GEO. K. GROFF 
746 New Holland Avenue 
LANCASTER, PA. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW 1955 INTRODUCTIONS 
VESTA Oct. 25. (De Petris) A trim 
White button Pompon for summer 
and early fall flowering. Best during 
the long day period of the year June 
thru August. 
CREAM HALO Nov. 1. (Avon Valley) 
Excellent cream colored sport of 
Halo with the same recommended 
season of flowering as Halo. 
CREAM SHASTA Nov. 10. (Delworth) 
Beautiful color addition to the Shasta 
group for year round flowering. 
WHITE MEMORIAL Nov. 12. Pure 
white sport except when grown cold. 
Fine May to November. 
WHITE TAFFETA Nov. 15. (Knouse & 
Cruden) Pure white sport of Taffeta. 
ILLINI STARFLOWER Nov. 18. (Univ. 
of Ill.) Semi-anemone form. A Nov- 
elty in white for the retail grower. 
SILVERCREST Nov. 25. Small white 
formal pompon. Markedly improves 
the appearance and quality of Snow- 
erest. Well adapted for flowering 
November thru March. 
ILLINI PEACE Nov. 25. (Univ. of Il.) 
A productive White anemone for 
Thanksgiving. 
ORWAY Dec. 8 (De Petris) Large 
white single. An improvement over 
Yukon in flower quality and growth 
habit. 
WHITE SNOWDROP Dec. 8. Pure 
white sport of Snowdrop. 
GOLDFINCH Oct. 25 (De Petris) 
Small yellow golden button pompon 
with excellent flower quality. With- 
stands high temperature well. An 
outstanding competitor of the var- 
iety Sunup for spring, summer and 
fall flowering. 
IMAMURA YELLOW Oct. 25. Inter- 
mediate yellow daisy for early cloth 
house. 
YELLOW SCULPTURE Nov. 15. (Avon 
Valley) Lemon yellow sport of 
Sculpture, as valuable in the year- 
round program as Sculpture itself. 
MINGO CHIEF Nov. 20 (Brehmer) 
Bronzy yellow anemone best des- 
cribed as a yellow Yolanda but with 
a stronger growth habit and heavier 
production. 
GOLD MEDAL Dec. 1. Small yellow 
button pompon for October to April 
flowering. 
YELLOW COTILLION Dec. 5. Lemon 
Yellow sport of Cotillion. 
YELLOW SATELITE Dec. 10. Yellow 
sport of Satelite. 
GOLDIE Dec. 10. Deep yellow small 
pompon. Preferred by some over 
Yellow Snowcrest. 
JETFIRE Nov. 5. Intermediate flaming 
red decorative. A color that holds 
even in high temperatures. Well 
adapted for spring and fall pot plants 
grown either as spray or disbud. 
Outstanding in the cloth house. 
FIREGLEAM Nov. 10. A fiery orange 
intermediate decorative. An _ out- 
standingly brilliant color that holds 
beautifully. Is fine in pots with par- 
tial or no disbudding. 
BRONZE PANDORA Noy. 10. (Smith) 
Bright coral bronze sport of Pandora. 
BARBARA FULLER Nov. 10. (Fair- 
field) A dark coral red anemone. 
Dwarf compact growth habit. Ex- 
cellent for flowering as a pot plant 
in October, November and Decem- 
er. 
RUBAIYAT Nov. 20. Velvety red in- 
termediate formal pompon. Un- 
equaled for October thru Christmas 
flowering. Improves Christmas greet- 
ing in color, form and production. 
DK. BRONZE MINUET Nov. 23. A 
rich deep salmon bronze sport of 
Br. Minuet. 
RED HERITAGE Dec. 1. Salmon red 
sport of Heritage. 
ORANGE GALAXY Dec. 1. A color 
sport of Galaxy. Color very nearly 
that of Orange Beauregard. 
RED MINSTREL Dec. 13. (Delworth) 
A sport of Bronze Minstrel with a 
lively red glow added. This color is 
easier to use than that of Br. Min- 
strel. A quality pompon for Novem- 
ber and December. 
TSUKUSHI PINK Oct. 20. Intermedi- 
ate light pink single for the very 
early cloth house. 
