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The Florists' Review 



April 15, 1920 



formerly purchased for 50 marks now is 

 sold at 3,500 marks. Wages, in com- 

 parison with the prices, have not in- 

 creased in anywhere near the proportion 

 that they have in America. The gov- 

 ernment now in control guarantees a 

 wage to everyone who is unemployed 

 and many are not looking for employ- 

 ment. The scarcity of labor is much 

 greater than in America. 



Cyclamen Seed Scarce. 



Mr. Koehler has visited all the cycla- 

 men growers and has not found the 

 quantity of seed that was originally 

 reported would come from Germany. 

 Owing to the scarcity of coke, many of 

 the growers had to throw away their 

 seed plants and were even unable to 

 keep a part according to their supply 

 of coke. He writes that American deal- 

 ers have sent large orders to the German 

 growers. In fact, Ferd. Fischer, of 

 Wiesbaden, has received orders up to 

 10,000,000 from dealers and large flo- 

 rists in America. This makes the grow- 

 ers feel that there is a tremendous de- 

 mand in America and has a tendency 

 to make them quite independent and 

 ask high prices. There are now enough 

 orders from America in Germany for 

 this year's delivery to take Germany 

 five years to fill. While these orders 

 are not all genuine but in many cases 

 are only a request as to price, yet they 

 create an artificial demand which causes 

 the price to go up. 



It is hard for growers to do business 

 direct with many concerns, owing to the 

 exchange. They will not do business 

 unless cash is with the order in Ameri- 

 can dollars. This cash must be put up 

 in advance, to enable them to buy sup- 

 plies in order to produce their seed. 



Valley Situation. 



Mr. Koehler has also visited the val- 

 ley districts and found that valley has 

 been reduced to practically nothing in 

 comparison with the supply in former 

 years. He says that large valley forcers 

 in Germany are forcing on the average 

 of 50,000 a day for the German market, 

 as valley is a much-prized flower and 

 there are still enough wealthy persons 

 to make the flower business good. 



The valley growers and exporters are 

 making preparations for a big business 

 in America next season. The only 

 handicap now is the shipping facilities. 

 Formerly the boats running from Ham- 

 burg had cold storage facilities, but 

 now, since the boats have been taken 

 over by other governments, these facil- 

 ities are lacking. Another disturbing 

 factor is that the sand and moss must 

 be sterilized before the valley is shipped 

 and all the sand must be removed from 

 the valley before it is packed. These 

 operations require considerable labor 

 and are expensive. 



BRITISH STOCKS. 



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 the seed trade in Great Britain, Kelway 

 & Son, Langport, England, state: 



"Peace has been accompanied by a 

 good seed harvest. Crops are full and 

 well matured, the result of splendid 

 summer and autumn weather. Some 

 seeds, such as runner and dwarf beans, 

 are an exception on account of the 

 drought during May, which caused sow- 

 ing to be too long deferred, and other 

 kinds vary according to the district in 

 which they were saved; for example, 

 Swede seed and garden peas and some 



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