February G, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



189 



Flower Market Reports. 



A favorable reijort can be 



BOSTON made this week, we are 

 happy to say, and the 

 prosijects are good for a steady run of 

 satisfactory business for the few weelvS, 

 at least, which intervene between now 

 and Ash Wednesday. Roses are off 

 crop just at present and more could be 

 sold than this market is able to sup- 

 ply, so prices are firm and will proba- 

 bly continue on present plane for some 

 time. All crops are on the advance, 

 however, and the scarcity will not be 

 so pronounced after a few days. Busi- 

 ness assumed an improved tone ear^ 

 last week, and the steadiness displayed 

 in the face of a rapidly increasing sup- 

 ply of bulbous material is very §B*tify- 

 ing. Of the bulbous stock thesa is no 

 such overstock as in former years. 

 Light i'uying last fall is responsible 

 for the healthier tone of this class of 

 material and a similarly prudent course 

 by the forcers this year will be the 

 part of wisdom. 



Trade the past week has 



BUFFALO been quite satisfactory 

 as a good demand for 

 flowers was had throughout. Beauties 

 and other roses were rather scai'ce, ts- 

 pecially of the short grades, and 

 prices held firm. Narcissi, Rom.an hya- 

 cinths, lily of the valley, etc., are in 

 good supply. Sweet peas have been 

 in better demand than. heretofore, but 

 violets have had to be urged somewhat 

 to make them sell. Carnations in fair 

 supply and cleaning up well. Green 

 goods in good supply and demand nor- 

 mal. 



The warm, cloudy 



CHICAGO weather which prevailed 

 during the week ending 

 Jan. 2S gave way to a cold wave and 

 the thermometer fell from 65 deg. to 

 zero. Bui the sunshine helped both 

 the quantity and quality of th'e flowers. 

 The carnations had opened up so fast 

 during the warm spell that the supply 

 was considerably ahead of the demand, 

 while the quality was decidedly poor. 

 Roses had tared differently, and while 

 the quality had remained unimpaired, 

 the quantity diminished — according to 

 some of the growers, one hall. The 

 frst week in February opens up a lit- 

 tle quiet in some localities, but with 

 clear cold weather and a uniformly 

 good quality of stock. Sales are slow 

 in all bulbous stock tulips and dalTo- 

 dils particularly. 



General market 



PHILADELPHIA conditions con- 

 tinue on a satis- 

 factory, basis. The demand is good 

 with stock far from plentiful. All 

 kinds of flowers cleared up fairly well, 

 the liveliest item on the list being car- 

 nations. American Beauty roses were 

 rather dragsy for a few days but to- 

 w.irds end of week they got scarcer 

 and are now moving oft all right. The 

 long stems are the only up-to-standard 

 in quality, the shorts still continuing 

 very poor. Richmond is in good de- 

 mand, selling right up. In pink. Jar- 

 dine and Killarney have the call. 

 Bridesmaid, although fine, being rath- 

 er neglected by the buyers. Shorts in 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.— , 



PITTSBURa 



Feb. 3 



ROSBS 



Am. Beauty, FaD.andSp.* 

 " Extra 



No. 



" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, F. & S. 



Killarney, Fan.&lp 



" Lower grades i 3.0O 



Richmond, Faocy & Special.. . . 



'* Lower grades 



Chatenay 



Golden Gate, Ivory, etc 



My Maryland 



Queen Beatrice 



Mrs. Mar. Field 



CARNATKmS 



Fancy and Novelties 



Ordinary 



MiSCBLLANEOUS 



Catlleyas 



Oypripcdiums 



Ulies. 



Lily ol the VaHey 



Narcis., Paper White 



Roman Hya 



Daffodils 



Freesia 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Violets 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



AsDaragus Plumosus, strings. . - 

 '* " & ^pren. (100 bchs.) 



'° 5° 



'o 5°-' 



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whites clean out well but the fancies 

 hang fire Carnations are in brisk de- 

 mand and clean right up. As intimated 

 above, they are about the scarcest item 

 on the market. Violets and lily of the 

 valley are both rather draggy. Sweet 

 peas tine and in good demand, especial- 

 ly in the dark colors. Easter lilies do 

 not receive much attention but callas 

 are rather lively. Daffodils are now in 

 their hey day; receipts just about 

 right; more, and prices would go ro 

 pieces. Freesia is coming in freely — 

 rather more than the market will 

 stand. Cattleyas are redundant and 

 prices easier. Gardenias if good find 

 ready market and there are lots of 

 fancy arriving. Tulips in quantity are 

 confined mostly to white. Pinks and 

 yellows are in limited siipply; no scar- 

 lets as yet. There are enough Paper 

 Whites and Roman hyacinths to go 

 around, and these continue in healthy 

 condition as to price. 



Business in the 

 TWIN-CITIES Twin Cities has lieen 



quite dull this last 

 week. McKinley day hardly differed 

 from any other day. The day was too 

 cold and stormy for anybody to be out- 

 side, and but veiT few carnations were 

 seen even in offices. It seems McKinley 

 day is not quite as popular out here 

 as it is in the east. The market about 

 holds its own, and prices are about 

 normal, without much variation. Sup- 

 ply .Tud demand are about equal. 



For the first two 

 WASHINGTON days of the week 



Washington was in 

 the grasp of one of the most bitter 

 cold spells of the winter, a furious 

 "nor'wester" blowing steadily all the 

 while. In consequence the cut on 



everything has shortened up; especial- 

 ly is this true of roses. Prices still 

 hold their own. .A.s there are only 

 three short weeks allowed to the world- 

 ly-minded before the penitential season 

 sets in, receptions and dinners and so- 

 cial gaieties of every kind are being 

 squeezed in which makes a more than 

 busy time for the retailere. Several 

 report very large decorations for the 

 coming week. All bulbous stock is be- 

 ing shown in gi'eater quantity and 

 there is a brisk demand for freezias, 

 paper white narcissus and tulips. 

 Green has been scarce, but seems to be 

 coming in a little better. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Mi not, N. D. — The entire stock in 

 the greenhouse of George Valker was 

 destroyed by fire^on January 21. 



Toledo, O. — C. W. Counter met with 

 a loss of about $600 on stock and 

 building through a fire which started 

 from an overheated smoke-stack. 



Dubuque, _ la. — What threatened to 

 be a serious fire at Harkett's Floral 

 .\ursery on January 11 was extin- 

 guished by the quick work of the fire 

 department with but slight loss. 



Beaver Dam, Wis. — A fire which 

 started in the rear of the store of 

 Joseph Wagner on January 16 swept 

 through the entire side of his green- 

 house. His loss is estimated to be 

 about $3,000; no insurance. 



Grand Junction, Colo. — The Grand 

 Valley Floral Co. were the victims 

 of a fire on January 6 which com- 

 pletely destroyed the inside of their 

 building and ruined the stock. An 

 overheated furnace is supposed to be 

 the cause. The building was par- 

 tially insured. 





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