GEO. K. GROFF 
746 New Holland Avenue 
LANCASTER, PA. 
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, com- 
pact 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 Novy. 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 quali- 
ties. 
WHITETOP Nov. 5. Intermediate pure 
white decorative. Vigorous growth hab- 
it. Recommended April through Novem- 
ber in the greenhouse and August 
through October in the cloth house; al- 
so aS a medium sized disbud for pots. 
It fills the need for a pure white pom- 
pon in the greenhouse during the spring 
months when Encore is difficult to 
flower. 
PACESETTER Novy. 10. Intermediate 
pure white single. Good form, petallage 
and substance. Excellent shipping qual- 
ity. Growth is short and strong. Ex- 
cellent for spring, summer and fall. A 
very fine pot plant disbud. 
ILLINI STARLET Dec. 10. (Univ. of Ill.) 
Intermediate white anemone. Improves 
Garza in form, growth and clarity of 
color. Good production and much freer 
growth, Believe this is a white ane- 
mone that could replace Garza. 
TRENTON Dec. 15. (DePetris) White 
pompon, Good form and substance plus 
production. An important pompon for 
natural flowering. 
TALMEDA Jan. 5. (DePetris) Intermedi- 
ate white pompon. Improves Revela- 
tion. 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 gar- 
den variety. Promising for outdoor cut 
flower and spring pot plant. 
ARLORA Oct. 15. (DePetris) Large, soft 
yellow, closely inecurved flower. Very 
good substance; Flower 3”—3%” 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. Ex- 
cellent in the late September and Octo- 
ber cloth house. 
PALETTE Oct. 20 Intermediate dark sal- 
mon single. Heavy petallage with good 
substance. Fine in spring and fall. A 
new pastel shade. 
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. 
Improves the production, petallage and 
quality of Yellow Halo and other exist- 
ing yellow daisy varieties. Recommend- 
ed May through October in the green- 
house, August through October in the 
cloth house. 
GONDOLA Oct. 30. Intermediate yellow 
daisy. Outstanding form and _ color. 
Quite large flower similar to Starbright. 
Recommended May through October in 
the greenhouse and in the cloth house. 
Very durable with fine petallage and 
substance. 
HONEYMOON Nov. 4. Large yellow daisy. 
Good form and an unusually clear yel- 
low color. Recommended May and June 
in the greenhouse, and August and Sep- 
tember in the cloth house. 
YELLOW PARAMOUNT Nov. 23. Deep 
yellow sport from Paramount. Same 
habit as original variety. 
YELLOW FORTUNE Dec. 1. Deep yel- 
low sport from Fortune. Same habit as 
original 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 sal- 
mon bronze pompon. A new and useful 
color with good growth and production. 
Late garden variety or outdoor cut 
flower. Recommended for spring and 
fall flowering. 
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. Recom- 
mended April through mid June in the 
greenhouse, mid August through Octo- 
ber in the cloth house. A tall variety 
of outstanding new color. 
ORDALIA Oct. 25. (DePetris) Deep gold- 
en yellow, semi-incurved decorative. 
Size 3”—3%". Excellent keeper. Very 
vigorous bushy growth. Blooms in the 
garden in October. A large pot plant 
disbud. 
[Three] 
GAITIETY Oct. 25. Intermediate coral 
bronze single. This variety in combina- 
tion with Paradise and Prelude consti- 
tute 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 
itself 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) Intermedi- 
ate Red Daisy. Good growth and pro- 
duction; short, compact plant with com- 
pound spray. A good red pot plant vari- 
ety. 
CADET Novy. 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 Ill.) 
Intermediate red pompon. Hard, dur- 
able, well formed fiower. Fine red pom- 
pon 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. 
MIRTH Oct. 20. Intermediate light pink 
single. Larger than Reward. Especially 
valuable in spring flowering April 
through June. Durable and uniform 
response in July through October in the 
cloth house. 
