April 28, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



563 



VICTORY 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



As our price quotations 

 BOSTON indicate there has been 



a big downfall in flower 

 values in this market since last week, 

 and the initiated will easily imagine 

 the truth of which this is the conse- 

 quence, that the market is overloaded 

 with material for which there is no 

 outlet at present. It seems to be a 

 case of over-production rather than 

 of under-demand, as all the retail 

 stores have a busy aspect and there 

 is no complaint from those dealing 

 directly with the public as to bad 

 business. The retailer can make 

 money easily under prevailing con 

 ditions. 



The market has been 

 CINCINNATI badly over-stocked 

 with cut flowers ever 

 since Easter. Business has been fair- 

 ly good, but the supply has been some- 

 thing enormous. Roses, carnations, 

 violets, sweet peas and bulbous stock 

 in variety continue to arrive in such 

 quantities that the ice boxes are taxed 

 to their utmost capacity. The weather 

 has been warm and the bulk of the 

 stock is soft and unsalable the day 

 after it is cut. Harrisii lilies and lily 

 of the valley are about the only flow- 

 ers in demand and of which there is 

 not an over-supply. In consequence 

 prices have taken an awful drop on 

 everything. This week, however, 

 promises to be somewhat better as 

 the supply of bulbous stock is about 

 exhausted. Violets are getting small 

 and will soon be out of the market. 

 Several large weddings are booked 

 for the near future and business prom- 

 ises to be good for some time to come. 

 The street fakirs are in their glory 

 now and can be seen on every down- 

 town corner selling stuff at prices 

 which cause us to wonder what the 

 grower gets. 



We all expected after 

 COLUMBUS the splendid business 



that was done Easter, 

 to have little trade for awhile, but 

 have been most agreeably disappoint- 

 ed. The past week has been one of 

 the best we have had this year. Prices, 

 of course, have fallen back to where 

 they were before Easter week; in 

 some stock, especially carnations, not 

 quite so low perhaps. Carnations, al- 

 though in large supply, have been in 

 such good demand that fifty cents a 

 dozen is the lowest we have been 

 obliged to sell them since Easter. 

 other stock in good supply and sell- 

 ing freely at usual rates. Had the 

 terrible San Francisco calamity not 

 occurred, there is no question but 

 that business would be very brisk; 

 this fearful thing has cast a sadness 

 over the whole city, and many of the 

 craft will be most anxious until they 

 receive word from their relatives and 

 friends who were in that city. 



The business here 

 DETROIT since Easter has 

 fallen off some. We 

 find the stock at the commission 

 houses getting back to itself again 

 and the prices reasonable. Roses are 

 becoming plentiful along with carna- 

 tions and violets. Sweel peas are 

 being sold more regularly of late and 

 are of good quality. Spring weddings 

 are beginning to take effect and busi- 

 ness will soon be in full swing again. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE the previous week 



were generally a lit- 

 tle slow in the way of sales, while stock 

 usually was plentiful. Carnations 

 found very good demand, the quality 

 and supply being satisfactory. Roses 

 were in great supply and of satisfac- 

 tory quality, the demand being good. 

 Lilies of the valley, sweet peas, migno- 



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nette and forget-me-nots, found their 

 demand, with the supply usually ade- 

 quate. Violets and bulbous stock are 

 nearly at an end. Green goods can be 

 had in fair supply. 



The condition of 

 PHILADELPHIA the cut flower mar- 

 ket last week was 

 not nearly so satisfactory the latter 

 as it was the early part of the week; 

 the warm weather coming on the lat- 

 ter part of the week hurt things very 

 much and brought an immense quantity 

 of flowers which glutted the market on 

 almost all kinds. Stock was generally 

 good — did not seem to be affected by 

 the warm weather. Beauties moved 

 in fair shape in fact rather better than 

 some of the other roses, considering 

 the existing conditions. 



There were quite a few weddings in 

 the early part of the week which of 

 course helped business wonderfully. 

 Prices continue dropping on all classes 

 <it flowers; this was particularly no- 

 ticeable on carnations which were quite 

 a little more plentiful. Tea roses also 

 suffered in the same way; possibly 

 more so than the carnations. Satur- 

 day, which is generally considered one 

 of our best days, was a great disap- 

 pointment all around, a quantity of cut 

 flowers being carried over into the next 

 week. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 

 The Rose bank Floral Co. have given 

 up their store at 136 East Fourth 

 si Let. Cincinnati. It is understood 

 that they have moved to Lexington, 

 Ky 



Reed & Keller, the wire work and 

 rustic supply manufacturers have ac- 

 quired several floors in the building 

 adjoining their establishment on West 

 25th street, New York, and will take 

 possession May 1st. This will give 

 much-needed additional room for a 

 rapidly developing business. 



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