PARISIENNE Nov. 5. (Delworth) In- 
termediate shell pink single. This 
variety grows and flowers satisfac- 
torily at all seasons where Shasta is 
satisfactory (late March to Novem- 
ber). The color is a close to true 
pink as exists in the chrysanthemum. 
The favorite pink single to rotate 
with Brocade and a color far better 
than that of Reward. 
CRITERION Nov. 8. Int. pink decora- 
tive with a vigorous compact growth 
habit. A New and valuable year 
round pink pot plant variety. Al- 
most the equal of Bonnafon DeLuxe 
in pink. Also a fine cut flower variety 
for spring and fall. Best grown dis- 
budded. 
HUMDINGER Nov. 10. An intermedi- 
ate to large formal pompon. Color 
has been described as a luminous 
violet purple. A perfectly ideal pot 
plant type of growth habit. An in- 
teresting disbud pot plant for fall, 
winter and early spring. 
DK. PINK MINUET Nov. 23. A deep 
pink sport of Minuet. 
IMP. PK. MINSTREL Dec. 13. (Del- 
worth) From a designers and re- 
tailers standpoint, this is the best of 
the Minstrels. Its color resembles 
that of Pink Dot and it does not de- 
teriorate rapidly with maturity. The 
shade and tone are both right. Min- 
strel had form and substance. Imp. 
Pk. Minstrel has form, substance and 
color. 
LYNDA MCLANE Dec. 25. (McLane) 
A late pink pompon with a growth 
habit that does not run into blind 
growth and a color that is highly 
acceptable. A much needed variety 
for the late natural crop. 
[Three] 
SILVER QUEEN Oct. 25. (De Petris) 
White Fugi mum. Better than Ray- 
onnante. Important in the spring and 
fall program. 
WHITE MARY GARDEN Nov. 1. 
White sport of Mary Garden. 
SMITHS CREAM WHITE Dec. 13. 
(Schneider) A beautiful smooth 
cream colored sport of Smiths White. 
Excellent form and good depth of 
flower. 
LUYONA Oct. 25. (De Petris) Large 
yellow spider mum with quality 
blooms. 
YELLOW IVANHOE Nov. 1. Golden 
yellow sport. 
YELLOW CURLY SPIDER Nov. 5. 
Clear yellow spider mum. Good 
shipper. 
ANTIQUE Nov. 1. A bronze spider 
mum for cut flower and pot plant 
use. 
DELAWARE Nov. 8. A large semi-in- 
curved reddish bronze standard. An 
outstanding pot plant for fall, win- 
ter and spring. The growth habit 
and the color make this the number 
one bronze pot blant. 
MRS. EISENHOWER Nov. 18. (De 
Petris) A vivid golden bronze spider 
mum with excellent substance and 
form. Vigorous grower. 
ILL. REGAL An unusual royal purple 
pompon which is quite striking. A 
very novel color. Maturing around 
November 12. It is a pompon of 
good form. 
ILL. SPRINGTIME A warm rich truly 
pink single of good shipping quali- 
ties. Flowers are placed well on the 
stem. Hard to beat in its class for 
year round production. Matures No- 
vember 12. 
ILL. WAMPUM An attractive bright 
yellow anemone with unusually high 
production. Very stiff stems sup- 
porting a well placed flower head. 
Matures November 22. 
WEDDING BELLS (De Petris) An in- 
termediate white pompon with 
bright green eye. Flowers have out- 
standing substance and are produced 
on well formed sprays with rigid 
pedicles. A very useful 13 week var- 
iety for extending the _ season. 
Flowers normally around Dec. 5. 
SNOWFLAKE (De Petris) A _ free 
growing intermediate white pom 
with cream center good form and 
spray formation. Exceptionally good 
shipping qualities. Its uniform re- 
sponse makes this a very valuable 
variety for extending the season 
through February. Matures Dec. 5. 
RED ENCHANTRESS (Kawachi) A 
vivid red sport of Enchantress which 
will make a valuable addition to the 
13 week class. Should be very useful 
for extending through the Christmas 
holidays and later. Matures Dec. 5. 
YELLOW ENCHANTRESS (Kawachi) 
A lemon yellow sport of Enchant- 
ress, responds uniformly to lights 
and can be used December through 
February_ for extended blooming. 
Matures Dec. 5. 
