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The Florists^ Review 



Afbil 13. 1922 



stalled for the Jones-Russell Co. is about 

 $3,500. A 1-ton equipment, where there 

 is only one box, not to exceed 8x10x10 

 feet in size, would cost approximately 

 $1,500 in Cleveland. It is estimated 

 that the maximum cost of operation is 

 $15 a month. 



Refrigerating equipment of ten tons' 

 capacity has been installed by the 

 Phoenix Ice Machine Co. for the Temp- 

 lin, Crockett, Bradley Co., Cleveland. 

 This concern, one of the largest mail 

 order seed houses in the country, uses 

 the equipment to refrigerate rooms for 

 storing shrubbery in a dormant condi- 

 tion. For such use, ice machines have 

 value to many nursery firms. By seed 

 houses they are employed for keeping 

 bulbs in cold storage. 



In Pennsylvania. 



A number of florists in the east have 

 installed Frick ice machines. The Frick 

 Co., large machinery manufacturers, at 

 Waynesboro, Pa., make small refrigerat- 

 ing machines, which use anhydrous am- 

 monia. These may be used in either di- 

 rect or indirect installations and are 

 adapted for use with any kind of power. 

 The approximate price for the %-ton 

 outfit is $750. Larger sizes cost propor- 

 tionately more. This machine is used by 

 the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., and also in the widely known 

 Delaware avenue store of W. J. Palmer 

 & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 



In the East. 



Among florists in the east the Bruns- 

 wick ice machine has attained some fa- 

 vor. This machine uses anhydrous am- 

 monia. The cost of this machine is 

 given approximately as follows: One- 

 half-ton, $1,000; 1-ton, $1,200; 2-ton, 

 $1,500; 4-ton, $2,000. The upkeep per 

 month is estimated at $15 for a %-ton 

 machine and $20, $25 and $35 for a 

 1-ton, 2-ton and 4-ton machine respec- 

 tively. The operating cost depends 

 upon the local cost of electricity; the 

 power consumption is one kilowatt per 

 hour for a %-ton machine and one and 

 one-half, three, and five and one-quar- 

 ter kilowatts per hour for the three 

 larger sizes, respectively. The water 

 consumption is one gallon per ton per 

 minute; in other words, a %-ton machine 

 would use thirty gallons per hour. This 

 machine is in use in the stores of 

 Thomas F. Galvin, Inc., in New York 

 and Boston; the Briarcliff Nurseries, 

 Briarclifif, N.. Y.; Pennock Bros., Phila- 

 delphia; Charles Thorley, New York, 

 and the Growers' Cut Flower Co., New 

 York. 



In Milwaukee. 



The installation in the wholesale 

 store of the Holton & Hunkel Co., at 

 Milwaukee, Wis., was made last year 

 by the Rottel Refrigerating Machine 

 Co., of Milwaukee. The machine made 

 by this company is of the carbonic an- 

 hydride type. It was believed that this 

 type of machine would be safer for use 

 with an icebox containing flowers. Of 

 course, in the refrigeration of a flo- 

 rist's box with any type of macliine, 

 proper circulation and ventilation are 

 important. A steady temperature is 

 necessary and the humidity of the air 

 must be properly maintained. These 

 conditions are affected by the construc- 

 tion and location of the icebox or cool- 

 ing room and the manner in which it is 

 used. For that reason careful consider- 

 ation must be had of all the conditions 

 surrounding, or possibly interfering 



with, the proper refrigeration of the flo- 

 rist 's box. 



Another Oarbonlc Machine. 



Another machine of the carbonic an- 

 hydride type is made by the Witten- 

 meier Machinery Co., Chicago. It is 

 stated that a machine of %-ton capac- 

 ity for twelve hours' operation, with 

 the tanks and under average conditions, 

 will cost in the neighborhood of $1,300 

 installed in Chicago. A 1-ton machine, 

 for cooling boxes up to 1,000 cubic feet, 

 would cost approximately $1,800; a 

 2-ton, $2,100 to $2,400, and a 4-ton, $3,- 

 000. Out-of-town installations, of course, 

 necessarily are higher in cost than those 

 In the city where the company is locat- 

 ed. The store of Mangel the Florist, in 

 the Palmer House, Chicago, is equipped 

 with this type of machine. The flower 

 booth in the Union station at St. Paul, 

 Minn., is also equipped with it. 



Another Eastern Make. 



A machine built on the ammonia com- 

 pression system is made by the Rem- 



In this article are de- 

 scribed the makes of ice 

 machines most in favor 

 among florists. But the 

 list is not exhaustive. If 

 you have in your estab- 

 lishment one of a make 

 not mentioned here which 

 gives you satisfaction, 

 write The Review^, giving 

 the name of the manufac- 

 turer as well as of the ma- 

 chine. By so doing you 

 will assist other florists to 

 make the acquaintance of 

 a meritorious machine. 



ington Machine Co., Wilmington, Del. 

