Flower Confidential The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

Name: Flower Confidential The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
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ISBN: 9781565126039

ISBN-10: 1565126033

ISBN-13: 9781565126039

Edition: N/A

Authors: Amy Stewart

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Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought-for better or worse-to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horitcultural legend who created the most popular lily; a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite roses, the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. And, at every turn she…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication date: 3/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.660



Introduction



Breeding



The Birds, the Bees, and a Camel Hair Brush



Engineered to Perfection



Growing



Italian Violets and Japanese Chrysanthemums



Acres under Glass



How the Dutch Conquered the World



Flowers on the Equator



Selling



Forbidden Flowers



The Dutch Auction



Florists, Supermarkets, and the Next Big Thing


Epilogue: Valentine's Day


Care and Feeding of Cut Flowers


Visiting Markets and Growers


Statistics


Notes


Selected Bibliography