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Romantics must pay big for roses
United Press International
Romantics who want to woo a valentine Saturday with
the traditional long-stemmed red roses are finding tradi
tion carries a high price tag this Valentine’s Day.
Prices for long-stemmed red roses have climbed drama
tically. One Dallas florist is charging $75 per dozen for the
largest roses and prices in Houston are averaging $50 to $60
per dozen.
If a bargain is to be found, one might try Bloomers, the
Ultimate Pedalpusher in Houston, where a dozen long
stemmed red roses is selling for $40 boxed and $45 if
arranged in a vase with greenery and baby’s breath, said
Bobby Hopkins.
Bloomers did not raise prices for Valentine’s Day be
cause most of its 700 orders this week are from repeat
customers, Hopkins said.
But at Weather’s Florist in Dallas, where roses are
selling at $59.95 per dozen, manager Maria Hammond said
she expects to buy roses for a lower price after the hohday.
j “I’m sure next Monday we’ll be able to buy them for half
the price,” she said, remarking that for the past few days
the cost from suppliers has gone up $2 to $4 p# dozen
every day she calls.
Three weeks ago she sold roses for $39.95 a dozen and
blames the current increase on the holiday.
“There are no other factors,” Hammond said. “The
demand brings the prices up like that.”
1 “I’ve been here 10 years, and the prices go up every
Valentine’s," said an employee at Lakewood Florist in
Dallas. “The suppliers don’t give us a reason, they just give
Us a price. And every morning, the price is a little bit
|nore.”
1 But don’t blame the prices on Tyler, the “rose capital of
the world.”
“All the roses grown in Tyler are the field variety, the
kind people plant in their gardens,” said Jim Sollars of
Cooperative Rose Growers.
Since Tyler roses are grown outside there will be no
blooms until mid-March, he said. With the price of hot
house roses from California increasing, Sollars joked that
people could buy rose bushes as “do it yourself kits.”
The Tyler roses sold from March to November for $1 per
dozen on street comers are only by-products of the rose
bushes grown in the area, he said.
Opal Allen, supervisor of Mockingbird Lane Florist in
Dallas, expressed shock that some florists are charging $75
per dozen for roses. Her store is charging $47.50, including
delivery.
“Of course, every florist is different, but we would like to
keep a customer all year long, not just on Valentine’s Day,”
Allen said. “So we try to keep the prices down so they keep
coming back. There’s more days in the year than just
Valentine’s Day.”
Asked if prices are up, she emphatically responded,
“Yes, ma’am. Very much so.” Three weeks ago, she sold a
dozen roses for $37.50.
“One reason why all florists have to go up (on cost) is
because the cost of gas has gone up. You can’t keep on
delivering at the same price with gas up 8 to 10 cents a
gallon.”
However, as far as she can tell, “no one quivers about
the price” of the roses.
And while roses are at peak demand, florists are selling
other types of flowers. “We’re trying to keep our prices
where most people can afford them by making arrange
ments that have maybe three or six roses and other flown
with them,” said Judy Hoffman, owner of the Flower Affair
in Richardson.
Hammond said she is encouraging the purchase of
spring bouquets which include irises and tulips.
A dozen roses from Austin’s Connelly-Hillen Florists
will cost $65 for Valentine’s Day. A store employee attri
buted the $10 increase on “supply and demand.”
The Rose Shop in San Antonio has upped prices from
$35 to $45 per dozen as a result of increased costs deman
ded by suppliers. However, the store is absorbing some of
the increase, vice president Manny Luna said.
Despite the increase, Lunna said demand is veryhigl
and he will sell out of roses.
Prices are no better in smaller cities.
In Nacogdoches, stem-length roses are selling for 545
per dozen, including delivery, which is up $5 from tie
regular price. Owner Jack Murff emphasized that his roses
are 24 inches in length. Longer stems, up to 36 inches,cost
more, he said.
Asked if people are still buying roses despite the price,
Murff said, “You betcha. ”
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Show gives couples last date chance
United Press International
CINCINNATI — The “De
sperate and Dateless” show pro
vides companionship for a few
and live soap opera entertain
ment for more than 100,000
people every Friday night.
The show on WKRC be
tween 8 p.m. and midnight
matches up men and women de
sperate for a last-minute date.
Besides the callers who jam the
phone lines, polls indicate more
than 100,000 people listen to
the show just for the fun of it.
A sophisticated telephone
system permits show host Alan
Browning to keep four men and
four women on hold while he
selects matchups for a three-
way, on-the-air phone conver
sation among himself, a man
and a woman.
A recent example:
“Hi Alan, this is Carol.”
“Carol, you sound strange.
Where you calling from, a
phone booth?”
“Yeah.”
“Boy, you are desperate.”
“No, I’m at a phone booth in
a gym at a basketball game.”
“You’ve got all those guys at
the ball game.”
“No, they’re all in high
school — too young. ”
“How old are you”
“Nineteen.”
“Hmmm, I’ve got Curt on
hold here. He says he’s 20, 5-
feet-10, 160 pounds. Want to
talk to him?"
“Sure.”
“Curt, you want to talk to
Carol? She’s 19, 5-9, 135
pounds.”
“Sure. Hi Carol, this is Curt.
What color is your hair?”
“Blonde.”
"Your eyes?"
“Green.”
“Hmmm, sounds good.”
After a little more conversa
tion, Browning asks them if they
want to date that night. They
agree and he arranges a private
phone conversation so they can
work out details.
Browning says at least 19
marriages have resulted from
the show during its two years.
“One of our success stories —
people who got married — was a
57-year-old man and a 55-year-
old woman,” notes Browning.
“All kinds of interesting things
happen. Some people say it’s
better than going to a bar. And,
we’re a lot cheaper than a com
puter dating service.”
Thousands of dates have
stemmed from the show and
hundreds of relationships. But,
of course, many just don’t work
out.
For example. Browning may
say, “Bob, you’ve called a cou
ple of times before, haven’t
you?
“Right.”
“What happened both
times?”
“Well, the first girl turned
out to be married and the
second one, well, we just didn’t
get along.”
Browning says many daters
are pleasantly surprised by the
people they meet through the
show.
“Both men and women tell us
they couldn’t believe their date
was that good-looking,’’ says
Browning.
Man gets first synthetic
insulin dose for diabetes
United Press International
TRENTON, N.J. — A diabetic
man from Pennsylvania today
started treatment with human in
sulin produced by bacteria.
Using a genetic engineering
technique that doctors hope will
prevent a projected world-wide
shortage of the hormone, Fred
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became the first patient to partici
pate in a unique research project
at the Mercer County Medical
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The project is one of six around
the country being conducted by
the Eli Lilly Co.
The Indiana-based company
developed a technique by which
bacteria are genetically program
med to manufacture insulin that is
chemically similar to the hormone
produced by the pancreas to con
trol blood sugar levels.
The other five projects are due
to start shortly in Kansas, Detroit,
Philadelphia, Minneapolis,
Minn., and Seattle, Wash.
Dr. Arthur Krosnick, who
heads the Trenton program, sail
the genetically produced insulin
will eventually cost less and be
easier to produce than the animal
insulin currently administered to
some 2 million American diabe
tics.
In addition, he said it was
hoped the synthetic hormone
would not produce the allergic
reactions some diabetics experi
ence with animal insulin, whichis
obtained from the pancreases o(
pigs and cows.
Krosnick said that recent stu
dies indicated that the number of
diabetics worldwide was growing
and that shortages of animal in
sulin would begin to develop be
ginning in about 1990.
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