Re: greenhouse-tomatoes: Greenhouse share of the tomato market

[David M Ingram <davidi@ext.msstate.edu>]

greenhouse-tomatoes - an email list for growers of greenhouse tomatoes.
Sent by David M Ingram <davidi@ext.msstate.edu>.
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Just by word of mouth I am hearing around that 40% mark.

David M. Ingram
Extension Plant Pathologist
1320 Seven Springs Road
Central MS Research & Extension Center
Raymond, Mississippi 39154
Phone: 601-857-2284

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Snyder <RickS@ra.msstate.edu>
Date: Monday, April 10, 2006 2:15 pm
Subject: Re: greenhouse-tomatoes: Greenhouse share of the tomato market

> greenhouse-tomatoes - an email list for growers of greenhouse 
> tomatoes.Sent by "Rick Snyder" <RickS@ra.msstate.edu>.
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> 
> richard:
> 
> sounds a little high me.
> 
> in "North American Greenhouse Tomatoes Emerge as a Major Market 
> Force," by Linda Calvin and Roberta Cooke, they said that 
> greenhouse 
> tomatoes now account for 37% of all fresh tomatoes sold.
> 
> that was about a year ago, but still, it's hard to believe that it 
> would increase that fast.
> 
> anybody else have more current hard data?
> 
> rick
> 
> 
> On 10 Apr 2006 at 14:33, Richard Jones wrote about "greenhouse-
> tomatoes: Greenhouse share of the toma":
> 
> > 
> > One national survey apparently indicates that nearly 50% of 
> tomato 
> > sales at retail are now greenhouse grown. 
> > That seems about right - to me anyway - but I was wondering what 
> the 
> > members of the list thought. 
> > Does this sound right to you guys? 
> > Richard 
> > 
> > Richard Jones 
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