Snapdragons 
1954 EDITION 
Latest Information On New Varieties And Culture 
The following information consisting of sowing, benching and blooming 
dates of Single Stem Snapdragons, has been collected over a period of 
nearly ten years. Single Stem Snap culture is not new with us and we 
believe you will find this information quite accurate; HOWEVER we do 
not recommend single stem culture for all growers or all seasons, it works 
fine in close timing for quick crop rotation, for a fast catch crop and is 
the only method of producing high quality Snaps during the summer and 
early fall months of June, July, August, Sept., Oct. and November and it 
is easier to time the blooming period with this method. We believe our 
dates will prove better than 90% correct for the months of May, June, 
July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov., but during the balance of the year the 
weather is the controlling factor. Experiments conducted by Dr. John 
Seeley at Penn State University show that the use of supplimentary lights 
will speed up the crop about 2 or 3 weeks without affecting the quality, 
however Dr. €eeley has recommended that single-stem culture will give 
the same speed up and is more economical. 
The Snapdragon is a cool temperature crop, its labor requirements are 
low and the cost of propagating material is unusually small in compari- 
son to the crop value. These things should be kept in mind when planning 
production. 
HELP IN CHOOSING VARIETIES 
With the large number of new varieties being introduced each year most 
growers must depend on their scedsman for recommendations. If you 
desire any information, just write and tell us when you wish to bench 
your Snaps, the desired blooming dates, colors, also if you are growing 
for the wholesale market or for your own us2 and we will be very glad to 
help you work out a schedule and recommend the proper varieties for 
your own situation. 
This should enable you to plant each bench with varieties that will 
bloom and cut off at about the same time and thus clear your benches 
evenly for the next crop. Often growers bench several different types in 
one bench and then find that one or two varieties are holding up the 
whole bench and they are finally forced to throw the late types out in 
order to have the bench cleared for the next crop. 
For early Snaps to bloom fzom Dec. to Feb. 1st, we recommend the 
hybrids. The Hybrid varieties will also bloom ahead of open pollinated 
varieties at any season and should be used for fast crop rotations. The 
open pollinated varieties are excellent for mid-season and spring crops, 
but much care should be used in choosing the varieties you grow. For 
blooming from late May to mid-September we recommend Rockwoods’ 
Crystal White, Lavender Rose, Summer Pink No. 1, Summer Yellow No. 1, 
Lavender Bronze, Patsy Ann (pink) Sunshine (yellow) and Navajo 
(red), these varieties will give you an excellent spike during the hot 
summer months with close-set florets and will not easily shatter, if the 
Bees are kept off. 
