PROFITS 



55 



would show yc. profit. According to the quotations on the 

 Chicago market this price is well maintained on the average 

 of the year, but the yearly average at New York is only 

 some $1.55 per hundred blooms, so that an average of 18 

 blooms per plant would be necessary in order to realize 

 even a very moderate income from an establishment of 

 20,000 sq. ft., or else the cost of production would have to 

 be lowered. This assumes, of course, that Carnations alone 

 are grown, though there is always the probability of adding 

 a few small side Hues or of getting in a rush crop between 

 the end of May and August. Such crop may be of Asters, 

 Tomatoes, Mignonette or small Ferns. 



If we take the quotations on the New York market, 

 where piices are low rather than high, over the Winter and 

 Sp4ng period, from November to May, inclusive, a better 

 showing is made, the average prices for all grades being 

 $1.95 per 100, which is approximately the 2c. rate and 

 should show a net profit of from Si 200 to $1400 on 20,000 

 plants for the period. The average wholesale prices in 

 1 9 14 in Chicago and New York per 100 blooms were as 

 follows : 



CARNATIONS 



January.. . . 

 February.. , 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . . 

 September. 

 October. . . 

 November. 

 December. 



