. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo:i The American Florist. 703 "Pieser, this is the first time that I ever had my Christmas order filled jtist as I wanted it. I never in all my life saw Buch nice, fresh-looking ; The next day the same man came in and as soon as he had got within speaking dis- tance he began: "Pieser, Iv'e got a big kick coming, [ust think," said he, "I paid you 7 cents for those Cranes and I sent them out at $2 a dozen. This morn- ing five parties called me up by 'phone to say that I must take the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo:i The American Florist. 703 "Pieser, this is the first time that I ever had my Christmas order filled jtist as I wanted it. I never in all my life saw Buch nice, fresh-looking ; The next day the same man came in and as soon as he had got within speaking dis- tance he began: "Pieser, Iv'e got a big kick coming, [ust think," said he, "I paid you 7 cents for those Cranes and I sent them out at $2 a dozen. This morn- ing five parties called me up by 'phone to say that I must take them ofi' the bill as the flowers did not keep till evening, for the table use for which they were ; Now, those were splendid looking flowers, but they had been held too long on the plants. Had the man who grew them been a little more careful and picked them when they were most fit for market he would have got 4 cents, 5 cents and perhaps 6 cents for that same grade and could still have worked forward so as to have had a good shipnient for Christmas. Admit the fact that we were more than short on red, so much the better, from the growers' standpoint, for with a direct shortage through the market this shipper would have received perhaps as much as 10 cents for his Christmas cut, which would have resulted in as much if not more money, a loss of not more than $2 a hundred on the earlier lots and a gain of perhaps $3 on the savings of the five days before Christmas. But, most impor- tant of all in the long run, the retail man would not have lost his profit and his customers would not have been disap- pointed, for each would have got what he bought, fresh cut flowers. In this case the retailer had 200 flowers of this lot and he said that in all he had to allow for nine dozen, or $18, causing a loss of $ But the money loss is only the smallest part of it, for he may lose his trade. Of course the wholesaler gets the "kick" and possibly must make good to the bu
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