Abstract
At least $ 20,000,000 worth of cork products are annually manufactured in the United States, and efforts are being made by annual plantings of cork oaks in 25 States eventually to relieve American industry of its present total dependence upon foreign sources to supply the cork for this production.
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Cookb, G.B. Cork and cork products. Econ Bot 2, 393–402 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859493
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