In recent years, spray type carnation flowers have become popular because they can be grown with
less labour and meet modern consumer’s demand. Carnation
cultivars differ in the length ofthe vase life of cut flowers(Nukui
et al., 2004), which is one of the characteristics determining the
commercial value of the ornamental flowers. Thus, it is of
economical importance to know the vase life of cut carnation
flowers of different cultivars