. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 50 The Florists' Review Apbil 28, 1921 tleyas enough for all at the price. Callas and giganteums are selling well, because llic supply is limited. Ferns are becoming so scarce that $6 per thousand is being quoted by some of the dealers. Otherwise the greens sit- uation is quiet. The weather will have a great deal to do with the market for Mothers' dav. Thus far it has been a most un- usiial spring, with alternate spells of un- seasonable warmth and abnormal cold. Last week a cold wave checked produc- tion; earlv this week a heat wave hastened it. A
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 50 The Florists' Review Apbil 28, 1921 tleyas enough for all at the price. Callas and giganteums are selling well, because llic supply is limited. Ferns are becoming so scarce that $6 per thousand is being quoted by some of the dealers. Otherwise the greens sit- uation is quiet. The weather will have a great deal to do with the market for Mothers' dav. Thus far it has been a most un- usiial spring, with alternate spells of un- seasonable warmth and abnormal cold. Last week a cold wave checked produc- tion; earlv this week a heat wave hastened it. A hot spell might upset all calculations as to Mothers' day crops, or another cold wave might do nearly as much to throw plans out of gear. Cool weather is desired, for the sake of quality. Back to Normalcy. There arc a great many factors which influence the price of flowers and it is not so simple as it might seem to figure how current prices compare with those of the past. A larger supply at one time than another would affect the average price; quality also would, exert a marked influence on prices. _ But, taking all things into consideration, it is the consensus that present average wholesale prices are from twenty-five to thirty per cent below those of a year ago. It puts the growers back to nor- malcy in the matter of income, although operating expenses are not yet greatly reduced. Coal for Next Season. The big growers are contracting for coal for next season. The price, while slightly below what they paid this sea- son, still is high. Growers who use Pocahontas are pay- ing $ per ton at the mine. Last year's price was $3. but it was ad- vanced under the contract, by wage changes, to $ and $ Years ago the same coal cost as little as 90 cents per ton. Growers who use southern Illinois coal are contracting at $ per ton. Last year's contracts were at $3, but wage advances resulted in the cost of the coal actually being $, if the growers got it when they ne
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