WEST CHICAGO 
ILUNOIS 
FOR GROWERS IN LATITUDES 35-40° | 
Plant Pinch aes Lights Start Flowerin 
Date Date** Lighting Period Ott Shade Date : 
Mar. 1] Apr. 8 Mar. 11-Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 26 July 5 
Mar. 18 Apr. 15 Mar. 18-May 2 May 3 May 3 July 12 
Mar. 25 Apr. 22 Mar. 25-May 9 May 10 May 10 July 19 
Apr. | Apr. 29 Apr. 1-May 14 May 15 May 17 July 26 
Apr. 8 May 6 Apr. 8-May 14 May 15 May 24 Aug. 2 
Apr. 15 May 13 Apr. 15-May 14 May 15 May 31 Aug. 9 
Apr. 22 May 20 Apr. 22-May 14 May 15 June 7 Aug. 16 
Apr. 29 May 27 Apr. 29-May 14 May 15 June 14 Aug. 23 
May 6 June 3 May 6-May 14 May 15 June 2] Aug. 30 
May 20 June 10 No — June 28 Sept. 6 
May 27 June 17 No — July 5 Sept. 13 
June 3 June 24 No — July 12 Sept. 20 
June 10 July | No — July 19 Sept. 27 
Spray Types June 10 July 1 No — July 19 Oct. 4 
Standards June 10 July 1 No — July 26 Oct. 4 
Spray Types June 17 July 8 No — July 26 Oct. 11 
Standards June 17 July 8 Aug. | Aug. 2 Aug. 2 Oct. 11 
VARIETIES for above schedules 
Standards 
White Yellow Pink Bronze 
Giant Betsy Ross* Good News* Dk. Orchid Queen Mrs. Roy 
Betsy Ross Yellow Lace (after Aug. 15) 
Queen‘s Lace 
Spray Types 
White Yellow Pink Bronze 
Keepsake* Gold Coast* Reward* Chevron* (July) 
(to July 15) Golden Herald* Linda Lou Rubicon* 
Popcorn* Crescendo Pandora Beauregard* (Sept.) 
(July 16 on) (July 1-Aug. 31) Jessie Buckskin 
Il. Snowdrift Sunup Memorial (July 1-Aug. 31) 
Shasta (July 1-Aug. 31) Buccaneer 
Pinocchio Mary Hall 
Songster Starbright 
White Mensa 
Halo 
Madonna 
Plant Pinch ate : Lights Start Flowering 
Date Date** Lighting Reriod Off Shade Date 
Spray Types June 17 July 8 Aug. | Aug. 2 Aug. 2 Oct. 18 
Standards June 17 July 8 Aug. 1-Aug. 8 Aug. 9 Aug. 9 Oct. 18 
Spray Types June 24 July 15 Aug. 1-Aug. 8 Aug. 9 Aug. 9 Oct. 25 
Standards June 24 July 15 Aug. 1-Aug. 15 Aug. 16 Aug. 16 Oct. 25 
Spray Types July 1 July 22 Aug. 1-Aug. 15 Aug. 16 Aug. 16 Nov. 1 
Standards July 1 July 22 Aug. 1-Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug. 23 Nov. 1 
VARIETIES for above schedules 
Standards 
White Yellow Pink Bronze 
Ind. White* Imp. Ind. Yellow* Dk. Orchid Queen Mrs. Roy* 
Jean Elizabeth Ind. Yellow Detroit News 
Queen’s Lace 
Spray Types 
White 
Shasta* 
Encore* 
Little America 
Il. Snowdrift 
Dynamo 
Moonglow 
Paramount* 
Priscilla* 
*Very best for the period 
**For single stemmed crops, plant cuttings on pinch date. 
Yellow Lace 
Yellow 
Yellow Shasta* 
Lollipop* 
Golden Chord* 
Yellow Paramount 
Pippin 
Klondike 
Bojangles 
Pink 
Linda Lou* 
Soprano 
Pandora 
Minuet 
Bronze 
Beauregard* 
Rubicon* 
Paragon 
Chevron 
Rusticon* 
Festival * 
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