National Geographic Society
F "Three Bunches a Guilder!"
Cries a Utrecht Flower Vendor
Mijnheer and Mevrouw Kasse
Celebrate a Wedding Anniversary
Each day this merchant trundles his bicycle-powered
flower cart through the streets. Here he features gladi
oli. dahlias, daisies, and babv's-breathearlier in the
season his cart runs riot with tulips. The Dutch guilder
is worth about 27 cents.
Mr. Kasse, prosperous farmer of Veere, on Walcheren
Island, invited the authors to share his happiness and
apologized for bunking them in a fragrant hayloft.
Women of the family serve cookies and preserves to a
gathering of neighbors.
