May lo, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



707 



Flower Market Reports, 



Business is dfecidedly off 

 BOSTON, this week as compared 

 witli last. Beautiful sun- 

 shiny weather has, as usual, its tv. o 

 effects, which always offset one an- 

 other — good transient demand but aug- 

 mented supply — and although there is 

 a quite active call, prices are broken 

 badly and while published quotations 

 are practically unchanged large quan- 

 tities of material have changed hands 

 this week at prices more appetizing to 

 the buyer than to the seller. A san- 

 guine spirit prevails, however, and a 

 noise is heard approaching which is 

 much like the sound of Decoration 

 Day hustle. 



Trade was quite active 

 BUFFALO the past week, especial- 

 ly in the carnation line, 

 the demand for white being as heavy 

 as for St. Patrick's day and prices 

 holding firm throughout the week. 

 The supply in all colors shortened up 

 considerably, but there was plenty to 

 supply all demands. Bride and Brides- 

 maid roses have been abundant, while 

 Carnot, Kaiserin, Richmond and Kil- 

 larney were shorter in supply but all 

 were of excellent quality. American 

 Beauties have been in heavy supply 

 with demand more for mediums and 

 short grades. Sweet peas have taken 

 the place of violets and sell readily, 

 also daisies, lily of the valley and 

 pansies. Outdoor material has made 

 its appearance, also daffodils, tulips, 

 etc. A few days of hot weather and 

 warm rain have forced them in rapid- 

 ly. The only scarce articles at present 

 are good ferns and smilax; other 

 gi-eens are quite abundant. 



The first week of May 

 CHICAGO opened brisk and every- 

 thing went at good 

 prices. Carnations sold well and the 

 demand for roses was very grati- 

 fying. The supply of Beauties is 

 large and the quality excellent. 

 The extremely high temperature of 

 the early part of the week, brought 

 on the stock and the market experi- 

 enced a lively increase in business. 

 Later the thermometer dropped and 

 rain put an end to the business flurry, 

 though it was felt most on Saturday. 

 Most growers held back their stock 

 Friday looking for better weather but 

 Saturday was one of those raw days 

 that drive away trade. The first of 

 this week found business generally 

 dull and flowers left over from Satur- 

 day. Mother's Day developed no 

 special demand for white carnations 

 in this market. Several houses re- 

 ported extra shipments to various 

 large towns on Friday but their home 

 sales were not above normal. 

 Southern peonies are arriving in 

 rather poor condition. Some consign- 

 ments have fallen to pieces as soon as 

 removed from the box. Red gladioli, 

 forced, are in the market and sell 

 fairly well at ?1.50 per dozen. If cold 

 weather continues outdoor stock will 

 be very scarce for Memorial Day. 



The cut flower 

 INDIANAPOLIS trade has been 



somewhat better 

 in certain lines, due more to the short- 

 ening up of supplies than to any in- 

 creased demand. This has manifested 

 itself more the past week than any 

 time this spring, owing to dark, cool 



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May lo 



BUFFALO PITTSBURO 



May II 1 May7ii 



ROSBS 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



" Extra 



No.i 



" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, Golden Gate, F. & S. 



Low.gr.. 



Killarney, Fan. & Sp 



" Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special. 



" Lowergrades 



Chatenay 



My Maryland 



CARNATICmS 



Fancy and Novelties. 

 Ordinary 



MiSCELLANeOUS 



Cattleyas 



LUies. 



Uly of the Valley 



Daffodils ..." !!.'.'."!!!....".'.!!!!!. 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Violeu 



Adiantum 



SmUax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



" " & Spren. (too bchs.) 



25.00 to 33.< 



30.00 to 50. c 



3 00 tA 4.*« 



weather. The quality of Beauties, tea 

 roses, and carnations has not been 

 better this spring, with the demand 

 ahead of the supply. Sweet peas con- 

 tinue one of the best selling items on 

 the list. Iris, pansies and lilac are 

 much called for. The cool weather has 

 held back the bedding plant trade 

 which 'will come with a rush as soon 

 as the weather permits. All kinds of 

 greens seem to be scarce especially 

 smilax and good common ferns. 

 Violets are a thing of the past for 

 this season. Pot hydrangeas and 

 Crimson Ramblers are about the only 

 things seen in the flowering plant line. 



With the excep- 

 PHILADELPHIA. tion of a little 



spurt towards the 

 end of the week on white flowers, 

 there was very little life in last week's 

 market. On Friday, Saturday and 

 Sunday the demand for white carna- 

 tions and white roses consequent on 



the so called "Mother's Day" was very 

 brisk and prices on these soared ta 

 Christmas and Easter figures. Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses were very, very 

 plentiful, and this (Monday) morning 

 the week starts out with a regular 

 avalanche of these. Other varieties of 

 roses are practically in the same boat. 

 The crop of carnations is not quite 

 so redundant and these move off better 

 on the whole than roses. There are 

 enough orchids for all demands. Gar- 

 denias are not moving quite so freely 

 as last week. The quality of the 

 sweet pea crop is exceptionally fine at 

 present and while prices rule low im- 

 mense quantities are disposed of. 

 Thev are the popular low priced flower 

 of this season and fill the gap caused 

 by the absence of the violet. Peonies 

 promise well for Decoration Day the 

 buttons being as large as a quarter 

 May 10th. They should be in bloom 



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