Suggestions far 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 $1.00 or more. 
Citen it pays better to wrap 50 to 75 plants separately 
and piace them in a peach tray, letting customers select 
the plant they wish.. They sell readily for ten cents each. 
People are wiiling 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 
3 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 ama- 
teur gardeners also realize that it is better to buy small 
plants in the fall than blooming plants in the spring: pt in 
seneral the public buys the blooming plants. =» 
PRIMROSES... ee 
These are very hardy, long-lived perennials, . They 
will grow almost anywhere. ~~ 
Packets e200@¢SeedssaMitxedsa ¢--eet seats, 2 eee a. $1.00 
This is a very choice mixture, selected originally 
from several of the best strains and will produce a 
bed of gorgeous blooms that can be seen a long 
way off and cause people to “‘come and see.’’ The 
bed continues beautiful for two or three months, 
especially in March, April and May. 
Seed Souctug 
Prepare a deep flat or cold frame filled with good, rich garden 
soil mixed with peat-moss. Tamp firmly and sprinkie un il it 
is damp all the way through. Then broadcast the seed rather 
thinly and barely cover with sifted peat-moss mixed with 
sifted soil. Tamp firmly again. Shade the cold frame with 
lath or cloth frame and NEVER allow it to dry out. 
Fresh seed sown in summer or early fall germinates quickly, 
—in about a week or ten days. If sown in early spring, it 
takes about three weeks. Alternate freezing and thawing 
of the seed in a refrigerator before sowing assists germina- 
tion. 
Summer and fall seedlings should remain in the cold frame 
all winter, mulched with dead leaves. Primroses lose their 
leaves during the winter but will come again in early spring. 
Then they shculd be transplanted to their permanent bed, at 
least 12 inches apart. Seedlings from spring sowing may be 
transplanted as soon as they are large enough to handle well. 
They will bloom beautifully the following spring and ithe 
plants will last many years. They may be divided and re-set 
to make more plants if desired, a few weeks after the bloom- 
ing season is over. 
Primroses do well in partial shade or in open sun where they 
are shaded somewhat by other perennials. They like very 
rich, loose soil with good drainage and PLENTY of moisture. 
Irrigating after the blooming season should not be neglectcd. 
