Antirrhinum 'Charming White'
Trial Started: 2005
Year of Trial: First (from 2005 report)
Good Qualities:
Bright white color (3); Strong thick stems (2); Good spike, fair stem; Nice big stems; Lovely; Fairly long stems; Tight floret spacing along the stem, great in summer heat.
Problems:
Too short (3); Weak grower - plants not productive; Not many stems per plant; Bud blasted out; They did better than 'Animation' series and 'Potomocs' but were not happy campers, most of them survived but didn't thrive; Low productivity; did not recover after the hot weather of summer.
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 | 4.9 | 19.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 110 | 6.9 |
| Range of Responses | 1-15.5 | 15-32 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 16-432 | 5-8.5 |
(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
Fred C. Gloeckner
600 Mamaroneck Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528-1613
www.fredgloeckner.com
Comments:
Similar to 'Potomac White Improved'; 1 week earlier and about 10 inches shorter than 'Potomac White Improved'; otherwise similar quality; I think I'd like these in spring or fall in hoophouse; 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.