Doubley flower - orange/white shades/tints class
Circus Orange White Ball Seed 23z 34 3.7 6.2 6.7  
               
    Double flower - orange shades/tint class
               
Fanciful Deep Coral Ball Seed 22 39 3.8 66 a 7.3 b  
Fanciful Salmon Ball Seed 23NS 38NS 4.0NS 55 b 13.0 a  
               
    Double flower - red class
Fanciful Red Ball Seed 21 35 4.1 59 9.7  
               
    Double flower - rose shades/tints class
               
Fanciful Orchid Rose Ball Seed 19 32 3.9 64 6.3  
               
    Single flower - mixes class
               
Dazzler Star Mix Ball Seed 17 38 4.5 54 11.3 a  
Showstopper Cotton Candy Ball Seed 17 41 4.6 54 13.0 a  
Showstopper Tropical Flair Mix Ball Seed 21 43 4.7 54 10.0 ab  
Tempo Butterfly Mix Bodger Seeds 17 38 4.8 53 4.7 c  
Tempo Crystal Mix Bodger Seeds 17NS 35NS 4.8NS 55NS 6.0 bc  
    Single flower - orange shades/tints class
               
Tempo Peach Butterfly Bodger Seeds 91 32 3.9 58 3.0  
               
    Single flower - orange/white shades/tints class
               
Stardust Salmon PanAmerican Seed 16 36 4.3 55 14.0  
               
    Single flower - pink class
               
Dazzler Pink Improved Ball Seed 17 40 4.7 52 13.0  
               
   

Single flower - pink shades/tints class
               
Super Elfin Deep Pink PanAmerican Seed 17 a 36 5.1 a 56 10.0  
Tempo Cherry Butterfly Bodger Seeds 14 b 32 4.7 b 56 5.3  
Tempo Strawberry Butterfly Bodger Seeds 15 ab 33NS 4.5 b 54NS 6.3NS  
               
    Single flower - purple, blue-violet shades/tints class
               
Carnival Lavender Blue Daehnfeldt 18 39 4.8 54 27.0 a  
Dazzler Blue Pearl Ball Seed 29 52 54 54 9.0 b  
Super Elfin Blue Pearl PanAmerican Seed 16NS 38NS 4.6NS 54NS 6.0 b  
               
Single flower - purple, red - violet shades/tints class
               
Raspberry Swirl PanAmerican Seed 16 37 4.6 50 8.0 a  
Tempo Lavender Butterfly Bodger Seeds 17NS 38NS 5.0NS 55NS 3.0 b  
               
    Single flower - purple red - violet/white shades/tints class
               
Stardust Violet PanAmerican Seed 13 32 4.0 51 6.3  
               
    Single flower - rose/white shades/tints class
               
Stardust Rose Improved PanAmerican Seed 14 35 4.2 50 6.0  
               
    Single flower - red shades/tints class
               
Super Elfin Ruby PanAmerican Seed 15 b 33 4.4 51 15.3  
Tempo Cinnamon Bodger Seeds 15 b 33 5.1 54. 5.3  
Tempo Lipstick Bodger Seeds 19 a 35NS 4.8NS 55NS 5.7NS  
                   
w 1.0 inch = 2.54 cm. Data taken on 30 Apr. (42-49 d from sowing) in sprayed field.
x Flower data:  first flower is the average number of days from seed sowing to the unfurling of the first flower.  Divergence is the average number of days that lapse between the unfurling of the first flower and the last flower in plot or flat.  Data was collected from four 5-plant pots.  No growth regulation was required for this crop.
y The doubles class for these trials combines both double and semi-double flower forms.  The Circus and Fanciful series are semi-doubles, referred to as fancy-flowered in the seed catalog.
z Mean separation within classes by LSD, P<0.05.