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. 19 no 12 Week 
Aug. 15—Sept. 26 no 11 Week 
Aug. 8 —Oct. 3 no 10 Week 
30-40° None Aug. 29 14 Week 
None no 13 Week 
Aug. 1 Aug. 22 Aug. 22—Sept. 19 no 12 Week 
Aug. 15—Sept. 26 no 11 Week 
Aug. 8 —Oct. 3 no 10 Week 
None no 13 Week 
a Aug. 22—Sept. 19 no 12 Week 
25-30 Aug. 8 Aug. 29 Aug. 15—Sept. 26 no 11 Week 
Aug. 8 —Oct. 3 no 10 Week 
*For No Pinch Method: Plant and Light on Pinch Date 
VARIETIES IN RESPONSE GROUPS 
12 Week 
11 Week 10 Week 
Mefo Ind. White 
Cream Mefo Crystal Queen 
Dec. White 
Chaffanooga 
Smith’s White 
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 
) Satellite Belray Illini Snowdrift 
| 
| Ss Chalice Dk. Yel. Chat’n’ga| Yellow Mefo Ind. Yellow 
Tobin’s Yellow | Yel. Chattanooga) Harvester Imp. Ind. Yel. 
| Meteore Golden Pearson | Marie DePetris) Yellow Queen 
YELLOW Yel. Riviera Yel. Acclaim Highlander Yel. Sculpture | Brigadoon 
Yel. Snowcrest | Goldtone Omega Golden Chord | Yellow Shasta 
P| Vibrant Yel. Satellite Gold Medal Forty-Niner 
Corsair Yel. Galaxy Lollipop 
| | Goldie Pippin 
| 
ie Ss Oak Leaf Ind. Bronze 
I Br. Or. Queen 
| BRONZE Br. Riviera Mahog. Viking | Red Heritage Shalimar Or. Beauregard 
| | & RED Topaz Holiday Galaxy Thelma Beauregard 
li Christ. Greet’gs | Christ. Star Or. Galaxy Festival Rubicon 
Merrymaker Br. Minstrel Rubaiyat Br. Masterp’ce 
Poinsettia Dk. Br. Minstrel 
Ss Thanks. Pink | Ind. Pink 
Orchid Queen 
Dk. Or. Queen 
Riviera Debutante Herifage Portrait 
| ple Rosalind Minstrel Criferion 
| Lt. Pk. Minstrel Rose Mast’p'ce 
Imp. Pk. Mins’el 
$—Standard P—Pompon 
