Year-Around Chrysanthemum Flowering Schedule 
Latitude Plant Pinch* Lighting Period Start Shade Response Group 
None Aug. 29 14 Week 
None no 13 Week 
40-45° July 25 Aug. 15 Aug. 22—Sept. 12 no 12 Week 
Aug. 15—Sept. 19 no 11 Week 
Aug. 8 —Sept. 26 no 10 Week 
None Aug. 29 14 Week 
None no 13 Week 
30-40° Aug. 1 Aug. 22 Aug. 22—Sept. 12 no 12 Week 
Aug. 15—Sept. 19 no 11 Week 
Aug. 8 —Sept. 26 no 10 Week 
None no 13 Week 
x Aug. 22—Sept. 12 no 12 Week 
25-30 Aug. 8 Aug. 29 Augi15=Sept. 19 no 11 Week 
Aug. 8 —Sept. 26 no 10 Week — 
*For No Pinch Method: Plant and Light on Pinch Date 
VARIETIES IN RESPONSE GROUPS 
(14 Week | 13 Week =| 12 Week 11 Week 10 Week 
Ss Dec. White Chaffanooga Mefo Ind. White 
Smith’s White Cream Mefo Crystal Queen 
WHITE Snowcrest Acclaim Silvercrest Wh. Taffeta Whitetop 
Cr. Snowcrest Cofillion Illini Peace Sculpture Encore 
P| Silversmith Wh. Snowdrop) Monarch Highbrow Illini Igloo 
Snowcap Yukon Carrara Paramount Shasta 
Safellite Belray lini Snowdrift 
YELLOW 
BRONZE 
& RED 
Chalice 
Tobin’s Yellow 
Meteore 
Dk. Yel. Chat’n’g 
Yel. Chattanooga 
a Yellow Mefo Ind. Yellow 
Harvester Imp. Ind. Yel. 
Golden Pearson | Marie DePetris| Yellow Queen 
Yel. Riviera Yel. Acclaim Highlander Yel. Sculpture | Brigadoon 
Yel. Snowcrest| Goldtone Omega Golden Chord | Yellow Shasta 
Vibrant Yel. Satellite — Gold Medal Forty-Niner 
Corsair Yel. Galaxy Lollipop 
Goldie Pippin 
Oak Leaf Ind. Bronze 
Br. Or. Queen 
Br. Riviera Mahog. Viking | Red Heritage Shalimar Or. Beauregard 
Topaz Holiday Galaxy Thelma Beauregard 
Christ. Greet’gs| Christ. Star Or. Galaxy Festival Rubicon 
P| Merrymaker Br. Minsfrel Rubaiyat Br. Masterp’ce 
Poinsettia Dk. Br. Minstrel 
Ss Ind. Pink 
Orchid Queen 
Dk. Or. Queen 
Riviera Debutante Herifage Taffeta Portrait 
Rosalind Minstrel Almega Criterion 
Lt. Pk. Minstrel Rose Mast’p’ce 
Imp. Pk. Mins’el 
S—Standard P—Pompon 
