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Market Analysis:
New year, same result; Kush is once again the most submitted strain of the month, beating out Diesel and Purps by substantial margins. After a rebound in December, the Kind index began 2009 by dropping again, though not significantly. Meanwhile, the US Price shot up $36 to a 14 month high of $394. The Mids and Schwag indices essentially held. The top 5 submitted strains (with average price) were: Kush ($436), Diesel ($504), Purps ($423), Haze ($480) and Blueberry ($353).
 

CURRENT US PRICE INDEX: $394 (last month: $358, YTD: $394)
CURRENT KIND INDEX ($350+ PER OZ): $452 ($465, $452)
CURRENT MIDS INDEX ($150-$349 PER OZ): $263 ($262, $263)
CURRENT SCHWAG INDEX ($1-$149 PER OZ): $93 ($88, $93)  
 
ARIZONA                                   
Phoenix - Alaskan Thunder Fuck: $450           
 
CALIFORNIA                       
Long Beach - Sensi Star: $420
Madera - MorningSnowHaze: $580, BubbaSnow: $590
 
COLORADO                                   
Denver - Northern Lights: $450           
 
FLORIDA                                   
Holiday - Mids: $170           
 
GEORGIA                                   
Valdosta - Kind: $370, Purple Haze: $500
 
INDIANA                                   
Bloomington - Super Skunk: $325           
 
MARYLAND                        
Baltimore - Mids: $110           
 
MASSACHUSETTS             
Boston - NY Diesel: $450, Jack Herer: $400
 
MISSISSIPPI                                   
Calhoun City - Purple Kush: $500           
 
MISSOURI                                    
Joplin - Heavy Duty Fruity: $400
 
NEW JERSEY 
Manalapan - Super Diesel: $600
Pennington - Jack Herer: $400
 
NEW MEXICO                       
Las Cruces - Train Wreck: $400
 
NEW YORK                                   
Brooklyn - Sour Diesel: $500
Long Island - OG Kush: $575
Queens - Strawberry Goo: $450
 
NORTH CAROLINA                       
Asheville - Blue Rhino: $360, Super Silver Haze: $360, OG Kush: $480
Greensboro - Cherry Bomb: $420, Master Kush: $400
Greenville - Schwag: $100
Kenly - StellaBerry: $360
 
OREGON                                   
Coos Bay - Shishkaberry: $250, Blueberry: $250, OG Kush: $250, G-13: $250, Romulan: $250
 
PENNSYLVANIA                       
Coplay - Marian Mean Green: $400, AK-47: $450, Sensi Star: $450, Sour Diesel Purps: $450, Bubba Kush: $425, Jack Herer: $420
 
SOUTH CAROLINA                       
Sumter - Blueberry: $450, White Rhino: $450
 
TEXAS                                   
Austin - Sweet Island Skunk: $450
 
VIRGINIA                                   
Fredericksburg - AK-47: $450           
 
WISCONSIN                                   
Beloit - Schwag: $70, Kind: $315            
 
International:
 
CANADA
Alberta - Green Crack: C$200, Kush: C$200
Quebec - M-39: C$145                                                           
 
ISRAEL                                                                       
Tel Aviv - Lebanese Hash: $168, White Widow: $420    

 

QUOTES:
 
MorningSnowHaze, BubbaSnow - $580, $590
Madera, CALIFORNIA
“It has taken me six years of good strain choice and heavy yield to create these. THC ranges from 20% - 23%. Fruity pine scent with a very strong, pungent, citrusy odor.”
 
Purple Haze - $500
Valdosta, GEORGIA
“It's been rough down here. Things were a lot more free flowing a month or so ago but the damned cops rolled on a lot of people. Either way we've still been able to stay high down here. Crazy prices, especially when you look at California last month…”
 
NY Diesel - $450
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS
“The sweet and stinky. Fat buds coupled with dark green and slightly purple coloring undertones. A deep high that never fails to put you back in the New York Groove, then right back to the couch.”
 
Jack Herer - $400
Pennington, NEW JERSEY
“Very close to the original Super Silver Haze – sweet smell and strong stone.”
 
Sensi Star - $450
Coplay, PENNSYLVANIA
“I’m from about two miles outside of Allentown. Recently ‘A-town Brown’ was submitted and I felt disgusted so I decided to let you know what I’ve been smoking!”