REPORT


By Oscar Cuartas


CARNATION NEWS FROM COLOMBIA


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ast February we organized our annual Carna- tion Open House at Aurora farm in Palmira. Around 100 visitors, representing 40 compa-


nies, visited our showroom, where they had the op- portunity to compare Selecta varieties in two diff er- ent planting stages. The most prominent standard varieties this year were Jodie, PV 8525 Pink, PV 9472 Yellow, Dark Bacarat, and Pink Bacarat. Jodie is our 2014 novelty, and it has a nice pink color, tall and strong stem, good fi eld performance, and short cycle time. The main colors, Ormea, Mandalay, and Randal, which are strong varieties with excellent perfor- mance in the fi eld, received good feedback. Don Pedro also received a lot of great feedback. This variety is very signifi cant for almost every Colombi- an grower and is very important for the buyers. Don Pedro is reliable in all the aspects: excellent growth, very good quality and productivity, and high fusari- um resistance. It has big fl owers in a stable red color.


or, good numbers of fl owers per stem, and a high tol- erance to fusarium. 09 M 0413 is very promising vari- ety with a deep stable red color. It has strong stems, with an excellent length, and very good numbers of fl owers per stem. Our regular varieties, Caesar and


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n the spray carnation program, the most out- standing varieties were Blanquita and 09 M 0413 Red. Blanquita has a beautiful and pure white col-


Oscar Cuartas is Sales Manager at Selecta Colombia. You can reach him at o.cuartas@selectacolombia.com


Romany, continue to be very popular and reliable among the Colombian growers.


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his was my fi rst Open House with Selecta, and I am very happy with the result. Almost every grower attended our invitation. Our visitors


enjoyed the good time and food. But most important was that they have the opportunity to see excellent and promising varieties. A special Thank You to our host, Flores Aurora and its team, for the eff ort, dedi- cation, and readiness to help, which was decisive to make this event a successful show.


Pictures on the next page: 1. Blanquita, mini carnation 2 PV 8525, pink standard carnation 3. Mandalay, standard carnation 4. Don Pedro, standard carnation 5. Ormea, standard carnation 6. Randal, standard carnation


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