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    Carnations
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    Carnations

    By Harshita Joshi

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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. 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

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAgrihortico
    Release dateMar 15, 2021
    ISBN9781393930464
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    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

      All Rights Reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical. photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of agrihortico

      © 2013 AGRIHORTICO

      CONTENT

      Carnations: An Introduction

      Taxonomy and Classification

      Origin and Distribution

      Classification of Carnation

      Major Varieties of Carnation for Commercial and Home Gardening Purposes

      Meanings of Different Colors of Carnations

      Growing Practices for Carnations

      After Care for Carnations

      Pest Management in Carnations

      Harvesting the Flower

      Yield

      Post Harvest Handling in Carnations

      Marketing of the Cut Flower

      Carnations in Greenhouses

      Bibliography

      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

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