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one hundred flowers per plant is relatively little 

 more than producing fifty. The main addi- 

 tional item of cost to be considered is that con- 

 nected with the handling of the crop, which is a 

 relatively small amount. Let us assume, how- 

 ever, that the grower averages fifty flowers per 

 plant, and that he is so situated that the best 

 prices he is able to command will not average 

 over sixty cents per hundred for the season. This 

 will mean that he receives approximately the 

 following prices: 



October flowers $0.50 per hundred 



November flowers 0.50 per hundred 



December flowers i.oo per hundred 



January flowers 0.75 per hundred 



February flowers 0.50 per hundred 



March flowers 0.50 per hundred 



April flowers 0.50 per hundred 



Average 0.60 per hundred 



The seven months, as already indicated, will 

 give him an average of sixty cents, providing his 

 plants yield as they ordinarily do that is, a heavy 

 flowering in November, March, and April, with 

 lighter crops during the other months. If he can 

 by a proper handling of his plants and by proper 

 selection so change the flowering period as to get 

 the heaviest yields during the months of Decem- 

 ber, January, and February, he can, as will 

 readily be seen, increase his average, because the 

 flowers will be worth more at this time. In other 

 words, it is far better to get fifty thousand flowers 



