1999 Ohio State University Poinsettia Evaluations

Website design and photos by Dr. Tim Rhodus (OSU)
Evaluation trial by Drs. Claudio Pasian (OSU) and Stephen Carver (OFA)


Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

Consumer Evaluation Ratings of 48 Cultivars
Sorted by cultivar
Sorted by order of preference


      Age Categories       Occupation        Gender 
Plant # Cultivar Avg Rating 18 - 25 26 - 45 46 - 65 66 - 75 76 or older   Faculty Grad student Non OSU emp. Other Staff Undergrad.   Female Male
46 Carousel 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.0   2.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.5   3.6 2.9
4 Coco Hot Pink 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.8 3.3   3.1 2.7 3.1 4.1 3.3 3.4   3.2 3.1
38 Coco Red 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.7   3.5 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.4   3.4 3.4
37 Coco White 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 4.0 4.3   3.1 3.3 3.1 4.0 3.3 3.4   3.3 3.3
34 Cortez Dark Red 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.3   3.3 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.5   3.6 3.4
43 Cortez Red 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.7   3.7 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.2   3.6 3.5
3 Deluxe Red 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.7   3.4 3.5 3.3 3.8 3.5 3.3   3.4 3.4
44 Dynasty Red 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.3   3.7 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.6   3.7 3.6
27 Eckespoint #852 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.3   4.0 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.9   3.9 3.8
32 Eckespoint #877 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.3   3.9 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.2   4.0 4.0
1 Eckespoint Cranberry Punch 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.2 4.5 4.7   4.4 3.8 4.0 4.6 3.9 3.9   4.1 3.9
17 Eckespoint Freedom Pink 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.7   3.2 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.4   3.3 3.0
40 Eckespoint Freedom Red 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.5 5.0   4.3 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.0   4.4 4.3
49 Eckespoint Freedom Rose 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.9 5.0   3.7 3.3 3.8 4.3 3.6 3.3   3.6 3.5
8 Eckespoint Heirloom Peach 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.3   2.5 3.0 2.6 3.5 2.8 3.5   2.9 2.6
41 Eckespoint Heirloom Red 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.3   2.8 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.4 3.8   3.6 3.1
5 Eckespoint Monet 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.6 2.0   3.0 3.6 3.4 4.3 3.4 3.8   3.6 3.1
26 Eckespoint Monet Twilight 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.0   2.9 3.5 3.7 4.5 3.7 4.2   3.8 3.3
36 Eckespoint Pepride Marble 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.6 2.7   2.2 3.3 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.5   3.1 2.9
15 Eckespoint Pepride Red 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.9 2.7   3.6 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9   3.9 3.8
22 Eckespoint Red Baron 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.3   2.4 2.8 2.7 3.5 2.9 2.9   2.8 2.8
47 Eckespoint Red Satin 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.3   3.6 3.7 3.8 4.3 3.7 3.6   3.9 3.5
2 Eckespoint Red Velvet 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.7   3.9 3.8 3.8 4.5 3.9 3.9   3.9 3.9
16 Eckespoint Snowcap 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3   3.9 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0   4.1 3.8
31 Eckespoint Winter Rose 3.6 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.0   2.7 4.0 3.4 4.3 3.7 3.8   3.7 3.3
6 Elegance Red 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3   3.1 3.2 3.0 3.9 3.3 3.0   3.1 3.2
21 Festival Red 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 5.0   4.2 3.9 4.1 4.5 3.9 4.0   4.0 4.0
9 Galaxy Red 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.7   3.8 3.8 3.8 4.3 4.0 3.6   3.9 3.8
7 Liberty Bright Pink 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.3   2.6 2.7 2.8 3.8 2.9 3.4   2.8 2.9
42 Marblestar 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0   3.7 4.0 3.9 4.4 3.8 3.9   4.0 3.6
13 Maren 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 4.3   3.6 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.4   3.4 3.2
23 Nova Red 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.3   3.4 3.7 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.5   3.5 3.6
14 Nutcracker Red 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.7   4.0 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.7   4.0 3.9
20 Nutcracker Salmonstar 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.3   3.8 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.3   3.6 3.4
45 Nutcracker White 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.7 4.7   3.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.9   3.8 3.7
24 Orion Red 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.3   3.8 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.6   3.7 3.7
48 Peterstar Orange 3.8 3.4 3.6 4.0 3.9 4.7   4.0 3.4 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.4   3.7 3.8
30 Peterstar Red 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.7   3.1 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.4 3.1   3.3 3.3
10 Peterstar Silverbells 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 2.7   3.3 3.9 3.4 4.4 3.2 3.6   3.6 3.1
39 Silverstar Red 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3   3.8 3.5 3.3 3.8 3.2 4.0   3.4 3.6
19 Sonora Dark Red 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.3   3.1 3.1 3.2 3.8 3.2 3.7   3.2 3.3
11 Sonora Red 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.3   3.9 3.5 3.7 4.4 3.6 3.5   3.7 3.6
35 Spotlight Apricot 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.3   2.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 2.7 3.4   2.7 2.6
28 Spotlight Dark Red 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.7   4.2 3.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8   4.0 3.9
29 Spotlight Marble 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.3   2.3 3.0 2.6 3.5 2.9 3.1   2.8 2.8
33 Spotlight Pink 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 4.3   3.0 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.1 3.1   3.2 3.0
52 Spotlight White 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7   2.9 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.2   3.2 3.1
50 Whitestar 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.7   3.2 3.5 3.2 4.0 3.4 3.3   3.4 3.2

 

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