Antirrhinum 'Animation Deep Orange'

Trial Started: 2005

Year of Trial: First (from 2005 report)

Good Qualities:

Rich, intense bicolor (5); Great stems, vigorous growth; Thick stems, bloomed over a month - held up well in heat (85 degrees); Bloomed much earlier than my usual 'Spring Giants'; Long sturdy stems, where left in field, produced second flush in fall; Productive, good recovery after hot summer.

Problems:

Too short/ small heads (2); Not as tall as 'Overture Orange'; Pinched them - wouldn't do this again; Prefer central great stem and the auxillaries seem better then also; Bloomed at about 8 inches before croaking - apparently don't like weeks of 90F+ - this was not the summer to try winter types in the field in summer.

Comments:

Better than white; 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.

Trial Data

*Antirrhinum* 'Animation Deep Orange'
	Yield (stems/plant)	Stem Length (inches)	Market Appreciation Rating - Wholesale (1)	Market Appreciation Rating - Retail (1)	Market Appreciation Rating - Consumer (1)	Repeat Again Rating (2)	Ease of Cultivation Rating (2)	Average Spacing (in²)	Average Postharvest Life (days)
Average	6.9	16.9	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.6	4.2	164	6.6
Range of Responses	0-15	12-21	1-5	1-5	1-5	1-5	3-5	36-432	4-8.5

(1) 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.

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Supplier

Benary Seed

1444 Larson St.

Sycamore, IL 60178