. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. For After Easter SWEET PEAS in all the delicate shades, as well as the standard varieties, wonderful quality, $, $ per 100. Everything in Cut Flowers, Plants, Greens, Ribbons and Supplies BUSINESS HOURS, 7 A. M. TO 5 P. M. S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 1608-20 Ludlow PHILADELPHIA. PA. NEW YORK 17 West 28tli Street. BALTIMORE FraaklM aad St. Pial Sts. WASHINGTON 1218 N Street. N. W. All Seasonable Cut Flowers WM. J. BAKER Wbol«Md« FUurUt 12 Sooth Mob StfMt, Philaddphia, Pa. Mwitlon The Renew wiien yon write. PUSSYWILLOW Prom now till Decoration
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. For After Easter SWEET PEAS in all the delicate shades, as well as the standard varieties, wonderful quality, $, $ per 100. Everything in Cut Flowers, Plants, Greens, Ribbons and Supplies BUSINESS HOURS, 7 A. M. TO 5 P. M. S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 1608-20 Ludlow PHILADELPHIA. PA. NEW YORK 17 West 28tli Street. BALTIMORE FraaklM aad St. Pial Sts. WASHINGTON 1218 N Street. N. W. All Seasonable Cut Flowers WM. J. BAKER Wbol«Md« FUurUt 12 Sooth Mob StfMt, Philaddphia, Pa. Mwitlon The Renew wiien yon write. PUSSYWILLOW Prom now till Decoration Day Entire cut from 80,000 cultivated plants 50c per tranch. mixed lengths In Mparate lentrths from $ to $ per 100. ^"^^ ,Oswego, Mntton The ReTlew when yon write. GRAVE MARKERS Steii'i riMil Sifply Nfrs. 2223 N. Fraat Philadelphia. terminedt The correct answer is, of course, by the laws of supply and de- mand. That is merely a general answer. The details are rather inter- esting. Take, for example, the Easter prices of cut flowers. Each of the lead- ing wholesalers, separately and without consulting, any of the others, issues a price list of his flowers that he expects to have to sell. This price list is made after getting reports from all their growers of what they expect to have for Easter and after examining all the sta* tistics of past Easters. Usually these prices agree pretty much on the princi- pal flowers. Sometimes they vary as much as twenty-five per cent. When all the wholesalers and independent grow- ers decide on the asking prices they are submitted to the retailers. If the re- tailers consider the asking prices too high, they bargain. Here is where judg- ment counts. Bargaining at such a time may save money; it may also lose the stock and force the use of inferior quality or the cancellation of orders. The asking price is based on securing the largest total receipts for the crop. The points considered are the size of the crop, it
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