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[PERKINS COIE LLP Letterhead]
Exhibit 23.3
July 6, 2000
Allan Woodburn Associates
18 Newmills Crescent,
Balerno,
Midlothian, U.K.
Tel: +44.131.451.5173
FAX: +44.131.451.5172
Email: [email protected]
RE: EDEN BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION
Dear Allan:
EDEN Bioscience Corporation is planning a public offering of its
common stock and expects to file a registration statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on or before July 7, 2000. EDEN's plans regarding this
public offering remain extremely confidential. Please help us to protect the
confidentiality of these plans by disclosing them on a need-to-know basis only.
The purpose of this letter is to confirm your consent to the reference
to your firm in EDEN's Registration Statement on Form S-1 and the inclusion
therein of information derived from your firm's report entitled
"Agrochemicals-Executive Review." Exhibit A to this letter identifies the
information that we have derived from your firm's report and included in EDEN's
registration statement.
Please confirm your consent to the foregoing by executing a copy of
this letter below and fax a copy of this letter to the undersigned at (206)
583-8500 immediately. Please also return the original letter by mail or
overnight courier. Thank you very much for your assistance with this matter.
Very truly yours,
Perkins Coie, LLP
Agreed and accepted:
Allan Woodburn Associates
By: /s/ Allan Woodburn
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[Allan Woodburn, Director]
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EXHIBIT A
'In 1999 the world agrochemical market was just over 30 billion dollars'.
and 'In 1998 the World Agrochemical Market was 31.25 billion dollars'.
