Exports of British-grown chrysanthemums are booming thanks to scientifically developed cultivation methods which are producing new varieties of healthier blooms in many different colours. This splendid display mounted by Frampton Nurseries, Ltd, includes many of the 50 new varieties of chrysanthemums bred by the company in addition to carnations and impatients. New varieties are bred from selected parents which are cross-pollenated to produce appropriate hybrids. Irradiation techniques are sometimes used to influence mutation and achieve desired characteristics.
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Press, 18 June 1980, Page 21
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77Exports of British-grown chrysanthemums are booming thanks to scientifically developed cultivation methods which are producing new varieties of healthier blooms in many different colours. This splendid display mounted by Frampton Nurseries, Ltd, includes many of the 50 new varieties of chrysanthemums bred by the company in addition to carnations and impatients. New varieties are bred from selected parents which are cross-pollenated to produce appropriate hybrids. Irradiation techniques are sometimes used to influence mutation and achieve desired characteristics. Press, 18 June 1980, Page 21
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