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Cut flowers: 1947 value estimated to have exceeded total of twenty-five million dollars
Author
H. M. ButterfieldAuthor Affiliations
H. M. Butterfield is Agriculturist in Agricultural Extension, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 2(10):15-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n10p15. October 1948.
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Abstract
Commercial cut flower production in 1947 in California's more important flower-growing counties was estimated to be in excess of $25,000,000.
Butterfield H. 1948. Cut flowers: 1947 value estimated to have exceeded total of twenty-five million dollars. Hilgardia 2(10):15-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n10p15
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