What's going on here?- Dutch flower industry
Mark Mazer (Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:26:13 PST)
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://ilo.org/public/english/…
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.