. A tall variety of out- 
standing new color. 
PALETTE Oct. 20. Intermediate dark sal- 
mon single. Heavy petallage with good 
substance. Fine in spring and fall. A new 
pastel shade. 
GAIETY Oct. 25. Intermediate coral bronze 
single. This variety in combination with 
Paradise and Prelude constitute a trio 
bred to widen color range adding new 
and lively pastels especially valuable in 
the spring. Good growth and production. 
An exciting new color. 
HILARITY Nov. 1. Intermediate golden 
bronze single. Small daisy of wide petal 
and very lively color. Tolerates a wide 
range of conditions. Recommended May 
through October. Growth habit lends it- 
self to pot culture. 
FLAME GLOW Nov. 5. (Winkler) Inter- 
mediate golden orange single. Fine 
growth and production. 
ORANGE BEAUREGARD Nov. 5. Lively, 
light orange or golden bronze sport from 
Beauregard. Valuable in a continuous 
year round program. In the early cloth 
house or under high temperature con- 
ditions it is a deep golden yellow pom- 
pon. Growth habit and response is same 
as that of Beauregard. 
RED KING Nov. 13. (Poesch) Intermediate 
Red Daisy. Good growth and production; 
short, compact plant with compound 
spray. A good red pot plant variety. 
CADET Nov. 14. Intermediate red anem- 
one. Short, compact and free breaking. 
Approximate size of Gypsy. Recom- 
mended as a spray but useful as a dis- 
bud. Season is October through March, 
especially effective at Thanksgiving and 
Christmas. A pot plant variety. 
ILLINI REDWOOD Nov. 25. (Univ. of Il.) 
Intermediate red pompon. Hard, durable, 
well formed flower. Fine red pompon for 
Thanksgiving. 
PETRISIAN MAUVE, PETRISIAN PINK, 
PETRISIAN ROSE Oct. 5. (DePetris) 
These are three outstanding DePetris 
hybrids for the garden and spring pot 
plants. 
SONNET Oct. 14. Intermediate salmon 
pink pompon. Stocky compact growth; 
well adapted to the garden and a good 
spring pot plant. Valuable color in late 
September cloth house. 
BETTY Oct. 14. Intermediate light salmon 
pink decorative. Upright cut flower 
growth; suitable for gardens. Well known 
for outstanding color. 
FAIRYLAND Oct. 15. Intermediate dec- 
orative; lively pink color. Very uniform 
response. A low temperature variety that 
improves Carolyn Yosick; also a spring 
and fall pot plant. Recommended in early 
cloth house and as a garden variety. 
MAYFAIR Oct. 15. Intermediate, smooth 
pink single. Growth and production sur- 
passes that of Reward. Uniform flower- 
ing response. Valuable for cut April 
through October in the greenhouse and, 
July through October in the cloth house. 
A much needed color in a cloth house 
daisy. 
JESTER Oct. 15. Intermediate, dark, orchid 
pink single. Very early variety with free 
vigorous growth. 
