Large boards are set up in the hall. Exporters purchase board space and one or two tables. The exporter posts a computer list of plants he needs to fill orders. A pink paper on the board indicates an immediate need for material. Growers come to the exchange, study the lists on the boards, and go to the exporter's table to sell him the needed plants.
Agreement is reached about price, quality, and delivery dates.
The Association also mediates any disputes that may later arise as a result of any dealings made in the Exchange. The Exchange allows exporters to be very efficient at filling and shipping orders. Many English buyers purchase stock from Boskoop because delivery is so much faster. The Boskoop exporter can obtain the needed material from a number of growers at the Exchange and have it delivered to his packing house the next day, with the shipment sent out that same day. The exporter notifies the grower as to the date the plants are to be brought to the packing house and exactly where to put them in the packing house.