
SUGGESTIONS FOR MARKETING 
PANSY PLANTS 
People in general want to buy Pansy plants in the spring 
and there is small retail demand for them at other times, 
so seed must be sown with this in mind. 
There is demand for small plants with from four to six 
leaves early in the spring. They stand transplanting well 
and customers will obtain splendid results from them. 
There is even greater demand for blooming plants in the 
spring. They look so attractive put up twelve to the Pansy 
basket, each plant bearing a giant bloom. Each plant 
should be wrapped separately with newspaper around the 
roots but not covering up all the foliage. Early in the 
spring these baskets sell for 90c to $1.00. 
Often it pays better to wrap 50 to 75 plants separately 
and place them in a peach tray, letting customers select 
the plant they wish. They sell readily for five or ten cents 
each. People are willing to pay for the best. Later in the 
season the price is less, 
Although there is a great demand for Pansy plants, yet 
there is also much competition on public markets, etc., so 
it is important to have BETTER PANSIES than the others 
have. 
In digging Pansies for market it is important to wait 
until a plant has had a bloom wide open for at least a 
week. The blooms increase in size greatly after first open- 
ing, especially in the spring. It sometimes takes patience 
to wait for them, but it pays. 
There is also good demand from florists for small Pansy 
plants, transplanting size, in the fall. Some amateur gar- 
deners also realize that it is better to buy small plants in 
the fall than blooming plants in the spring but in general 
the public buys the blooming plants. 
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