February 1, 1913 



HORT 1 CULTU RE 



161 



Flower Market Reports 



Business during the 



BALTIMORE past week has been 

 somewhat dull, owing 

 to the warm weather. Incoming stock is 

 extremely heavy. Yellow tulips and 

 narcissus are good and in demand. 

 Roses are not holding up very well; 

 carnations are of good quality and 

 coming to the front. Harrisii lilies 

 are in good demand, but the supply is 

 moderate. Plenty of asparagus and a 

 fair demand. 



Business here is fairly 



BOSTON good, considering the 

 weather conditions which 

 have favored auto-riding and other 

 out-door pastimes in preference to 

 flower-decked indoor diversions. Roses 

 are not over-plentiful and prices are 

 holding well up to top-notch. Carna- 

 tions, on the other hand have weak- 

 ened decidedly and are still tending 

 downward. Bulbous flowers of all 

 kinds are coming in very freely but 

 are sold fairly well under the circum- 

 stances. Violets are receding more 

 and more. The singles are the only 

 saleable ones, nobody caring for the 

 doubles, once so popular. The quota- 

 tions on double run about half of what 

 is asked for single violets. Sweet peas 

 are still quite short of stem but are im- 

 proving. Cattleyas and gardenias are 

 decidedly weak, bringing quoted figures 

 with difiicultv. Quality good, general- 

 ly. 



The market the past 



BUFFALO week was such that one 

 day enough stock was 

 had to supply all, and the following 

 day everything was short, especially 

 on the line most needed. No complaint 

 can be made as to weather conditions 

 the past week, it being spring-like and 

 it certainly had a tendency to give 

 flower lovers spring fever, as daffo- 

 dils, tulips, freesia and other spring 

 stock cleaned up well. Good carna- 

 tions sold, though there was a super- 

 fluous number of ordinary reds and 

 Winsor. Roses are still on the short 

 side, especially beauties. There are 

 fine lilies and these have also shared 

 in demand. At the time of mailing 

 this, the weather is cold and stock on 

 the scarce side. Weddings are booked 

 for this week and all white stock will 

 have a good call. On McKinley's 

 birthday a little extra carnation busi- 

 ness is expected. 



Mid-winter trade aver- 



CHICAGO ages very fair one day 

 with another, a particu- 

 larly busy time followed by a day or 

 two of depression. This condition was 

 quite marked during the past week 

 when week-end business was extra 

 good and Monday and Tuesday were 

 very quiet. The only thing that marks 

 conditions as unusual is the continued 

 shortage of medium and short roses 

 this week reaching into the longer 

 grades for those who must have roses 

 had to pay the price and take the long 

 ones. Prices nearly or quite as high as 

 at Christmas prevail on roses. Carna- 

 tions are decidedly abundant and poor 

 grades are not selling. All kinds of 

 bulbous flowers are bringing fair re- 

 turns to the growers and the rose 

 shortage is to their advantage. Lily 

 of the valley is to be had in any quan- 

 tity but meets ready sale. Orchids are 

 ^ quoted low and violets are not meet- 

 ing a strong demand. There are plen- 



AGACIA 



With Us beautiful long 

 spravs of soft yellow 

 flowers, and delicate 

 green foliage; artistic 

 and beautiful, attract- 

 ing the buyer looking 

 for something unusual. 

 Price $2.50 per bunch. 



j^T GARDENIAS: ^^'.-I'lr^'^ii 



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or more, st^mie medium, some longer stems, all 

 good quality flowers, at $12.50 per 100. 



♦^■^^■li'Sl -X ' OATTI CVAC* E>;tra $6.00 per doz. ; $35.00 per 100 



UnilLCTHw. Medium 4.00 per doz. ; 20.00 per 100 



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iflLLuI . Extra 3.00 per 100 



n||ir*|>v nriP ■ ^^ I'ite. P'uk and lavender; good to medium stems, 

 xWrr I rrB\ S*''"- and 75c. per 100: some very choice long stems, 



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prices on these and on Supplies. 

 Small shipments can be sent l>y Parcel Post at purchaser's risk. 



S. S. PennocK-Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON 



1608-16-30 Ludlow St. Ill W. 28th St. 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^«^''^'^"^^-d^e\Ve"r"s«».lv 



ROSES 



BOSTON 



January 30 



ChlCAQO 



January 27 



ST. LOUIS 



January 27 



t>HlLA. 



January 20 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special.,.. 



" " Extra 



No. I 



*' *' Lower Grades 



Killamey, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Marj-land, Extra 



" " Ordinary . . . 



Bride, 'Maid 



Hillingdon, Ward, Melody, Extra.- 

 ** " '* Ordinary 



Taft, Sunburst 



Carnations, Fancy Grade 



*' Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum . . - 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Narcissus, Paper White 



" Trumpet 



Tulips 



Roman Hyacinths 



Violets 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Pinmosus, Strings (100). . 

 *' *' & Spren. (100 Bchs.)- • 



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ty of callas and an abundance of all 

 kinds of green. 



McKinley Day passed with but little 

 recognition and no effort apparently 

 was made to keep alive what started 

 out to be one of the florists' special 

 days with plenty of sentiment behind 

 it. Not a window bore even a card to 

 remind the passers-by that Jan. 29th 

 was McKinley Day, and with the re- 

 tailer and wholesaler alike the observ- 

 ance of the day is apparently a thing 

 of the past. 



Business is at best 

 CINCINNATI only fair. The mar- 

 ket has assumed a 

 much better appearance owing to a 

 considerable let-up in the supply, 

 which, however, has not tightened to 

 such an extent that there has been 

 an appreciable increase in prices. Ship- 

 ping business is very good. Roses of 

 all kinds clean up nicely. The demand 

 is especially strong for the colored va- 



rieties. The supply of white roses is 

 relatively larger than the pink and 

 red. They are, however, taken up nice- 

 ly. Sweet peas follow right in the 

 footsteps of roses. All that arrive 

 sell and more might easily be used. 

 The call for lily of the valley is very 

 much better than it was a fortnight 

 ago and all receipts clean up well. 

 Carnations are still in heavy supply. 

 The pinks and red sell nicely while 

 the white move more slowly. Other 

 offerings include violets, orchids, gar- 

 denias, narcissus, jonquils, tulips, poin- 

 settias and freesia. Narcissus are a 

 glut while the others named find more 

 or less good market. 



While not exactly 

 NEW YORK torpid, business in this 

 market seems to lack 

 the spirit which one would expect to 

 see a week preceding the Lenten quie- 

 tus. Again it is noticeable that the 



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