WOODBURN, Ore. — The mood is far from rosy in the U.S. cut-flower industry,
but despite the economic recession, U.S. flower growers are entering the spring
season with high hopes.
“It’s really been pretty good,” said Barb Iverson of Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm
in Woodburn, Ore., of year-to-date sales. “Valentine’s Day was good and it
seemed like after New Year’s (Day) people started thinking spring flowers.”
“The industry as a whole, considering everything, is doing OK,” said Martin
Meskers, owner of Oregon Flowers Inc. in Aurora, Ore.
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