There are more than 100 varieties of sweet cherries that are divided into Bigarreau and Heart groups. Bigarreau Group: Under this group, cherries are round in shape and generally the fruit colour varies from dark to light red. The promising hybrid varieties in this group are lapins, summit, sue, sam, sunbrust, and stella.
Heart Group: Under this group, cherry fruits are in heart shape with tender flesh. Fruit colour varied from darkish red to light coloured reddish.
Some of the popular commercial varieties of carnations under the different categories include red, pink, yellow, orange, white and bicolor are; Navidad, Mora, Alibaba, Yellow Liberty, Charment, Madam Collettee, Hermes, Fortune Turbo, Viking, Gravello, Solar, Star, Folgore, Victoria, Diana, Ruphus, Gaudina, Aicardi, White Liberty and White Wedding.
Carnation cultivars are mainly divided into 3 categories/groups depending upon flower size and their use. They are Standard carnation, Spray carnation and Micro carnation. Standard carnations have a single large flower on an individual stem of the plant and mostly used as cut flowers. Spray carnation are small and compact and generally a bunch of flowers on short branches of a single stalk. Micro carnations have shorter stems and higher production than spray cultivars. These carnations are mostly used as ornamental pot plants other than using in flower decorations.
DRR Dhan 44 variety is characterized by high yield under limited conditions. Kudrat – 5 is also high yielding variety of rice. Some other high yielding rice varieties are CR Dhan 413, CR Dhan 316, CR Dhan 317, CR Dhan411, CR Dhan 512, CR Dhan 803, CR Dhan 702 and CR Dhan 703.
There are two species of marigold. They are Tagetes erecta (African marigold) and Tagetes patula (French marigold). The African marigold plant is hardy, annual and grows 90 cm tall, erect and branched. Plant leaves are pinnately divided and leaflets are lanceolate and serrated. Flowers are single to fully double with large globular heads and the florets are either 2-lipped or quilled. Flower color changes from lemon yellow to yellow, golden yellow or orange.
The French marigold plant is a hardy annual grows to about 30 cm tall, forming a bushy plant. Foliage is the dark green color with the reddish stem. Plant leaves are pinnately divided and leaflets are linear, lanceolate and serrated. These flowers are small, either single or double borne on proportionately long peduncles. The flower color changes from yellow to mahogany red.
The other Local Varieties are Local types (yellow & orange), MDU 1 & Pusa Narangi Gainda, and Pusa Basanthi Gainda (IARI varieties).
The commercial French Marigold Hybrid Varieties are Petit spray, Harmony, Gypsy, Lemon drops, Rusty red, Star of India, Red Bokardo, and Flash.
The commercial African marigold hybrid varieties are New Alaska, Aapricot, Glitters, Happiness, Primrose, Fiesta, Cracker jack, Climax, Yellow supreme, and Hawai.
There are two main varieties of Marigold based on their size and characteristics. They are French marigold Flowers: These plants are short and their flowers are small in size and African marigold Flowers: These plants are tall and their flowers are bigger in size.
This is a late maturing straight variety of litchi with vines behind. The fruits of this film are large conical and free from the problem of cracking. It is in high demand due to its deep red color and high pulp content. But the problem of alternate function is seen in this film.