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Tuesday, Jan 18, 2005
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Floriculture A rose in Bengal's cap Our Bureau
Kolkata , Jan. 17 WEST Bengal is set to figure on the commercial rose farming map shortly. A private company North East Flora has started cultivation of Dutch roses. Mr Sailen Sarkar, West Bengal Minister for Food Processing Industries and Horticulture said at the 23rd All India Rose Convention here that the Rs 1.18-crore project at Siliguri could be a modest beginning for West Bengal in the business of rose exports. It is estimated that around Rs 150 crore worth of roses are exported out of the country of which Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi contribute the largest share. During the 2004-04 festive season, around 1.5 lakh roses made it to the US and Holland. The Minister said that the West Bengal State Food Processing & Horticulture Development Corporation exports tube rose, gladiolus, gerbera, carnation, aster, golden rod and orchid. The estimated area under floriculture in the State is 17,328 hectares, of which only 1,380 hectares is used for rose cultivation. The State produces a total of around 88 crore cut-flowers annually. Ms Helga Brichet, past president of World Federation of Rose Societies, pointed out that in the history of rose cultivation, Kolkata has played a major role as the link between East and West. "The testimony thereof is the classification name R. Bengalensis given to a modest but outstandingly important bloom, which passed through the Botanical Gardens here from China on its way to Europe," she added. Mr S.B. Mukherjee, President of the Bengal Rose Society, said that the society had proposed to set up a nursery-cum-hothouse.
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