Picking, Packing and Shipping Carnation Flowers 



der why their neighbor's blooms are usually preferred by retail dealers, at 

 prices higher than those obtained for their own productions, reasoning to 

 themselves, "My carnation plants are as good as my neighbor's ; my flow- 

 ers are as large ; I grow the same varieties ; I should get the same prices." 

 All of these premises may be true, save the last, and investigation may 

 disclose the neighbor's superior methods of handling his flowers, in picking, 

 packing and shipping. 



Superior methods of placing an article upon the market in the shape 

 that will prove most attractive to the purchaser are sure to bring their re- 

 ward in increased prices, other things being equal. In no business do 

 cleanliness and artistic handling of goods play a more important role 

 than in the florist's business ; and the grower, commission man and retail 

 dealer must each do his part if the greatest degree of success is to be at- 

 tained. 



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