calendar>>December 13. 2020 Juche 109
Successes Made in Floriculture
Pyongyang, December 13 (KCNA) -- The Pyongyang Floriculture Institute has gained successes in cultivation of flowers.

The institute has intensified their research to breed new varieties of ornamental flowers.

Its researchers succeeded in acclimatizing world-famous flowers by introducing various breeding methods.

As a result, 10 new species have been registered on the state list of valuable flowers this year.

Researchers have also increased varieties of dried flowers by improving drying and preserving technology.

Flower cultivation and dissemination have also been brisk.

The institute has cultivated 20 species of roses and cosmos, gladiolus and other flowers and supplied them to horticultural stations.

It has also worked hard to produce bio-insecticide with materials rich in our country.

Its researchers have brought out books and dozens of treatises conducive to improving the technical and practical skills of officials in the field of afforestation and bettering the public knowledge of flower.

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