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r CONSOLIDATION, PACKING AND SHIPPING OF PRODUCT Due to the very diversified areas on the islands of Hawaii, it would be difficult to create individual shipments many one area which would utilize the full capacities ofa regular scheduled Aupping facitit} Havntg pnrclrased products from all of tic Oaads o~ cu the past 30 \ cats, ~Nr have found that there is a problem to getting fresh products, such as curt flowers and green plants, which is our mainstay, without having a delay of sonic kind and having to meet the requirements or schedules of commercial passenger air freight systems. In many instances, this creates delays which are costly, not only in time, but in the shelf life of the product once they are received. By the establishment of a regularly scheduled freight system, products could then be fumteled into one packing, shipping and loading point and flown to a central distribution center which could then facilitate the transport to all points on Mainland USA, Canada and Mexico, Also, by consolidating various kinds of products into one container shipment, it is possible to sell more products by not overloading a distributor with one particular product. Over the past year, 1 have made pilot Shipments of bulk packing of cut flowers and these flowers have come through m vcq good condition. However, it is very difficult to get a bull; shipment that could have as many as five different cut flowers, as few growers have access to a variety of these products. We envision being able to purchase these products from dive:rsilicd growers, creating a stable mix container of several cut Bowers and foliage, which could be sold at a predetermined price, including an freight door to door anywhere on Mainland USA, Canada or Mexico. Also, there is a great nod for the smaller greenhouse plants which were being shipped out of Hawaii at the time of the wide body availability and the inexpensive air freight. When the wide-bodied planes ceased to nv in dud out of Hilo, many of the growers of the smaller plants ceased their production. ILving done pilot programs on what is tenned 6" and 8" plants, we find that there is a tremendous market for them, particularly in the midwest and southwest Mainland. We believe that with propci grovvmg and packaging, this particular product could again become a very lucrative hLISitICSS lot' I tawaii_ We base this on our experience of having shipped plants in from Central America and the expense of processing and materials entailed before the,v can be sold or distributed on Mainland USA. I belicvc the establislunent of a planting and shipping facility in Hawaii which could ship directly into a holding facility in mainland USA and Canada, could prove to be ecrnuomically feasible. This ,vould eliminate the need for high cost greenhouses for plants than are full grown 6