The end of the tale of the blue rose Bashny.Net

lyrical hero of the poem by Rudyard Kipling sought in vain for his capricious lover blue roses. He walked halfway around the world in search of a marvelous flower, but the campaign was doomed to failure. If he had lived a century later, the story would have a happy ending. The Japanese company Suntory led blue roses (correct them, of course, call the purple, but will not find fault with words), which previously existed only in the imagination of poets. Japanese breeders for the first time presented a flower in 2009 in Tokyo. Withdrawal blue flower they took nearly twenty years. His creation the Japanese called «Applause» («Applause") - in honor of the long-awaited triumph. Now, a unique flower is chosen outside the research laboratories and the rising sun. Soon blue roses will be sold in selected flower shops USA and Canada. The cost is not specified, but it is clear that these flowers will cost more than the usual scarlet and white. In Japan, for example, blue roses sell for 3,700 yen (1,500 rubles for our money). That was just a fairy tale, it has become a commodity.