. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 918 The American Florist. Dec. 7, months, in a great measure, decides the seasonis average price. Even the prices may seem high during some months, when production is low. to make up for the low averages prevailing at other times, requires selling at these good figures. Uniform prices by all houses on equal stock, and the establishment and maintenance of a minimum price on flowers, such as .$1 per 100 on roses. the benefit of their large purchases, 50 cents per 100 on carnations, and similar figures on other stapl
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 918 The American Florist. Dec. 7, months, in a great measure, decides the seasonis average price. Even the prices may seem high during some months, when production is low. to make up for the low averages prevailing at other times, requires selling at these good figures. Uniform prices by all houses on equal stock, and the establishment and maintenance of a minimum price on flowers, such as .$1 per 100 on roses. the benefit of their large purchases, 50 cents per 100 on carnations, and similar figures on other staple articles, would also result in materially improv- ing weekly returns to the grower, as frequently just as much stock can be sold at these figures as could be moved if allowed to drop still further, thereby demoralizing the market. It would be better, in times of abund- ance, to donate to the hospitals of the country the unsold , if any, after prices have reached these extremely low levels, than follow the practices of many wholesalers to offer stock for sale at 50 cents per 100 when his com- petitors are asking an established min- imum of $1 per 100. No greater quan- tity of stock is sold at the lower figures and the loss to the grower and whole- saler is tremendous. It matters little whether John Doe's stock is sold, or that of Jim Smith, not whether one wholesaler makes the sale, or another. The main thing is that some one makes a profitable sale and not below the established minimum. If this is kept in the minds of all wholesalers, the wonderful mutual results will be re- flected in the grower's statement. Reconsignment and Regradlng. Another practice of the wholesaler which has frequently come within my own personal observation, which does not work out to the grower's best in- terests is the reconsignment of stock, and the neglect at times of one whole- saler to charge another market price for goods bought although the stock so purchased is ofttimes again billed o
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