NEWS


Carnation Open House in Turkey By André Lek


On March 8 our agent ANTALYA TARIM organized the yearly Carnation Open Day in Antalya, Turkey. As usual all companies from the fl ower business were present, not only growers but exporters and wholesalers as well.


semi-commercial and new promising novelties for the future were presented as well. The latest Selecta introductions, Baccarat, Grace, and Vogue, are performing very well in Turkey be- cause of good production and trendy colors. The most promising novelty this year is the new red standard variety “ORMEA.” This novelty has very good color, shape, stem length, and weight. Worth mentioning also is its long vase life and nice per- formance after storing. Red standard is by far the #1 color in Turkey (over 50 hectares are planted with red carnations). Most- ly it is exported to Russia, Ukraine, and other for- mer Russian republics. Turkey is together with Kenya the most important supplier for spray carnation in Europe. One big advantage is that transport can be real- ized by truck. This reduces costs, and fl owers suff er less as the cool chain will not be interrupted dur- ing transport. Turkey has a production area in the highlands (Isparta) where very good quality can be grown during summer. Thanks to that, the cut-fl owers growers can achieve year-round production with


I n the 500 m2 showroom were shown 30 diff er-


ent varieties of standard and spray carnations. Besides the varieties already in the program,


constant quality. After having visited the showroom, everyone had the opportunity to discuss the business issues and op- portunities with colleagues with a drink and a snack at the buff et in the nice garden of Antalya Tarim.


Ormea, standard carnation, was the star of this event. From left to right: Salih Durmazkan, André Lek, and Fahrettin Simsek.


André Lek is Sales Manager at Selecta Cut Flowers. You can reach him at a.lek@selectacutfl owers.com


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