. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Ka« lU uaual bcwikj^rin^ display ol all the glorioui pUnts and Moaaoms ao intimauly connected with the Yuletide ipuit. PlcMc pUcc your orders early John Breitmeyer's Sons Phone Main 320 2t>-28 Broadway. How Detroit Retailers Strengthened Their Showing by Co-operation. the bunching and shipping methods of some of the growers. Consignments numbering thousands of blooms would be sent in day after day with flowers 80 loosely bunched that the slightest shake would send a dozen or more from the center of the bunch. Inferior blooms would be bunched wit
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Ka« lU uaual bcwikj^rin^ display ol all the glorioui pUnts and Moaaoms ao intimauly connected with the Yuletide ipuit. PlcMc pUcc your orders early John Breitmeyer's Sons Phone Main 320 2t>-28 Broadway. How Detroit Retailers Strengthened Their Showing by Co-operation. the bunching and shipping methods of some of the growers. Consignments numbering thousands of blooms would be sent in day after day with flowers 80 loosely bunched that the slightest shake would send a dozen or more from the center of the bunch. Inferior blooms would be bunched with good ones and often muddy, ill assorted foliage would be used. As the whole- sale merchant could not take time to remedy this, the good, bad and indiffer- ent violets were sold together. The grower was probably notified, but mean- while his stock had been given a black eye. This could not fail to have a bad effect on the violet trade, espe- cially as this inferior stock arrived in an increasing quantity. The demand decreased rapidly. Tbe Single Violet. The commercial development of the single violet, notably Princess of Wales, has been a less rapid one, but bids fair to be more lasting. Some years ago the principal value of this variety was to provide foliage for the double vio- lets, but even then it was at first ac- cepted as a doubtful substitute for California. However, Princess of Wales has now outdistanced California, both from a cultural and commercial point of view. While I doubt if the Princess will ever equal the popularity of Lady Campbell or Marie Louise, it has a se- cure and constantly advancing position in the market. Although several years have elapsed since I have been interested in violets from a commercial point of view, I have made a few experiments with Lady Campbell plants that have been interesting to me. I will tell of one ex- periment in particular, which may im- terest others who grow this variety. In the early fall of 1914 I took a few plants from
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