rue 
WEST CHICAGO 
ILUNOIS 
Plant 
Date 
Sept. 23 
Sept. 30 
Oct. 7 
Oct. 14 
Oct#24 
Oct. 28 
Nov. 4 
Nov. 11 
Nov. 18 
Nov. 25 
Dec. 2 
Standards 
White 
Ind. White* 
Mefo* 
Queen’s Lace 
Jean Elizabeth 
Spray Types 
White 
Belray* 
Shasta* 
Encore 
Ill. Igloo 
Pinch 
Date** 
Oct! 
Oct. 14 
Oetez1 
Oct. 28 
Nov. 4 
Nov. 11 
Nov. 18 
Dec. 2 
Dec. 9 
Dec. 16 
Dec. 23 
White Valencia (1) 
Crystal Valencia 
Highbrow 
Plant 
Date 
Dec. 9 
Dec. 16 
Standards 
White 
Giant Betsy Ross* 
Betsy Ross 
Ind. White 
Queen's Lace 
Spray Types 
White 
Shasta* 
Keepsake* 
White Popcorn 
Songster 
III. Igloo 
Pristine* 
Pinch 
Date** 
Dec. 30 
Jan. 6 
Lighting Period 
Sept. 23-Oct. 31 
Sept. 30-Nov. 7 
Oct. 7-Nov. 14 
Oct. 14-Nov. 21 
Oct. 21-Nov. 28 
Oct. 28-Dec. 5 
Nov. 4-Dec. 12 
Nov. 11-Dec. 19 
Nov. 18-Dec. 26 
Nov. 25-Jan. 2 
Dec. 2-Jan. 9 
VARIETIES for above schedules 
Yellow 
Imp. Ind. Yellow* 
Ind. Yellow 
Yellow Mefo* 
Yellow Lace 
Yellow 
Lollipop* 
Forty-niner* 
(blind below 60°) 
Pippin 
Yellow Shasta* 
Golden Chord 
Yellow Valencia 
Yellow Highbrow 
Lighting Period 
VARIETIES for above schedules 
Dec. 9-Jan. 23 
Dec. 16-Jan. 30 
Yellow 
Good News* 
Imp. Ind. Yellow 
Ind. Yellow 
Yellow Lace 
Yellow 
Yellow Shasta* 
Mary L. Hall* 
‘Gold Coast* 
Golden Herald 
Crescendo 
Sunup 
Yellow Nagona 
Yellow Halo 
FOR GROWERS IN LATITUDES 25-30° 
Pink 
Dk. Orchid Queen* 
Ind. Pink 
Pink 
Taffeta* 
Linda Lou* 
Dk. Valencia 
Dubonnett Valencia 
Orchid Valencia 
Salmon Valencia 
Lights 
Off 
Jan. 24 
Jan. 31 
Pink 
Dk. Orchid Queen 
Pink 
Pandora* 
Linda Lou* 
Taffeta 
Ballerina 
Reward 
Pink Dot 
Start Flowering 
Shade Date 
No Jan. 17 
No Jan. 24 
No Jan. 31 
No Feb. 7 
No Feb. 14 
No Feb. 21 
No Feb. 28 
No Mar. 7 
No Mar. 14 
No Mar. 21 
No Mar. 28 
Bronze 
Mrs. Roy 
Bronze 
Beauregard* 
Thelma* 
Rubicon 
Apricot Valencia 
Crimson Valencia 
Start Flowering 
Shade Date 
No Apr. 4 
No Apr. 11 
Bronze 
Mrs. Roy 
Detroit News 
Bronze 
Beauregard* 
Rubicon* 
Paragon 
Buckskin 
(1) Note: Valencias are very nice if temperature is maintained at a 60° minimum, and if given ample light and space. 
*Very best for the period. 
**For single stemmed crops, plant cuttings on pinch date. 
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