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Inflation to Raise Christmas Tree Prices This Year
Washington report from UPI notes a 4 to 5 percent price rise on Christmas trees in 1972. Dr. Richard Marks of the Agriculture Department forecasts higher costs per foot, with a six foot tree moving from six to nine dollars to about six twenty five to nine fifty. Growers will market over 35 million trees, earning an estimated ninety million dollars for growers and two hundred ten million dollars from consumers.
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