A new rose by De Ruiter is hitting the food market : the Shamita . All in all , it take six years to develop the diversity , and it was only named and became commercial this year . The light pink flower is named Shamita , which means Browning machine gun in Hindi , and was crossbred at De Ruiter East Africa Ltd. , where the planting fabric for the rose is now supplied .
To already get acquainted with the Shamita , three farms in Kenya talked about their experience with its production , as well as their expected value for the prime .
Rob Letcher en Rohit PatilVijay Bhosale , General handler at Nini Ltd. “We are comparatively new to the yield , but so far , it count very promising . We conceive this smorgasbord can contend with the other highly generative varieties in its reach , and it grows even faster than some others . At an ALT of 1800 meters , we see around 240 – 250 stems in all our intermediate diversity , and so far , it looks like the Shamita can easily compete . Thanks to its thickset head sizing , it is also a neat variety for ocean export as this reduces damage during raptus . And impart that we ship flower from Kenya to Europe , this is important for us to look at . ”
Ghanshyam Dusang , General manager at Everflora Ltd. “We pass the testing in our place . At our elevation of 1680 meters , we ’re getting about a 4.5 curium head size . The color is very nice , between brightness garden pink and cherry tree . The bloom opens very well , has a peachy number of strong petal , and a stem length of 40 to 60 centimetre . The flower are in very mellow production already with 3 to 4 sprouts . ”
Fred Okinda , Farm manager at De Ruiter East Africa Ltd. “The exploitation pick out seven years but was well deserving the delay . It is a versatile diversity that can be raise at every altitude and has good production . The rosebush has a beautiful , stable pink vividness and is easy to grow . At lowly altitudes , the pink wine achieves 270 stem per square metre per yr . At 1900 meters above sea level , this is a minimum of 214 stems per straight m per year . The roses are easy to pack and ship thanks to their full-strength stems ( 90 % of production has a stem duration of over 50 cm ) , shape , and heavy oral sex sizing ( between 4.5 to 6 curium bet on the altitude ) . The rose also fare well in cold storage , is resistant to botrytis , and has a vase living of two workweek . ”
A reoccurring radical in the above - given statements is that altitude greatly work the output of rose wine . In term of header size of it , it seems that the great the ALT , the greater the head word size . But as Fred Okinda explain , it also tempt the shank per satisfying meter in production .
Whether or not the Shamita will handle to dwell up to its name remains to be seen , but so far , things are depend call .
For more information : Rohit PatilDe Ruiter East Africa Ltd. P.O. Box 68720117 Naivasha , KenyaTel . : +254 798 502 673Email:[email protected]https://deruiter.com / nl/
Fred OkindaDe Ruiter East Africa Ltd. Tel . : +254722579204Email:[email protect ]
Ghanshyam DusangEverflora Ltd. Tel . : +254721638005Email:[email protect ]
Vijay BhosaleNini Ltd. Tel . : +254702662297Email:[email protected ]
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