A method and apparatus for transporting and sorting flowers or other stem-shaped or elongate products with a conveyor provided with arm-fork units which are moved along a transport path in a substantially horizontal plane. The at least one listing further comprises, for each package deposited, a corresponding package identification code and a corresponding computed postage. In the front portion of the seat is a drive wheel assembly attached to the seat and the rear portion of the seat has rear wheels attached to the. Alternatively, the pattern recognition is carried out by collating with condition equations representing \u201crising\u201d or \u201cupward peak\u201d. In this way, the inner wall is tied and preferably chemically and mechanically bonded to the outer wall through the material covering the opening of the rib.