The Cultivation and Marketing of Roses at Iquaripalayam village,

It is a known fact that there is a continuous and grow- ing demand in all urban areas for roses among other flowers, throughout the Presidency. Many villages near such areas grow this crop on a field scale and Iquaripalayam is one such village. Roses fetch to its producers, the ready money to meet their house-hold and other day-to-day expenses. This village consists of nearly 100 homes and is situated about six miles, from Gummidipundi R. S. on the Madras-Culcutta line and is about 36 miles, from Madras by road. The total area of the village is about 1,000 acres, of which only 500 acres, are cultivable. The village has a tank with a very good water supply lasting for 6 to 9 months in a year, from August till April following. The ryots who cultivate roses belong chiefly to the Kshatriya caste, though a few Vysias and Adi-Dravidas also grow them.