. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgoz. The American Florist. 823 doubt gome growers, as has come to our notice this Christmas, hold stock from December 10 on and we dare say change the water only when the stock is carried out for sale. Of course the weather has a great deal to do with the quality and the only way to do is to grade carefully and sell the inferior stock cheap. That will settle the difficulty. The retailer objects to paying a Christmas price for anything on which the backbone does not accompany the blooms. JAMES HAKTSHORNE, JOLIBT,
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgoz. The American Florist. 823 doubt gome growers, as has come to our notice this Christmas, hold stock from December 10 on and we dare say change the water only when the stock is carried out for sale. Of course the weather has a great deal to do with the quality and the only way to do is to grade carefully and sell the inferior stock cheap. That will settle the difficulty. The retailer objects to paying a Christmas price for anything on which the backbone does not accompany the blooms. JAMES HAKTSHORNE, JOLIBT, ILL. I agree with your Cleveland corre- spondent, to this extent, that it is not the pickling that is overdone, but the talk of it. In my experience, this "kicking" about pickled stock generally comes from the retailer who has bought more than he can dispose ot and wants an allow- ance on his bill. In cases, like ours, where we ship direct to the retailer, we hear very little of it, in fact, most of them have congratulated us on the freshness of our stock this Christmas, but then, those are parties who know how much to buy and are willing to pay for what they get. The growers' prices are expected to be high and these men know what they must charge the public and know just about what they can get rid of at the advanced prices and order accordingly. Occasionally a shipment will have bad luck in transit. The expressman will sometimes put a box of flowers too near a stove or on top of a radiator to keep it from freezing; when it is opened at its destination and the flowers do not keep well, the retailer jumps to the conclusion that it being Christmas the stock must have been pickled, but if he has been buy- ing from one place for any length of time, he should know whether that house is conscientious enough not to send him old stock. It is hard enough for the retailer to make any profit at Christmas, even •when the stock is fresh and the grower or dealer cannot be too ca
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