FOR GROWERS 
1M THIS AREA 
40-45° LATITUDE 
USE SCHEDULES 
BELOW (Thru page 21). 
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WEST CHICAGO 
ILLINOIS 
Plant Pinch Lights Start Flowering 
Date Date** Lighting Period Off Shade Date 
Nov. 26 Dec. 24 Nov. 26-Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Mar. 15 Apr. 19 
Dec. 3 Dec. 31 Dec. 3-Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Mar. 15 Apr. 26 
Dec. 17 Jan. 14 Dec. 17-Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Mar. 15 May 3 
Dec. 24 Jan. 21 Dec. 24-Feb. 28 Mar. |] Mar. 15 May 10 
Jan. 7 Feb. 4 Jan. 7-Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 May 17 
Jan. 14 Feb. 11 Jan. 14-Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 15 May 24 
Jan. 2] Feb. 18 Jan. 21-Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 22 May 31 
VARIETIES for above schedules 
- Standards 
White Yellow Pink Bronze 
Ind. White* Imp. Ind. Yellow* Ind. Pink (Bronze not 
Queen’s Lace* 
Yellow Lace* 
Dk. Orchid Queen 
recommended for 
Jean Elizabeth Ind. Yellow this period) 
Spray Types 
White Yellow Pink Bronze 
Keepsake* Mary L. Hall* Masterpiece* (Bronze not 
Shasta* Yellow Shasta* Linda Lou recommended for 
Pinocchio Gold Coast Memorial this period) 
Il. Snowdrift Golden Mensa Reward 
White Popcorn 
White Mensa 
Halo 
Pristine 
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Plant Pinch . ae : Lights Start Flowering 
Date Date** Pusat Off Shade Date 
Feb. 4 Mar. 4 Feb. 4-Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar, 29 June 7 
Feb. 11 Mar. 11 Feb. 11-Apr. 4 Apr. 5 Apr. 5 June 14 
Feb. 25 Mar. 25 Feb. 25-Apr. 11 Apr. 12 Apr. 12 June 21 
Mar. 4 Apr. | Mar. 4-Apr. 18 Abra? Apr. 19 June 28 
VARIETIES for above schedules 
Standards 
White Yellow Pink Bronze 
Giant Betsy Ross* Good News* Dk. Orchid Queen (Bronze not 
Betsy Ross Yellow Lace recommended for 
Queen’s Lace this period) 
T 
poney ee Yellow Pink Bronze 
Keepsake* Gold Coast* Reward* Rubicon* 
Popcorn* Golden Herald* Linda Lou Buccaneer 
Il. Snowdrift Crescendo Pandora 
Shasta Sunup Jessie 
Pinocchio Mary Hall Memorial 
Songster Starbright 
White Mensa 
Halo 
Madonna 
*Very best for the period 
**For single stemmed crops, plant cuttings on pinch date. 
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