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New
Rural Industries Handbook: Contents
Blandfordia
Riceflower
Project Christmas Bush
'Getting Started in Native
Flower Production'
Bettina Gollnow, Development Officer (Floriculture), NSW Agriculture 1996 -
1999.
Covers the basics
of requirements & resources,
Chapters include startup essentials, site requirements, pest & disease
management, markets, what to grow, plantation establishment, production
economics, postharvest care and an extensive guide to more information
resources, grower & industry groups.
'Cutflower Production
for Inland NSW'
Wagga Conference Proceedings, NSW Agriculture 1997
Case studies - the
competitive edge; crops for inland NSW, economic scenarios & risk
assessment, production & marketing, Japan market profile, postharvest
handling.
'Commercial Realities of Cutflower
Production'
Grafton Conference Proceedings, NSW Agriculture 1998
Flower farm business
planning, farm establishment, financial issues, domestic & export market
options , prospective crops.
'Native Australian Plants :
Horticulture & Uses'
ed. by Krystyna Johnson & Margaret Burchett, UNSW Press 1997
Chapters on the main cutflower
crops by leading researchers; the closest we have to a textbook on native flowers. Very
comprehensive.
'Commercial Potential of NSW
Flora', RIRDC 1995
An industry workshop
examined the best prospects for "what to grow?" in different product
types.
'The New Rural Industries - A
Handbook for Farmers & Investors', RIRDC 1998.
New release targets
farmers & investors. It covers market prospects,
production & processing requirements, pest disease & weed control, cost of
production & prospective returns for many new plant & animal crops.
'Flower Grower Seminar
Proceedings 1999' IHM Australia
Leading exporter's market
review & analysis. Also covers quality assessment, production problems,
plant structure & function, pest & disease monitoring, Xmas Bush update,
product standards, postharvest management.
Australian Horticulture
Rural Press
monthly magazine
covering the nursery, cutflower & landscape industries.
Australasian Flowers Rural
Press
quarterly magazine for
florists & flower growers
Rural
Industries Research & Development Corporation: Wildflowers & Native Plants
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Society
for Growing Australian Plants
Flower Exporters Council of Australia
The Australian Flower Company
Total Flower Exports
WAFEX
Floriculture Worldwide Network
GrowSearch
tel. 07 3821 3784 fax 07 3821 3784
a unique database of
horticultural publications.
Australian Native Flower Growers
& Promoters Inc.
Nola Parry, Secretary POB
7009, Kariong NSW 2250
tel. 02 4340 fax 02 4340 1920
Australian Flora & Protea
Growers Association
Charles Coomer, NSW
Branch Membership Officer
tel. 02 6355 2745
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