Interesting Fact About Ecuador

E. L. Wisty, you should be living at this hour, even if only to say: "Now here is a very interesting fact about Ecuador." The fact being that it is one of the world's leading exporters of roses (above) and so should bless the day that St Valentine was born. But do they? Well, yes and no, to judge by Euan McIlwraith's timely documentary. On the one hand, it is jolly nice to be able to rely on February 14 to provide 90 per cent of your annual income, but on the other, it can get a bit boring churning out millions of red blooms just so some otherwise inconsiderate lout can do the right thing by her indoors once a year.

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