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 
ihe 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 $1.50 or more. 
Often it pays better to wrap 50 to 75 plants separately 
and place them in a peach tray, letting customers select the 
plants they wish. 
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 after first opening, 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 gard- 
eners 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. 
PRIMROSES 
POLYANTHUS 
These are very hardy, long-lived perennials. They will grow 
almost anywhere. 
Packet, 200 Seeds, Mixed Colors. $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 
ond see.” The bed continues beautiful for two or three 
months, especially in March, April and May. 
Seed Sowing... 
Prepare a deep flat or cold frame filled with good, rich garden soi 
mixed with peat-moss. Tamp firmly and sprinkle until 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. 
peace the cold frame with lath or cloth frame and NEVER allow it to 
ry 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 foenng and thawing of the seed in a refrigerator 
before sowing assists germination. 
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 should be 
transplanted to their permanent bed, at least 12 inches apart. Seed- 
lings from spring sowing may be transplanted as soon as they are 
large enough to handle well. ee: will bloom beautifully the following 
spring and the plants will last many years. They may be divided and 
re-set to make more plants if desired, a few weeks after the blooming 
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 neglected. 
