[pbs] What's going on here?- Dutch flower industry
Mark Mazer
markmazerandfm13 at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 4 13:26:13 EST 2008
many of the Dutch auction houses have closed and the
>others have been consolidated. It's my understanding that all plants
>used to have to be run through the auction houses. This is no longer
>the case. That's about all the details that I remember.
The two largest auction houses consolidated recently. FloraHolland and Alsmeer were their names, I think. It's now a 6 billion dollar business.
There is a comprehensive discussion of the Dutch flower industry at:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/flrsect/index.htm
I found the paper very informative.
Best,
Mark Mazer
Hertford, North Carolina USa
Zone 7b-8, I think
70F, rain expected. Several Tritelia germinate, Lachenalia pusilla seed harvested. Planted a Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ outside.
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