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"A very inclusive work created with the feedback of many professional growers." Stephanie M. Boehmer, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, August 2005
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This indispensable reference offers a unique perspective on cut-flower production, bringing together all the information growers need to propagate and cultivate these sought-after plants. This is a black-and-white edition.
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Whether flowers are delivered in a Volkswagen bus to the farmers' market down the road or shipped thousands of miles across the world, comprehensive post-harvest care and handling are essential. Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the best publication on the market at the moment for aspiring and current commercial cut flower growers. It covers a vast number of potential cut flower species, including their cultivation, yields, varieties, and many more useful facts and figures. If you'd only buy one book before you start your commercial cut flower enterprise: this is the one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I used to own this book in hardback, but as a result of misplacing it I decided to replace it with the cheaper paperback edition. It's fundamentally the same book with the same excellent information, but really, why bother with black and white copies of originally colour photos as they are next to useless. As a small scale commerical grower I find the information in this book very useful, and the hardback edition would have got 5stars. Just one warning, this book is American, so a lot of the specific information relating to climatic zones has to be treated with caution for those of us in Northern Europe.
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
An Essential Reference for the Cut Flower Grower
29 July 2001
Format:Hardcover
Everyone interested in cut flower growing must have this text in his library. Allan Armitage is a renound researcher in herbaceous plants, who's earlier work was in specialty cut flowers. This is a serious text, not a "gardening" book.
Introductory sections give basics of cut flower growing, but the bulk of the book is devoted to discussing individual species. Chapters include annuals, perennials, bulbs, and woody species. Within each chapter, species are discussed in great detail. Everything you need to know to grow each cut flower is here: propagation, greenhouse and field performance, harvest and postharvest, pests and diseases, and lists of varieties are all given for each species.
This book is very well organized. Text is concise, but written with personality. There are line drawings for many species, but there are few color photographs.
This book is specificaly for cut flower growers. Lynn Bycznski's The Flower Farmer is another book not be missed by those interested in cut flower growing. Her book is an overview of the business and process of cut flower growing, also with some information on individual species. Another excellent Armitage text, Herbaceous Perennial Plants, is better suited for the serious gardener.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Greenhouse performance, pests and diseases, and more
10 Oct 2003
Format:Hardcover
Horticultural experts Allan M. Armitage (Professor of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens) and Judy M. Laushman (Executive Director of the Association of Specialty Cut Flowers Growers, Inc.) collaborate to offer gardening enthusiasts an exhaustive compilation of everything professionals and novice gardeners need to know about growing annuals, perennials, bulbs, and woody plants for fresh and dried cut flowers. Specialty Cut Flowers, now in a substantially revised and enlarged second edition, is an instructional reference which details the field analysis, greenhouse performance, pests and diseases, and more, of a tremendous list of flowers ranging from Achillea to Zinnia. 100 color photos, 84 line drawings, and a map, enhance the text of this solid, practical, 636 page guide for flower gardeners of any and all skill and experience levels.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Now in a substantially revised and enlarged second edition
10 Oct 2003
Format:Hardcover
Horticultural experts Allan M. Armitage (Professor of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens) and Judy M. Laushman (Executive Director of the Association of Specialty Cut Flowers Growers, Inc.) collaborate to offer gardening enthusiasts an exhaustive compilation of everything professionals and novice gardeners need to know about growing annuals, perennials, bulbs, and woody plants for fresh and dried cut flowers. Specialty Cut Flowers, now in a substantially revised and enlarged second edition, is an instructional reference which details the field analysis, greenhouse performance, pests and diseases, and more, of a tremendous list of flowers ranging from Achillea to Zinnia. 100 color photos, 84 line drawings, and a map, enhance the text of this solid, practical, 636 page guide for flower gardeners of any and all skill and experience levels.
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