Antirrhinum 'Animation Yellow Imp.'
Trial Started: 2005
Year of Trial: First (from 2005 report)
Good Qualities:
Strong yellow color (4)- not a solid yellow though- really a yellow/white bicolor; Very productive (2); Bloomed forever! 5-6 weeks in warm, dry weather, bloomed early; Pinched June 1 prior to transplant to field, greenhouse transplants - good strong growth prior to field transplant; Good recovery after hot summer.
Problems:
Pinched them - wouldn't do this again; Prefer central great stem and the auxillaries seem better then also; Needs support; 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; Good stem length, but space between florets too large.
Trial Data
| 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 | 8.3 | 18.3 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 142 | 7.5 |
| Range of Responses | 6-14 | 15-20 | 3.0 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 2-5 | 48-432 | 7-8.5 |
(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
www.benary.com
Comments:
We harvested from these plants till September 15 (Zone 2); 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 midSeptember, yielding about one third of their total production then.