Editorial Reviews
Review
Suzy Bales New York Times : Although written for the professional grower, their book offers revelations for the home gardener.
John E. Bryan Gardening Newsletter : All that both commercial growers and keen amateurs need to know regarding growing cut flowers can be found in this book.
Winston Dunwell Nursery Views : The new organization reduces one's frustration at trying to find a plant in the right category.
Bloomin' News : The book is a well planned guide, covering blooms from Achillea to Zinnia, that includes valuable information about propagation and growing, environmental factors, field and greenhouse performance, harvest and postharvest, cultivars, pests diseases and, for a 'real world' perspective, comments from flower growers across the US.
Marilyn K. Alaimo Chicago Botanic Garden : All gardeners who want to grow superior flowers should read it.
Joanne Sharpe Plant Science Bulletin : This book would be an asset to any horticulture-oriented library. Its reasonable price would also make it a very worthwhile addition to the reference collection of anyone in the florist or nursery industry.
Connie Krochmal Bella Online : This will be especially useful to those with cutting gardens.
Stephanie M. Boehmer Journal of Agricultural and Food Information : A very inclusive work created with the feedback of many professional growers.
Book Description
This greatly revised and expanded edition of Specialty Cut Flowers offers a unique perspective on cut flower production, bringing together in one place the information growers need to propagate and cultivate their eye-catching plants. Introductory chapters offer a discussion of domestic and foreign production, a brief overview of trends, and general comments and techniques for the postharvest care of flowers, including drying and preserving. The main body of the book gives extensive coverage of annual, perennial, bulbous, and woody species for commercial cut flower production, including propagation and growing-on methods, environmental factors, yield in the field, greenhouse forcing, stage of harvest, postharvest handling, and pests and diseases. For easier reference, plants now appear in single, straightforward A-to-Z order. Reflecting decades of research and writing by two distinguished horticulturists, Specialty Cut Flowers, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged will be an indispensable reference for the nursery bookshelf.
Specialty Cut Flowers : The Production of Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Woody Plants for Fresh and Dried Cut Flowers
Specialty Cut Flowers: The Production of Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Woody Plants for Fresh and Dried Cut Flowers: The Production of Annuals, Perennials, ... Woody Plants for Fresh and Dried Cut Flowers,A. M. Armitage,Judy M. Laushman,Ironwood Press,0881925799,Cut flower industry,Cut flowers,Floriculture,Flowers - General,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,General,Postharvest technology,United States
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