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Re: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs

I'm sorry I did not read carefully enough. I did not realize both portions
of your post were for retail. In case anyone else is wondering what on earth
we are talking about, here is the information again. :)
<<Yes, there is a national published list, and it includes all the
horticultural sales data, per year, state by state. In Michigan $66,900,000
worth of nursery stock (retail) was sold per the last available data (1998).
This data is always a few years old when released.
    Some other Michigan data: 972,000 pine trees sold, 926,000 spruce trees,
1,477,000 yews, 2,860,000 deciduous shrubs, 310,000 roses, 5,697,000 nut and
fruit trees, 38,000 ash trees (not broken down per cultivar unfortunately),
16,755,000 birch trees, 12,000 Honey Locust, 13,000 linden-basswood, 1,000
Japanese Maples, 35,000 Norway Maples, 27,000 Red maples, 23,000 sugar
maples, 16,000 "other" maples, 63,000 oaks, 12,000 poplars, 2,000 sweetgums,
    12,000 willow, and 77,000 "other" deciduous shade trees, plus 223,000
deciduous flowering trees.>>

Barbara M. Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Ogren" <tloallergyfree@earthlink.net>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL]: Top Selling Trees and Shrubs


>     Barbara,
>     Well, actually, the numbers of trees sold in some other states dwarf
> those of Michigan. In California horticulture is a 10 Billion dollar
> enterprise, that's billions, not millions.
>     If you look at the records carefully, they list both the numbers of
> trees sold, and the total dollar amount involved per each species--thus
you
> can figure out (sort of) if they were large trees, or small seedlings.
>    Anyhow, the numbers I quoted were RETAIL, not wholesale, thus most of
> these trees probably were not for sale outside of the state.
> Tom Ogren
> tloallergyfree@earthlink.net
>
> Ps. I used to be in the nursery trade myself, and everyone loves birch
trees
> (yes, planted in threes), but the turnover w/ birch is often quite
> high--they don't tolerate drought at all, don't tolerate wet feet worth a
> darn, and they get a borer that kills them off to boot. But you're right,
> 16,755,000 birch trees seems like a lot. I suspect most of them were very
> small trees. Included in these numbers are trees sold for "conservation"
> uses too.
>

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