Apr 12, 2007

Carnation Literature Archive AvailableSource: Colorado State University

The Floriculture Program at Colorado State University (CSU), through the CSU Library, has put together an online archive collection of carnation literature. The collection, titled Carnations and the Floricultural Industry, highlights the industry from the 1950s to 1970s.

Digitized from the records of the Colorado Flower Growers Association, the 519-item collection encompasses an array of topics for researchers, scholars and students interested in advertising and publicity of Colorado carnations, the creation of a trademark, carnation cultivation, carnation care, carnation tinting and arrangement, activities pertaining to the Colorado Flower Growers Association and relationships of the association with other organizations, companies and individuals.

To visit the Web site, click here.

If you have any old photos or materials that are related, please send them to: Steven E. Newman, Greenhouse Crops Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Floriculture Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173.