WAC , Wagagai Agriom Combination , has opened new trial land site for roses in Ecuador and Colombia . In 2018 several hundred WAC selections were set at both sites . “ During the heart-to-heart day in March , we will be proud to present them to potential customers ” , says Agriom director Jaap Stelder .
He enthusiastically point pic on his laptop of a few selections at the trial site in Ecuador , which he visited in January . A bloodless rose with a lovely full head immediately take hold of the eye . “ This is Vanilla Ice , our absolute hotshot at the moment . A very productive selection with buds that open nicely and with a slightly elongated shape which prevents them from easily prejudicious during transport ” , he explains . “ And this is also a neat one ” , he says as he snap through to another snowy rosiness . “ This is the FF100 , which has a slightly larger flower than Vanilla Ice . ”
Edgar Orjuela ( centre leave ) and Martin Yepes ( right ) , WAC interpreter in Ecuador and Colombia , respectively , audit a bed of Bali at the new WAC trial run location in Cayambe , Ecuador . reference : Agriom / Jaap Stelder
Wider range of possibilitiesThe WAC rose test site at an height of 2800 metres in Cayambe , Ecuador is located at the Flowerfest nursery . The WAC used to have a trial location at Fiscella in Cayambe . “ However , we ceased that cooperation as Flowerfest put up a wide orbit of possibilities ” , explain Stelder . “ South America is a key market . We need to acquaint South American growers to the WAC range and no longer focalize solely on sales in African product area . " Within WAC , breeding company Agriom from De Kwakel and Ugandan cultivator Wagagai have join forces to produce unexampled selections .
Promising talentsThe penetrative interestingness shown by South American growers in the WAC chain is underline by the fact that Ecoroses , a nursery at an EL of 3100 metres in Machachi , Ecuador , plant a test bed with Bali in October last year . “ This rose with flamingo - coloured flower petal on the outside and a cream - color core is a true talent , and the same can be said of the bi - coloured Catch and certain survival that are still identify by numeral '' , says Stelder . The WAC range planted at the psychometric test locating in Ecuador can be visit during the open daylight to be held at the ending of March .
Later on in the time of year , open day are also planned at the WAC trial situation at an altitude of 2700 metres in Colombia at Unique Collection Farms in Savanna de Bogota . " Our selections there were set a small later and in a slimly less innovative stage of growth . But we naturally also desire to show them to any interested growers . They look mythologic when I was there in January , so that ’s very promising ! ”
For more selective information : AgriomJaap StelderAchterweg 58a1424 PR De KwakelNetherlandsT : +31 ( 0)297344078 one thousand : +31 ( 0)6 51408341[email protected]www.agriom.nl
WAC InternationalRichard McGonnel+254 722 81 09 68www.wac-international.com
