Show parish planning to grab easter lily bulb market new orleans la plaquemines Plaque mines parish boosters boasters bo are planning to take j the easter lily bulb ma market arket fromi from j japan and bermuda lilies grown in the parish are herd to be superior to those grown elsewhere and with further development growers hope to take the annual bulb market from japan where a majority of lilies blooming in this country on easter are raised most of the lily bulbs used in this country come from japan dr C T dowell director of the a agricultural ri cultural experiment station at lou louisiana s iana state university told growers we import bulbs annually most of which are inferior to those raised in plaque mines parish if the industry is i developed further here we could take the market from japan plaquemines Plaque mines parish can grow enough lilies to supply the entire i american market according to peter A chopin president of the new orleans retail florists asso i ciati cia tion oln |