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Colorado's Floral industry of approximately $ 5,000,000 topping the value of metallic gold mined that year in the state. Colorado became famous throughout the country for
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Colorado was shipping to 20 states. By that time, there were approximately 5,000,000 square feet of greenhouse glass on operating nurseries in Colorado.The demand for Colorado carnations was growing. Colorado was "rapidly becoming recognized as the carnation
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Colorado carnations were a valuable commodity that could be marketed nationally. He was instrumental in standardizing prices and insisting on quality from all growers. Around that time, J. Edward Johnson, of the Pikes Peak Floral Company in
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Downing were some of the first establishments dedicated to the public’s desire for carnations. Colorado's Carnation Gold Rush had begun.
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carnations of "brilliant color, unusual size and lasting quality. " Colorado carnations made their way to New York, London and Cuba.
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