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much more than in the past. Avery important _ _ ._ . .. _ he makes is, "You' ll create your own market just by growing this lettuce Here in Fresno County. " Note: Christenson' s Ias a second market on Kings Canyon Highway in Fresno. Then we ran into a lot of produce managers at markets in Fresno who had never heard of "Green Rose" Limestone Lettuce. But , after giving them samples (from Somis) ALL say they too will carry our lettuce and will put it in their ads they run weekly in the "See" . Like Chuck: Mitchell at Hanoians Market- Sutter & Cedar in • Fresno. Not only is he ready to carry our lettuce, he wants to know more about building a factory at another location in the state. Our price of $7. 20 a box or E0 cents a head was very acceptable to Chuck. - When we first started talking to Dennis, the produce manager at Continental Market on Blackstone in Fresno, he wasn' t aware of Limestone Lettuce. But , lie had a friend with him who once worked in the San Francisco Produce Market . His friend quickly spoke up telling Dennis "people who know Limestone Lettuce don' t buy 1 or heads at a time, they buy 1 or 2 bones. " After chec4::ing out the samples, Dennis says he' ll carry it , advertising it in his weekly "Bee" ads. He will also do weekend demonstrations in his store. He tells me "we' ll sell out the store-we' ll be your biggest customer . ( I didn' t tell him about Save Mart) . At our • price to hime, Dennis also plans to sel '. at 99 cents a head. Brad O' Neal is produce manager and the person who draws up the 'twice-weekly full-page ads in the "Bee" for ttie 9 store Foodland supermarket chain in Fresno. He has heard of "Green Rose" lettuce. But , has not carried it in his stores `.cause it was not availablein any quanity on a regular basis. L rning we would be growing it here in Fresno County and woul deliver dires=t to his stores " fresh" , Dennis is eager to be c • our big cusomers. He feels our price of $7. 20 pwer box is rL-alisticly reasonable and tells me, " I ' ll give you one full month of advertising in our ads. Over at Bad Boy' s Market on Shaw Avenue, produce manager Jim had never heard of our lettuce. After hearing how we grew it , and checking out the samples, he tells me "we' ll not only carry it , we' ll advertise it our "Bee" ads. " At our price c.f $7. 20 per box, he too expects to sell it to his customrs at 99 cents.