bulbs from Costco

Billthebulbbaron@aol.com Billthebulbbaron@aol.com
Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:20:45 PDT
In a message dated 8/30/04 7:46:09 AM, DaveKarn@aol.com writes:

<<  Obviously, economies of 
scale, I guess, and acres and acres of KA handled largely by machine.  
Interestingly, land prices in Holland are at least what they are for decent 
farmland 
here on the West Coast so no one here is getting rich peddling bulbs! >>

Lingarden in UK claim their daffs are never touched by human hands in the 
whole process...they don't even sell by count anymore but by weight, graded of 
course by size.

Production also is moving, rapidly I think, to the Third World (narcissus in 
north Africa and Zimbabwe of all places, for example is what I hear).


Best wishes,

Bill the Bulb Baron
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