Thank you, Joan! >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [NYWYOMIN] Question >Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:01:00 EDT > >Hi Patricia and all, > > I live in Pembroke, on the far eastern border of Genesee County, and >19th & >early 20th century florists are one of our main claims to fame!!! Last >year, >Genesee County had a big bicentennial parade, and our flower business was >the >historical theme for our Town's float! > In our heyday, we had about a dozen greenhouses, and were famous across >the >COUNTRY for our tulips, daffodils, and irises, among many others! The >railroad came right along the edge of the village, and several times a day >they >would pick up fresh shipments of flowers to ship ALL over the country! If >memory >serves, Washington, DC was one of our big customers!! They had iced >refrigerator cars back then! > There were several horse drawn florist wagons that traveled all over the >county every day selling fresh flowers, no different than a vegetable cart! > And >the railroads made several daily trips to Buffalo, Batavia and other >neighboring areas, loaded up with fresh, Corfu flowers! > We still have three greenhouses in Pembroke, which, for our size, is a >LOT! > But flowers were a BIG deal back then, and were probably far more >affordable >than they are today! Amazing the things you we take for granted now!! > >Joan > >In a message dated 6/23/2003 12:57:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > > > Dear Fellow Researchers, > > > > Recently, I have been reading lots of newspaper obituaries and wedding > > accounts from the early 1900's. I can't help but ponder HOW and WHERE >did > > these elaborate condolence floral tributes and elaborate wedding floral > > decorations--arches of palms, other exotic plants and flowers come from? > > Especially to these tiny farm hamlets in Wyoming County. Were there >florists > > > > in the big cities in those days---Buffalo and Rochester? I am certain >Warsaw > > > > did not have a florist at the turn of the century. I would presume the > > flowers all came by train? > > > > I'd appreciate learning more. Maybe you have a diary from this time >period > > that explains the procedure. > > Please post your reply to REPLY ALL, so we can all benefit. > > > > Thank you very much. > > Sincerely, Pattricia Boddy Tharp > > > >==== NYWYOMIN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Wyoming Co. GenWEb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail