Trial Started: 2005
Year of Trial: First (from 2005 report)
Good Qualities
Great orange pink color (5); Strong thick stems (2); Might be good for late season planting - fall bouquets; Strong grower- good 2nd harvest; Bloomed over long period of time; Very productive, good recovery after hot summer, long flower heads with many florets; Still flowering in November (Zone 4).Problems
A little short, but good for bouquets; Didn't support - fell over; Stem length only medium.Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | Average Spacing (in2) | Average Postharvest Life (days) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 7.8 | 18.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 131 | 7.1 |
| Range of Responses | 6-17 | 16-21 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 36-432 | 6-8.5 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Similar to 'Bronze Rocket'; General comments on trial (Zone 5, applied to all snaps varieties trialed): Trial grown outdoors on green plastic mulch (Solar mulch), trickle irrigation, 4 rows on a 9 x 9 inch spacing, one layer of Hortinova netting put up shortly after transplanting, season was hot most of the summer, but moderated into the fall, and did not frost until late October - during the summer heat, all varieties stopped producing flower heads, but the Group II varieties resumed production in mid-September, yielding about one third of their total production then.