April 19, 1913 



HOETICULTUEE 



615 



Flower Market Reports 



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dragons have fine long stems and per- 

 fect flowers. Daisies are short but sell 

 readily. There has been nothing ap- 

 proaching a glut in greens all wint«r. 

 As the railroad serv- 



CINCINNATI ice into town from 

 the north and west 

 has improved just so has the market 

 been getting back to normal as far as 

 the supply is concerned. Shippers 

 who up to March 24th were shipping 

 regularly are again able to get their 

 stock into the city and business is pick- 

 ing up considerably. The improve- 

 ment last week was very marked. Still 

 the supply although it was short of 

 the normal supply was easily able to 

 take care of all requests. The carna- 

 tion cut is so large that the wholesal- 

 ers have been unable to maintain the 

 price and many lots are cleaned up at 

 sacrifice prices. The lily market last 

 week, too, was fully adequate. Many 

 excellent blooms came in from the 

 local growers. Roses are again in 

 abundant supply. Last week those that 

 came in in good condition cleaned up 

 easily but they brought at the best 

 only a fair price. Sweet peas have 

 sold very well. The good long stock 

 had no trouble finding buyers while 

 the short, though bringing only an 

 ordinary price, still managed to clean 

 up. 



The situation in the 



NEW YORK wholesale trade has 

 improved materially. 

 Carnations have felt the impulse of a 

 better demand and have responded 

 with a more steady selling price. 

 Roses are doing fairly well. Cattleyas 

 have come once more to normal con- 

 ditions with market value moving up- 

 ward in a style very pleasing to those 

 who have any to sell. Violets are about 

 finished but the sweet pea more than 

 fills their place and they can be spared. 

 Snapdragons are assuming a place of 

 prominence and worthily so, for 

 some of the stock is simply grand. 

 Bulbous material is on the wane as a 

 forced specialty, the outdoor dalfodils 

 and early tulips being now in order. 

 Lilacs from southern points are also 

 crowding the greenhouse product. Lily 

 of the valley is good property just now. 

 Business contin- 



PHILADELPHIA ued on a satisfac- 

 tory basis last 

 week in this market. There was no 

 let-up in demand and the wet, cool 

 weather helped to keep stocks on the 

 scarce side so that there was a healthy 

 tone all through. Sweet peas were 

 perhaps the scarcest item — this crop 

 seeming to suffer more promptly from 

 dull weather than most other staples. 



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 1913 



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 1913 



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Carnations also showed a marked de- 

 crease in receipts and there was a 

 noticeable hardening in prices towards 

 the end of the week. While there was 

 a good demand for American Beauty 

 roses the supply was more than equal 

 and prices receded a little in the 

 higher grades. Other roses are with- 

 out marked change from our last 

 week's report. Quality continues fine 

 and sales satisfactory. High-grade or- 

 chids meet with ready sale but the 

 medium quality and less popular va- 

 rieties are rather draggy. There are 

 some fine Lady Campbell violets still 

 arriving. Gardenias have improved 

 somewhat and are now a much more 

 lively item than they have been for 

 some time. Snapdragon quite a 

 strong feature and splendid quality. 

 The cool weather has reduced sup- 

 plies of southern outdoor lilac. 



Business for 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. the past week 



has been fair- 

 ly good. The improvement in the 

 weather has done quite a lot to bright- 

 en up trade, although no particular 

 slump has been noticed since the busy 

 season of Easter. A personal canvass 

 of the principal stores here finds each 

 one more or less busy, and each satis- 

 fied for the time of year. Our stock 

 is arriving in fine shape and handled 

 so carefully that there is no great 



waste. Roses of all kinds are in al- 

 most perfect condition, whilst sweet 

 peas, pansies, lily of the valley, etc.', 

 were never finer. Easter lilies are still 

 with us, also callas, but there is no 

 very great sale for either. Some very 

 fine azaleas and rhododendrons are 

 seen in most stores, as well as a good 

 stock of Rambler roses; in fact some 

 of the stores look as though they 

 would be glad to have Easter over 

 again by the amount of stock they are 

 carrying. Horace J. Head. 



The market last week 

 ST. LOUIS was in the same de- 

 plorable condition as 

 the previous one; the glut was on for 

 good in almost anything in season and 

 at prices that could hardly be quoted 

 correctly at any time. Roses of the 

 best grades held up well, but in the 

 other grades there were too many com- 

 ing in to clean them up in any one day. 

 Carnations were in the same fix as 

 roses, even the supply was greater. 

 Violets and peas, too, had to be sacri- 

 ficed. All other stock ran about the 

 same. The dark weather all week hurt 

 the business and no doubt will shorten 

 up the big supply for this week, as this 

 Monday morning, April 7, prices have 

 gone up a little on carnations, roses 

 and peas. 



(Continued on page t>2l) 



