Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2009
Good Qualities
Rich color (4); This was an outstanding color, dark, rich and velvety and lauded by all who saw it, decent plant vigor and stem quality; All the snaps I trialed had no disease problems and we were wet this summer and I didn’t need to spray anything on them; More of a rosy red than the ‘Opus’, beautiful red colored stems; Stems were strong, bloomed all season.
Problems
Later stems were somewhat more brittle than the first waves; Rust.
Similar Cultivars
Nice and full like other Potomac varieties; Other Potomac snaps.
Comments
Pinched plants; Harvested 7/1-7/8 (planted in the field 4/25, Zone 5).
Postharvest
Cut early in the day, kept cool and also used Floralife, strip bottom foliage before putting into buckets, seems to help with absorption; None.
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 | 8.9 | 21.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 88.9 | 10.0 |
| Range of Responses | 4-15 | 15-36 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 36-144 | 10 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Ball Horticultural P.O. Box 438 West Chicago, IL 60186
