US (WA): Spokane flower growers then and now
The warehouse had state-of-the-art refrigeration and storage to care for the perishable commodity. Over the years, roses came from Hughes Greenhouse in Post Falls; chrysanthemums, kalanchoe and begonias from Willard Haase’s greenhouse on the South Hill; and bedding plants from Smith Brothers in Hillyard, in addition to several other producers. The Havermale warehouse took and filled orders for the British Columbia towns of Trail and Nelson, as well as Eastern Washington, Oregon, Montana and even North Dakota.
As the co-op expanded, it faced competition from the David L. Jones Co., started by Jones, a Seattle businessman, in 1939. For much of its life, the firm was locally run by Rolland Farnsworth, with his brother Oscar, at 24 W. Second St.
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