Flower Power

The air is humid and warm. With sunshine, a little water and some compost, it’s a perfect environment to make something grow.

And more than flowers have grown at Fairview Greenhouse in Carthage.

The greenhouse operation, which has existed since the 1920s, is now among the “Top 100” in the United States, doing more than $9.9 million in sales across the lower Midwest. Fairview ranks as No. 90, according to Greenhouse Grower, a trade magazine, said Claude Newport, manager of the greenhouse.

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