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GROWING EARLY PLANTS 



ber that such plants should not be sold at the low price of many who 

 raise them by the hundreds of thousands, regardless of their produc- 

 tiveness. Flowering plants that will produce flowers will surely sell 

 at twice the price of those carelessly grown. Possibly at first you 

 may have some difficulty in selling until their superior quality is 

 known. I have no trouble in selling many thousand plants at the 

 following prices: 



Tomatoes $ .50 per dozen plants 



Celery 90 per hundred plants 



Cauliflower 1.00 per hundred plants 



Cabbage 50 per hundred plants 



Pansies in bloom 50 per dozen plants 



Asters, Petunias, Verbenas, Zinnias .25 per dozen 



Some of these prices may seem too high and possibly some of 

 them too low. However, a progressive gardener should be able to 

 regulate prices that will meet the approval of his customers. We 

 believe now is the golden opportunity for the young people to engage 

 in the growing of fruits and vegetables. With the advanced teach- 

 ing of agriculture in our public schools, county and state agricultural 

 colleges, we feel sure those who have a desire for such training can 

 receive it at very small cost. Those engaged in this same business 

 today should encourage and aid all by cooperating with them in 

 every way possible. 



Let us remember that what we may do for the beneflt of the future 

 generation may be of more value than what we are accomplishing 

 today. 



