. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PINCHING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Should chrysanthemum plants be pinched to make them branch and be stocky? L. E. B.—N. Y. You do not state whether the chrys- anthemums are large-flowered varieties or pompons, or for what purpose the^ plants are intended. If it is your in- tention to grow bush plants in pots, pinching can be carried on until about August 1 to keep the plants dwarf and stocky. For bench growing for cut blooms the shoots can be pinched back until July 1. Then three of the strong- est shoots should be allowed to go on to produce the blooms and
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PINCHING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Should chrysanthemum plants be pinched to make them branch and be stocky? L. E. B.—N. Y. You do not state whether the chrys- anthemums are large-flowered varieties or pompons, or for what purpose the^ plants are intended. If it is your in- tention to grow bush plants in pots, pinching can be carried on until about August 1 to keep the plants dwarf and stocky. For bench growing for cut blooms the shoots can be pinched back until July 1. Then three of the strong- est shoots should be allowed to go on to produce the blooms and the rest re- moved. Three blooms are all a plant should be allowed to develop. The same plan can also be followed with the pompon varieties. Pinch back the growth until July 1; then allow the plant to develop four or five sprays of flowers. M. P. MUMS FOR THANKSGIVINO. I should like some information regard- ing chrysanthemums. Could you give me the names of three good late varie- ties to bloom at Thanksgiving and later, in white, yellow and pink? I want to grow two or three flowers per plant. 1 should like also to have the names of three good pot mums in white, yellow and pink, to grow in the field and pot about September and bloom October 15 to November 1. I do not want Caprice, as it blooms too late here. Is it true that if white and pink dahlias are planted in the same patch, the white get pinkish? A. L.—Mo. The following varieties of chrysan- themums arc the most largely grown for late blooming: Pink and White Seide- witz, Jeanne Nonin, Maud Dean, Ham- burg Late Pink; Pink, White and Yel- low Chadwick. The Pink and White Seidewitz are perhaps m6re largely grown than any others for the New York market, although in some sections of the country Chadwicks are the standby for Thanksgiving and later. Eegarding the varieties for pots, since Caprice is too late, the following can be lifted from the field and potted September 1: Belle Mauve, pink; Source d'Or and Cranfordia in
Size: 2752px × 908px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecad, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyear1912
