Yoniagara Falls

Chrysanthemum

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Little Rock'

Summary: 'Yoniagara Falls' has shorter plants than 'Little Rock'. The flower head of 'Yoniagara Falls' is smaller in diameter with a shorter and broader ray floret blade than those of 'Little Rock'. 'Yoniagara Falls' has fewer ray florets per flower head than 'Little Rock'.

Description:

PLANT: year round cultivation for pot production, spray flowering type, 8 week response group, short to medium height
PRIMARY LATERAL SHOOT: few to medium number
STEM: no anthocyanin colouration

LEAF: medium length, medium width, broad wedged and truncate base
LATERAL LOBE: parallel to diverging margins of sinus
LOWER LOBE: medium to long, deep sinus

FLOWER HEAD: semi-double, daisy type, bicoloured purple and white, small diameter, no bracts among ray florets
RAY FLORET: short blade with very short corolla tube, straight longitudinal axis of majority, concave and convex in cross-section, mamillate and tri-dentate tip, purple with white apex on upper side, lighter purple with white apex on lower side
DISC: yellow green before anther dehiscence, yellow after anther dehiscence, small diameter
DISC FLORET: tubular type, massed in centre of flower head, yellow

Origin & Breeding History: 'Yoniagara Falls' is a product from a planned breeding program conducted by the breeder, Mrs. Wendy R. Bergman, an employee of Yoder Brothers, Inc. in Barberton, Ohio, USA. It originated from a cross made in November 1999 in Salinas, California, USA between a proprietary Chrysanthemum seedling selection designated 'YB-A1403' as the female parent and another proprietary Chrysanthemum seedling selection designated 'YB-A1111' as the male parent. 'Yoniagara Falls' was selected in November 2000 in Alva, Florida, USA based on its uniform plant growth habit, desirable inflorescence form and floret colours, fast response time and excellent post production longevity.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'Yoniagara Falls' were conducted in the fall of 2006 at Yoder Canada Ltd. in Leamington, Ontario. They were performed under greenhouse conditions similar to those used in commercial Chrysanthemum production. 40 unrooted cuttings per variety were directly stuck into 15 cm pots with 4 cuttings per pot and 10 pots per variety. The pots were spaced 30 cm apart. The plants were pinched once prior to short day treatment. All plants had the centre bud removed. Measured characteristics were based on measurements taken from 10 plants or parts of plants on November 1, 2006. All colour determinations were made using the 2001 Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'Yoniagara Falls' with reference variety 'Little Rock'

Plant height (cm)

Flower head diameter (cm)

Ray floret blade length (cm)

Ray floret blade width (cm)

Number of ray florets per flower head

Ray floret colour (RHS)

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Chrysanthemum: 'Yoniagara Falls' (left) with reference variety 'Little Rock' (right)