Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
by Stewart, Amy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1565124383
- ISBN 13
- 9781565124387
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought—for better or worse—to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horitcultural legend who created the most popular lily; a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite roses, the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. And, at every turn she discovers the startling intersection of nature and technology, of sentiment and commerce.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
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- Title
- Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
- Author
- Stewart, Amy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- third printing
- ISBN 10
- 1565124383
- ISBN 13
- 9781565124387
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Date Published
- 2007-01-01
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 18 oz
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