Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1891 — Flowers in Refrigerators. [ARTICLE]

Flowers in Refrigerators.

A well-known New York florist is said to be the first man who ever used a refrigerator for preserving flowers. Before going into the flower business he had been a butcher. Without any particular theory in the matter he put the flowers in the refrigerator because he had been in the habit of putting his meat there. The effect was, of course, to arrest the development of the flowers. When they were taken out they were nearly as fresh and crisp as when they went in. The use of the refrigerator was rapidly adopted and the refrigerator is now one of the most expensive appointments of a flower shop. They are all illuminated with electric lights and the temperature is about fifty-five or sixty. Before the refrigerators were introduced the flowers were kept in layers underneath th© counter, but the heat of the store, especially at night, had the effect of wilting them badly.