Carnations
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Carnation is regarded as one of the most important cut flower all over the world and a very much preferable crop to be grown commercially in terms of fetching appreciable monetary returns. This small book about "Carnations" explains in detail various types of carnation flowers, growing practices, disease and pest management, and marketing of carnations as cut flowers
Harshita Joshi
Harshita Joshi is an agribusiness consultant and a freelance writer. She holds Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture and Post Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness Management. Horticulture is one of her areas of expertise and writing is her passion.She publishes her writings on horticulture with the help of agrihortico.com,a leading portal in horticulture knowledge dissemination services.
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Carnations - Harshita Joshi
CARNATIONS
Harshita Joshi
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Carnations: An Introduction
Carnation is regarded as one of the most important cut flower all over the world and a very much preferable crop to be grown commercially in terms of fetching appreciable monetary returns. There are many suggestions related to meaning of the word Carnation. Some scholars propose that the name of the flower is derived from the word corone
meaning flower garlands while others suggest that it is derived from the word carnis
meaning flesh which refers to original fleshy color of the flower. In other words, it is also known as flower of love
or flower of god
. The various color ranges of this flower brightens the atmosphere with its divine presence.
For commercial flower growers, the cut flower has a high market value because of its beautiful shape, varied ranges of colors, light in weight and a long vase life. Hence it is an ideal cut flower for distant markets. Also the crop gives full yield up to two years of their planting.
Taxonomy and Classification: The flower belongs to the genus Dianthus and family Caryophyllaceae. The genus has around 300 species of flowering plants including Carnation. The important species for development of modern carnation are: