The time taken for drying of flowers by hot air oven drying method was recorded as number of hours at the end
of drying. Quality parameters like colour, appearance and texture were assessed by means of sensory evaluation.
Panel of judges assessed the quality parameters viz., colour, appearance and texture by scoring on a five-point
scale i.e. excellent, very good, good, bad and very bad with the weightage of 3.5-4.0, 2.5-3.4, 1.5-2.4, 0.5-1.4
and 0.0-0.4 respectively. Experimental data was analysed statistically using MSTAT computer programme. The
limit of probability fixed for the level of significance was P = 0.01..