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THIS BUSINESS OF OURS (Continued)

comes depends on each individual operation and its
profitability.

This year’s MANTS was its usual perfection. Larry and I
walked through the show together and saw many old
friends and possible new suppliers. One, I was glad to find,
had Encore azalea liners at a price with pots, tags and
royalties that would give us a profit equal to or better than
buying finished ones for resale. It has long been a gripe of
mine to buy finished plants that we could grow ourselves.
I’m a grower and proud of it. I’ve always hoped we would
grow 60% to 70% of our plants, but all the while, knowing Beautiful and colorful pansies
we would never grow and have in stock all our plants in
all sizes. Mike Hemming
On a sad note, Jeff Buckley of Buckley Brothers Nursery Eastern Shore Nurseries Inc
in Preston MD, suddenly passed away. Jeff was a long- 410-822-1320
time friend and outstanding nurseryman. He was hard esn@goeaston.net
working, always looking to grow perfect stock and easternshorenurseries.com
unafraid to ask questions to better his produce. He will be
missed. A

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