BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
Home of the Croft Lily
fgge Bix
bulbs and mixed varieties upon
the market.
The total result was that un
evenness in forcing, lack of bud
count, and the high prices gave
dissatisfaction among forcers. The
Croft lily has had an awful jolt.
But there are hopes, if we will all
Mrs. Stafford Claims Growers and Buyers Must without exception do our parts.
Work Together, Each for the Interest of the Croft lily plants do produce the
right number of bloms, it is most
Other, That The Industry Will Progress
wanted potted Easter plant ever
known. Our present problem is to
Mrs. May Stafford, pioneer grower of lilies in this district, who produce bulbs that will produce
recently made an extensive trip through the east to study markets, blooms
asked the Pilot to publish findings she made on this trip. The fol
In the past the crying demand
lowing paragraphs tell a story and urge unity in the industry:
has taken our six-inch bulbs and
has weakened our stock. We may
The Croft lily business is con
trolled by three leading dealers each year, but only about 10% have to grow bulbs three years
and about 35 smaller dealers. of those lilies were used as Eas for a while. Forcers are loathe
These very capable dealers went ter lily plants. The other 90% to gamble on Croft lilies this year
to a lot of expense and effort to were put into cold storage to be because the sevens and eights
introduce the Croft lily into the brought out at other times of the failed them last year. Hence, one
market. They deserve a lot of year as needed for growing a rsason for the balk in buying
credit and respect. It is no easy continuous supply of blooms for this year. Sizes nines and tens
task to get a new plant recog floral work. Thus far Croft lily are in as great a demand as ever,
nized to such an extent that it has not taken cold storage right. and there is no objection to a
becomes of commercial value.
The United States Department reasonable price. There were plen
I find there is a limited demand of Agriculture at Beltsville Ex ty of buds on that size last year.
Now, our capable buyers must
for Croft lilies, and that we have periment station, and others are
come up against the stone wall working to find what tempera resort to new methods for getting
Croft lily bulbs introduced in to
of feared over-prouction. We tures it will take.
the market better. That costs
have a lot to learn about Croft
Besides the cold storage prob
lily market, and about the Croft lems, there are several other money and takes time and ef
lily itself before we can go ahead. factors that build up the present fort. Those growers who planted
We must stop and consider Croft lily predicament. Last year their sixes back last year are
the market well before we plan we had a very dry season. Many wise. You shall not have to suf
this fall if we want this interest greenhouse growers have not as fer this year. The buyers do not
ing young industry to survive. I yet learned how to force Croft object to a reasonable price
The I nitcd States used to use! lilies. S o m e inexperienced field for nines and tens. But they must
¿6,000,000 to 36,000,000 lily bulbs| growers put m a n y undersiged have one price set by us, and we
must hold to it. The Co-op price—
to dealers in 500 case lots is the
price, as I’ll explain later. Grow
ers must be fair with one another
and with the dealers.
Buyers say they can not go
ahead and confirm orders as us
ual until there is positive evidence
there is not over production, and
that we are sticking together on
prices. They prefer to have us
at the
set our own prices. But if we
don’t do it and stick to it, they
i are forced to accept the price
that will automatically set itself
when growers get through under-
F E A T U It I N G
cutting one another. The lowest
cut is always the price sellers
! have to compete w ith.
A study of our pnee list at this
time becomes necessary in orden
BEER BY CASE TO TAKE OCT!
! to understand why buyers can’t
go ahead. Very few understood
! the ( o-op price list. Tins misun
derstanding has done all the lo-
j eal growers damage. The co-op
is the onl> group that has a legal
right to set prices. As soon as the
! delegates came home from the
loos Ray meeting, where prices
were set, a report was given to
the Pilot tor publication, hut this
w a s not the official report. This
See “Pete” when in need of a home, bulb land, official report was published later
in the Crescent City papers. It
or any property in the Brookings-Harbor Area. contained no greenhouse price, i
No celling concern, dealing with
jobbers in the flower business
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a t. I his is an exact copy of the
official icport. 1 have one lx*fore
me. »West Coast Bulb Grow el's.
I va ' h I Estate And Insurance
Box S4, Crescent City.)
Size 7 to 8, 250 in ease »to the
Central Building
Brookinjrs, Oregon
trad« in less than 100-case lots
$135.00. $110.00 in lots of 100 to
500 cases, and over 500 cases
“Lily Bulb Business Is Controled By
Three Leading and 35 Smaller Buyers,”
Claims Pioneer Lily Bulb (»rower
WHITE ROCK
their bulbs as: 7s. 54c; 8s, 6 7 ^ c;fsell on one buver u
9s, 90c; 10s, $1.10. Those who have that the buyers
in
~ ~ OUiS
over 25,000 must sell: 7s, 44c; rp
1 hen growers will have
8s, 55; 9s, 73.3c; 10s, 90c. A grow- with the present set-u
er who has over 125,000 bulbs to could be possible'
to sell to one buyer must s e ll: assurance to buver«:
7s, 40c; 8s 50c; 9s, 66.6c; 10s 82c. | not over production *
Now when you put yourself in the price we are bound a
a buyer’s place and choose which is: 7s, 40c; 8s, 50c; 9$
grower you will buy from, of 10s, 82c. This explains
course you will buy from the must get into a group or,
grower who is tied down to sell sell unless you are an r
the 7s for 40c; 8s for 50c; 9s for grower.
66.6c; and 10s for 82c.
I found our established
I objected to one dealer that very able, but fair and
few growers have 125,000 bulbs to
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th e same price holds for the I
sizes up to 10. the only difference •
being in the number of bulbs per J
¡case 200 for 8s and 150 for 9s
For lbs and up. 100 to ease, $110
to trade. $90 in lots of 100 to 500 j
cases and $82. for lots over 500 I j
, cases.
Interpreted into language w e I
are accustomed to, this is the- I
story:
¡from 250 bulbs to 25,000:
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Severn, 54c each, 8s. 67 Sc.
9s, 90c; and 10s. $1.00
In lots of 25,000 to 125,000 bulbs
the prices are: 7s. 44c, 8s. 55c
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73.3c; 10s, 90c.
In lots of 1250,00 or more
7s, 40c; 8s, 50c; 9s 66.6c; 10s
82c.
bmee most growers have less
than 25.000 bulbs, they must sell
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