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Cromwell, Connecticut, USA
Pierson's Green Houses
GROWING ROSES AS BIG BUISNESS
"...The Pierson family has been in the rose-growing business for more than a century and its vast range of greenhouses in Cromwell has become a local landmark.
The family's company, A. N. Pierson Inc., is the largest rose-growing concern in New England. It employs 180 people and owns more than 100 acres; 12 1/ 2 acres are under glass. It produces 6 million roses a year plus other seasonal crops, including 45,000 poinsettias, 23,000 lilies and a substantial portion of dish gardens and terrarium plants..." www.nytimes.com (August 31, 1986)
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GROWING ROSES AS BIG BUISNESS
"...The Pierson family has been in the rose-growing business for more than a century and its vast range of greenhouses in Cromwell has become a local landmark.
The family's company, A. N. Pierson Inc., is the largest rose-growing concern in New England. It employs 180 people and owns more than 100 acres; 12 1/2 acres are under glass. It produces 6 million roses a year plus other seasonal crops, including 45,000 poinsettias, 23,000 lilies and a substantial portion of dish gardens and terrarium plants..." www.nytimes.com (August 31, 1986)){kind=small}