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Textbooks such as Floriculture: Principles and Species; The Flower Farmer; Field Grown Cut Flowers and the second edition of Specialty Cut Flowers by Allan Armitage and Judy Laushman are available at discounted prices to ASCFG members. To order publications, call the ASCFG at (440) 774-2887 or
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Garden Bouquets and Beyond
 | by Suzy Bales
Foreword by Allan Armitage
Creating Wreaths, Garlands, and More in Every Garden Season
Available to ship in late January 2010.
Order now to reserve your copy.
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Member: $30.00 Non-member: $35.00
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Woody Cut Stems for Growers and Florists
 | by Lane Greer and John Dole
Production and Post-Harvest
Handling of Branches for
Flowers, Fruit, and Foliage.
Member $35 Non-member $40
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Floriculture: Principles and Species  | by John Dole and Harold Wilkins, 800 pages, hardbound
Member $95 Non-member $105
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The Flower Farmer  | by Lynn Byczynski, 224 pages, softbound.
An excellent resource for beginning and experienced flower growers. Chapters include choosing varieties, site and soil preparation, planting and transplanting, woody ornamentals, dried flowers, postharvest handling, arranging and much more. A multitude of marketing options, from pick-your-own operations and farmers' markets to selling directly to florists, supermarkets and wholesalers is investigated.
Member $30 Non-member $35
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Herbaceous Perennial Plants, Third Edition  | by Allan Armitage, 1224 pages, softbound
The long-awaited third edition of Allan Armitage’s masterpiece on garden perennials will be released
this spring. Armitage’s extensive traveling, teaching and trialing experiences provide a depth ofunderstanding of the best ornamental perennials for North American gardens unparalleled by any other garden writer. One of the most definitive and conclusive books written about perennials, the first edition was designated as one of the best 75 books written in the last 75 years by the American Horticulture Society, and the third promises to be even better.
Member $60 Non-member $70 (softbound)
Member $80 Non-member $85 (hardbound)
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Preserving Flowers and Foliage with Glycols & Dyes: a Manual for the Commercial Producer  | by Mark Koch, 200+ pages, 3-ring binder format.
A comprehensive manual for systemic and immersion methods of preserving plants and foliages using glycols, dyes, bacteriostats and surfactants, this is intended for the experienced commercial producers of glycol-preserved plant materials.
Member $77 Non-member $85
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Specialty Cut Flowers, 2nd. Edition  | by Allan Armitage & Judy Laushman, 636 pages, hardbound. This greatly revised and expanded edition of Specialty Cut Flowers offers a unique perspective on cut flower production, bringing together in one place the infor-mation growers need to propagate and cultivate their eye-catching plants. Introductory chapters offer a discussion of domestic and foreign production, a brief overview of trends, and general comments and techniques for the postharvest care of flowers, including drying and preserving. The main body of the book gives extensive coverage of annual, perennial, bulbous, and woody species for commercial cut flower production, including propagation and growing-on methods, environmental factors, yield in the field, greenhouse forcing, stage of harvest, postharvest handling, and pests and diseases. For easier reference, plants now appear in single, straightforward A-to-Z order. Reflecting decades of research and writing by two distinguished horticulturists, Specialty Cut Flowers will be an indispensable reference for the nursery bookshelf.
Member: $35.00 Non-member: $40.00
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