• This V-Day, buy roses for a song

  February 8, 2010 10:09:17

  On this Valentine's Day, you can buy plenty of exotic roses at reasonable prices if you are living in South Gujarat. For, the farmers growing the export varieties of the flower are going to dump them at the local market as there is a steep decline in demand for the flower in the foreign market.The varieties such as Upper Classes, Gold Strike, Passion and Grand Gala, originally from Holland, France and New Zealand, are grown in South Gujarat. But flower growers are having a tough time th...

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  Posted by Satish Jha / DNA in Ahmedabad category.
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