 The capacity runs from %-ton up. The 

 smallest size, called a Baby Remington, 

 and a 1-ton size, called Baby Reming- 

 ton's Brother, are portable machines, 

 cost less than $1,000 and appear to be 

 well adapted for florists' use. A num- 

 ber of machines of larger size made by 

 this company have been installed by 

 growers and wholesalers, most of them 

 in the east. The Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories, Natick, Mass.; Welch Bros. Co., 

 Boston, and E. J. Asmus, West Hobo- 

 ken, N. J., have machines of 5-ton ca- 

 pacity. F. R. and P. N. Pierson, at Sc.nr- 

 boro, N. Y., have one of four tons. The 

 Leo Niessen Co., Phil.adelphia, has one 

 of six tons. H. S. Pennock, at Jupiter, 

 Fla., has one of two tons. 



Another Chicago Make. 



One of the most efficient of small re- 

 frigeration machines is that made by 

 the McClellan Refrigeration Co., Chi- 

 cago. The machines range in capacity 

 from %-ton to 2-ton and in price from 

 $761 to $1,046. These prices include the 

 machine complete with motor, but not 

 the cost of pipe work and installation. 

 The operating cost of this machine is 

 sm.all and may be figured as one-fourth 

 to one-third the cost of ice. 



In figuring the necessary capacity for 



a machine, this company bases its esti- 

 mate on the outside surface of the ice- 

 box. A %-ton machine will cool a box 

 of 500 square feet of outside surface; a 

 1-ton machine, 1,000 square feet, and a 

 2-ton, 2,000 square feet. The McClellan 

 machine is stated by its makers to be 

 particularly suited to establishments 

 that need to economize on space, in which 

 class are florists. The largest machine 

 takes only 3x6 feet of floor space. A 

 unit construction is employed which 

 does away with all wall condensers and 

 other auxiliary units. 



Used in Rochester. 



A machine using anhydrous ammonia 

 has been made for many years by the 

 Automatic Refrigeration Co., at Hart- 

 ford, Conn., which has sales ofSces in 

 many large cities. Two well known flo- 

 rists of Rochester have machines of this 

 make, George B. Hart and J. B. Keller 

 Sons. The company makes machines of 

 from I-ton to 32-ton capacity. There 

 are a number of special features in this 

 machine, protected by patents, which 

 add to its value from the mechanical 

 point of view. 



On the Pacific Coast. 



Pacific coast florists will be interested 

 in the machines made by the Armstrong 

 Machinery Co., at Spokane, Wash. The 

 ^/^-ton machine made by this company 

 will, it is stated, take care of a florists' 

 icebox from twelve to fifteen feet long, 

 ten feet high and ten feet deep, provid- 

 ing a temperature of approximately 45 

 degrees. The company 's price on this 

 machine is $777 in Spokane. Outside 

 installations call for the addition of 

 freight and an engineer's traveling ex- 

 penses. The same company makes larger 

 types of ice machines up to 15-horse- 

 power. This company has made instal- 

 lations in Spokane for the Spokane Flo- 

 ral Co., A. J. Burt, Eugene's Flower 

 Shop and Jack Burt's Flower Shop. 



Uses Methyl Chloride. 



A machine using methyl chloride as 

 the refrigerant is made by the Associat- 

 ed Refrigeration Products, Chicago, and 

 is called the Iseboy. Methyl chloride is 

 said not to have the objectionable 

 features of either ammonia or carbon 

 dioxide. Methyl chloride operates at a 

 pressure of only sixty-five pounds, which 

 is even less than ammonia, which oper- 

 ates at a pressure of 180 pounds. There 

 is no odor to methyl chloride and its es- 

 cape would not injure either cut flow- 

 ers or growing plants. The Iseboy re- 

 frigerating machine is an automatic 

 self-contained unit. Both the compressor 

 and condenser, together with other es- 

 sential parts, are consolidated on one 

 base. The machine is assembled and 

 tested at the factory and shipped ready 

 for immediate connection and operation. 

 Tlie ordinary %-ton to %-ton installa- 

 tion, including automatic control, costs 

 about $1,500. The cost of a larger ma- 

 chine may be estimated by adding $500 

 for each additional ton. The Iseboy 

 machine is in use at Raske's Flower 

 Shop, 176 West Jackson boulevard, Chi- 

 cago. 



Some Others. 



At the range of L. B. Coddington, 

 Murray Hill, N. J., are two Audiffren 

 machines, which were installed by 

 .Johns-Manville, Inc. Sulphur dioxide is 

 used in the drum and Mr. Coddington 

 says, "It is the simplest ice machine 

 that I know of to operate. Of course, 

 as in other tilings, the price is much 



