. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. "i-^ji^v-i*::; ?'ri7 ^^S-Tj«:ix*'ap;r5?kP!!v;',' 98 The Florists' Review April 8, 191B. WpBOESTES, MASS. The Market. A blizzard started April 3 and con- tinued for twenty-four hours, hurting the retail trade and playing havoc with deliveries. About a foot of snow fell and, as nobody was prepared for it, blocked traffic to a great extent. Only a few of the largest and well estab- lished florists sold all their stock. There were three stores that were opened just for the Easter trade and these sold their supply almost at wholesale prices. It loo
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. "i-^ji^v-i*::; ?'ri7 ^^S-Tj«:ix*'ap;r5?kP!!v;',' 98 The Florists' Review April 8, 191B. WpBOESTES, MASS. The Market. A blizzard started April 3 and con- tinued for twenty-four hours, hurting the retail trade and playing havoc with deliveries. About a foot of snow fell and, as nobody was prepared for it, blocked traffic to a great extent. Only a few of the largest and well estab- lished florists sold all their stock. There were three stores that were opened just for the Easter trade and these sold their supply almost at wholesale prices. It looked as if these temporary places would hurt the regular florist, but the blizzard on Saturday killed their trade. Some large grocery stores sold lilies at a low price. Violets ;old well, but by Saturday it was impossible to buy I them in Worcester. Sweet peas also were popular and most of the florists sold all they could get. Next to lilies, azaleas and roses were most popular in potted plants. Bulbous stock sold well, as did acacias, ericas and genistas. Various Notes. The florists' telegraph delivery was quite popular this Easter and the public seemed to realize its value more than ever. H. F. A. Lange did a large business and cleaned out his enormous supply in fine shape. He said that when he saw it start to snow on Saturday he looked for a slow day, but it seemed 1 that the more it snowed the faster the customers came. Mr. Lange had a fine display of genistas, acacias and azaleas in all sizes. His lilies were good, and although he charged a higher price than the groceries and such places, he sold nearly all his stock. For novelties he had chorizemas, bowieas, little window baskets filled with hya- cinths, genistas, acacias and ericas. Two auto cars, three teams and seven boys constituted his delivery force. Harry Randall was another florist who sold lilies at a fair price and cleaned up his stock. Business here was large and seemed to grow with the storm. Mr. Randall had a
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