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020 $a1565124383
020 $a9781565124387
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050 00 $aSB443.3$b.S74 2007
082 00 $a338.1/759660973$222
100 1 $aStewart, Amy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00014953
245 10 $aFlower confidential /$cAmy Stewart.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aChapel Hill :$bAlgonquin Books,$c2007.
300 $a306 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-306).
505 00 $g1.$tThe birds, the bees, and a camel hair brush -- $g2.$tEngineered to perfection -- $g3.$tItalian violets and Japanese chrysanthemums -- $g4.$tAcres under glass -- $g5.$tHow the Dutch conquered the world -- $g6.$tFlowers on the equator -- $g7.$tForbidden flowers -- $g8.$tThe Dutch auction -- $g9.$tFlorists, supermarkets, and the next big thing -- $tEpilogue : Valentines Day -- $tThe care and feeding of cut flowers -- $tVisiting markets and growers.
520 1 $a"For over a century hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists around the world have worked to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature could provide. Almost any flower, in any color, is for sale at any time of year." "Amy Stewart travels the globe to take us inside this dazzling world. She tracks down scientists intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horticultural legend who created the world's most popular lily (the 'Star Gazer'); a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite, high-end organic roses that are the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. She sees firstHand how flowers are grown and harvested on farms in Latin America, California, and Holland. (It isn't always pretty.)"--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aCut flower industry$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aCut flower industry$xHistory.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2006040092-d.html
852 00 $bglx$hSB443.3$i.S74 2007