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Page 14 Douglas fir (Continued from page 13) was responsible for more plantings than any other spe- cies. However, with consum- ers willing to pay more for the Noble, many growers began planting more of them. Last year, there were 5,578 Nobles put into the ground compared to 3,213 Douglas firs. Nord- mann fir accounted for 885 plantings, and Grand fir ac- counted for 722 plantings. “It’s interesting to see that in the past five years, Douglas fir has dropped from 52 per- cent of the total plantings to about 30 percent while Noble fir has jumped from 39 per- cent to more than half of all plantings at 53 percent,” said Goodwin. The location of Christmas tree production in Oregon hasn’t changed much through- out the years. Clackamas County remains the state’s top producer with $32.4 million in sales from 15,200 acres of Christmas trees. Benton County is number two at $21.6 million from 8,140 acres. Marion County is num- ber three at $17.4 million from 9,050 acres. Polk County is number four at $13.7 million from 6,090 acres. Those four counties are responsible for 87 percent of last year’s Christmas tree sales and account for three-quarters of all acreage in Christmas tree production in Oregon. Finally, the survey details where Oregon Christmas trees end up. The number-one desti- nation is California, responsi- ble for 46 percent of all sales in 2001. A combination of other western states -- Idaho, Mon- tana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Alaska, and Hawaii -- is responsible for 13 percent of all sales. The Gulf States region recorded 10 percent of last year’s sales. Mexico re- corded 9 percent of the sales. Oregon itself bought only 8 percent of all Christmas trees sold last year. Neighbor- ing Washington was responsi- ble for 3 percent of the sales. Brewski ..? Foreign beer sales in Ore- gon are led by the brewer of Corona, according to the Ore- gon Liquor Control Commis- sion (OLCC.) Cerveceria Modelo, of Mexico, heads the list of for- eign beer sellers in Oregon for the first seven months of 2002, OLCC said. The agency collects privilege taxes on beer and wine. As of July 31, Mexican brewers of Corona and other malt beverages sold 46,471 barrels (31 gallons each) to wholesalers, up 13.9 percent from the same 2001 period. Cerveceria Modelo is the fifth-leading seller to whole- sales in the state, behind the U.S. brewing giants: An- heurser-Busch/501,427 bar- rels; Miller/312,667; Coors/281,580; and Pabst/64,951. The nine other leading foreign beer sellers in Oregon through July: Labatt, Canada/17,108 barrels; Heineken, Nether- lands/13,741; Guiness, Eng- land/13,735; Beck, Ger- many/2,953; Pilsner Urquell, Czech Republic/2,201; Sap- poro, Japan/757; Spaten Fran- ziskauer, Germany/749; Quin- quado, China/745; and Scot- tish & Newcastle, Scot- land/570. Malt beverages also are imported into Oregon from New Zealand, El Salvador, Italy, Belgium, Korea, South Africa, Singapore, Vietnam, Poland, Norway, Croatia, Mo- rocco, Yugoslavia, Russia, Bulgaria, Laos, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, and India. Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR 97523, November 27, 2002