Vw radidetives for 1954 
White P. ompons, err adtistin, Singles és Trenbincs 
MARSHMALLOW. ..Oct. 5 Heavily petalled pure 
white daisy. Improves the growth and dura- 
bility of Chris. Columbus. Recommended 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. Au- 
gust and September cloth house and May 
through October in the greenhouse. 
SILVER CLOUD...Nov. 1 Intermediate white sin- 
gle. Heavily petalled, better form than Halo. 
A good producer. Recommended April through 
October with use restricted to the greenhouse. 
FREEDOM . . . Nov. 5 Intermediate pure white 
single. Outstanding for spray formation and 
flower substance. Clean vigorous growth; im- 
proves Halo in all respects. Recommended for 
August and September cloth house, and May 
through November in the greenhouse. Excel- 
lent shipping and keeping qualities. 
WHITETOP . . . Nov. 5 Intermediate pure white 
decorative. Vigorous growth habit. Recom- 
mended April through November in the green- 
house 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. 
WHITE ENCHANTRESS.. . Dec. 5 (Neal) White 
Sport of Enchantress with same habits. 
ILLINI STARLET. ..Dec. 10 (Univ. of Ill.) Interme- 
diate 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 pompon. 
Good form and substance plus production. 
An important pompon for natural flowering. 
TALMEDA...Jan. 5 (DePetris) Intermediate white 
pompon. Improves Revelation. Just about la- 
test white pompon. Good form and substance. 
Yolow Pompons, Si ee Singles &r iN ehrtinbés 
LEE POWELL...Oct. 10 Large golden yellow dec- 
orative. Vigorous plant. Showy. Fine for dis- 
budding. Outstanding garden variety. Promis- 
ing for outdoor cut flower and spring pot 
plant. 
ARLORA...Oct. 15 (DePetris) Large, soft yellow, 
closely incurved flower. Very good substance; 
Flower 3” -3%2” 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 yel- 
low, semi-incurved decorative. Size 3” - 312”. 
Excellent keeper. Very vigorous and bushy 
growth. Blooms in the garden in October. A 
large pot plant disbud. 
STARLIGHT. ..Oct. 25 Large yellow daisy. Im- 
proves the growth and production of Star- 
bright. Very durable; uniform response. A 9 
week Yellow Valencia. Recommended 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 pro- 
duction. Especially valuable for high temper- 
ature flowering. Recommended May through 
October in greenhouse and, August and Sep- 
tember in cloth house. Greatly improves exist- 
ing 9-week yellow daisy varieties in produc- 
tion and flower quality. 
SAUTERNE...Oct. 30 Intermediate intense yellow 
single. Very uniform response tolerating a 
wide temperature range. Improves the pro- 
duction, petallage and quality of Yellow Halo 
and other existing yellow daisy varieties. Rec- 
ommended May through October in the green- 
house, August through October in the cloth 
house. 
— FOR PRICES REFER TO GENERAL LIST — 
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