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Toledo, Ohio, Greenhouse Company Encounters Slightly Slow Sales.
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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune BusinessNews)
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May 22, 2002
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Byline: Julie M. McKinnon
May 22--Bouts of late-spring frost and rain haven't hurt Ohlman Farm & Greenhouse Inc.'s wholesale business, but sales are a tad slow at the firm's Toledo store.
The need for flowers to stock 140 Lowe's home-improvement stores has kept workers busy in Ohlman's nearly nine acres of greenhouses.
But sales to local gardeners are off about 10 percent from last year as the cold and soggy weather continues to dampen their typical sprees, said Sharon Ohlman, store manager.
"They come early, get their selection, and put it in the garage," she said. "They're buying, but they're buying cautiously."
Greenhouses and growers throughout ...