Post Last Edit by mizcheryl at 29-11-2011 16:13
Their dazzling colours are thanks to the years in the 17th century when Tulip mania swept the globe and the most eye-catching specimens changed hands for a small fortune. But like a rainbow, this colourful landscape is ashort-lived phenomenon. When the flowers are gone, the land will becultivated for a rather more mundane crop of vegetables. The Netherlands produce more than nine million bulbs a year.
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