. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Th« nortoto whoa* card* avpMur on the p»c«b oanTlns this liMkI, ar* p«r*par«mR FLORAL CO. Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asa'n HARRy PAPWORTH ^nicMdfaricRldgsNurocrii CcUd STORt MOBILE,. ALABAMA The Minge Floral Co. KAJJSAS OITT. The Market. This Christmas goes on record as the best the trade ever had. Everyone has a report of an increase in sales, both wholesalers and retailers. Pot plants brought a good price. There was small demand for pot plants of the 25, 35 and 50-cent stock, which had a big run last year. Plants at 75 cents and u
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Th« nortoto whoa* card* avpMur on the p»c«b oanTlns this liMkI, ar* p«r*par«mR FLORAL CO. Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asa'n HARRy PAPWORTH ^nicMdfaricRldgsNurocrii CcUd STORt MOBILE,. ALABAMA The Minge Floral Co. KAJJSAS OITT. The Market. This Christmas goes on record as the best the trade ever had. Everyone has a report of an increase in sales, both wholesalers and retailers. Pot plants brought a good price. There was small demand for pot plants of the 25, 35 and 50-cent stock, which had a big run last year. Plants at 75 cents and up had the heaviest call and plants at from $2 to $4 were the favorites. It is hard to say what pot plant was the most popular; cyclamens, azaleas and begonias all were cleaned up. Poin- settias were a little slow, but they were bought up quite closely toward Christ- mas day. There is a report that the growers have increased their pot plant space this fall about one-third over that of last year. There was a large supply of cut flow- ers on the market and all were cleaned up at a favorable price. As a whole, stock of all kinds was good and fresh, except that there were a few pickled carnations which brought only a low price. The delivery service was inter- fered with somewhat by the three inches of snow that fell early on the morning of December 24. With the thermometer at 36 degrees all day, plants required little wrapping. One thing the retailers had to be thankful for this year was the early delivery. One-third of the orders were delivered December 23, which has never before happened in this city. One reason for this was that a great many people went out of the city and took plants or cut flowers with them, and a great many cut flowers and plants went to sick people. There was too much holly in this market, although a fair price was obtained for each case. Several. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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