Evaluation of gladiolus cultivars for growth, flowering, spike yield and corm yield under temperate regions of Kashmir

An experiment was conducted to study the comparative performance of eleven varieties of Tulip viz Abba, Apeldoorn, Ballerina, Beathoven's memory, Cantata, Cassini, Golden Melody, Inzell, Lucky Strike, Parade and Purrisimaat the ‘Research farm of Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture SKUAST-Kashmir. The experiment was arranged in Randomized Block Design with three replications. There were significant difference among the varieties with respect to vegetative, floral and yield characters. Maximum cup depth 9.66cm was noticed in cv. Inzell and minimum 4.00 cm in cv. Ballerina. Duration of flowering in the field was maximum as long as 14.50 days each in cv. Parade and Purrisima and minimum duration of 7.66 days in Beethoven's Memory. On the basis of overall performance and assessment of tulip cultivars, all the varieties are best suited for cut flower purposes except cv. Beethoven's Memory and Cantata owing to their shorter scape length. Also all the cultivars are suitable for pot culture, bedding and garden decoration as well. Vase life was exhibited maximum 12.00 days by cv. Parade, followed by 10.50 days each by cv. Cantata, Cassini and Purrisima and minimum 8.33 days by cv. Inzell.