May 3, 1913 



H R T I C U L T TJ E E 



687 



Flower Market Reports 



numbers. The sweet pea cut is much 

 larger than the conditions require. 

 Lilies are not selling very well. Bul- 

 bous stock finds only a limited mar- 

 ket. The two things, however, that 

 are enjoying a good call are Spanish 

 iris and snapdragon. 



Business has been rath- 



DETROIT er quiet and the only 

 ones who cannot come 

 up to the demand are the landscapers. 

 A couple of warm days last week 

 seemed to make everybody anxious 

 to have their flower beds planted. 

 The pi'esent setback in temperature 

 gives us a chance to catch up in this 

 line. Prices in general rule firmly but 

 low. 



After the very ac- 



NEW YORK ceptable flurry of last 

 week it is too bad to 

 have to record a sudden collapse in 

 the demand and. consequently, in 

 prices on all lines of cut flowers. This 

 week came in with a very dubious air 

 and by Wednesday the bottom seemed 

 to drop out of everything. As carna- 

 tions had been the first item on the 

 list to respond to the upward move- 

 ment last week, so they were also the 

 first to feel the depressing influence 

 of the present situation and values 

 have been cut in half or worse. Sweet 

 peas are among the things most per- 

 plexingly overstocked, yet in the ex- 

 treme fancy blooms a good fair price 

 is maintained. Roses have settled 

 back to some extent and are liable to 

 still further decline should a warm 

 wave come along. Beauties are more 

 abundant than they have been for a 

 month, with quality greatly improved. 

 On lilies a wide range of prices pre- 

 vails, according to size and character 

 of bloom. Lily of the valley from 

 frame culture is superlatively good. 

 Cattleyas of extra grade are in fair 

 supply, but demand for them is light. 

 Outdoor lilacs, apple blossoms and 

 similar material all have an effect on 

 market values and there seems no 

 likelihood of a recovery in prices gen- 

 erally for some time to come. 



Prices generally 



PHILADELPHIA kept pretty even 

 all through last 

 week. A few items were on the scarce 

 side — such as lily of the valley and 

 lilies — but even in these the quoted 

 rates held — and there was a good 

 clean-up. For carnations the demand 

 was so good and the quality so excel- 

 lent that nothing went a-begging. 

 There was a slight falling off in the 

 supply of roses early in the week but 

 the bright weather changed condi- 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



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Callas 



Uly of the Valley 



Daf fodiU 



Tulips 



Violets 



Daises 



Mignonette 



Snap(]ra.:on 



Wallf ower 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches 



Gardenias 



Adjantum 



Smilax 



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tions materially later. Gardenias 

 continue of good quality and the de- 

 mand very fair. Not quite so many 

 orchids but enough to go around. 

 Baby gladioli and Spanish iris are 

 more )iii niifu! ■ excellent quality; good 

 demand. Outdoor lilac is now at its 

 best and a general favorite for deco- 

 rative work. Sweet peas are in active 

 demand especially the higher grades 

 which come from the late-planted 

 crops. The tail-enders of the old crop 

 are generally under grade and sell for 

 very little. Greens plentiful except 

 string smilax which is scarce and 

 high. Wild smilax is over for the sea- 

 son. Cold storage dagger ferns need a 

 lot of picking over now to make them 

 pass muster. The new crop will be in 

 soon. 



The past week 

 ROCHESTER started oft very 



briskly and main- 

 tained it throughout. . Everybody 

 seems busy in some way or other, es- 

 pecially the greenhouse men, where 

 so much is being done for the coming 

 season. The weather has been glori- 

 ous and if it keeps up this way for 

 another week, the bedding season will 

 be in full blast. Most of the growers 

 who specialize in this kind of work 

 are well stocked. Lilies and a few 

 other shrubs are already in leaf and 

 bud in the parks and a few more 

 warm days will see them in blossom. 

 Cut flower stock is fine. Roses are 

 arriving plentifully. Sweet peas are 

 especially good and long-stemmed. As 

 bunched by the local growers they are 

 made much more salable by a couple 

 of sprays of maiden-hair fern. This 



was adopted last season, and has 

 proved efficient. Some extra large 

 pansies of many shades are on the 

 market and are used frequently for 

 table centres. Carnations are in their 

 prime, being good blossoms and 

 strong lengthy stems. Lily of the val- 

 ley is good, but a little scarce. Mig- 

 nonette and snapdragon are in great 

 shape, also white daisies. White 

 stocks are a little slow in moving. 

 Plenty of outdoor jonquils are in now. 

 Most of the bulbs are in blossom in 

 the gardens and parks and this nat- 

 urally makes them a little slow in 

 selling. Greens of all kinds are plen- 

 tiful. 



The market was in full 

 ST. LOUIS blast last week. Every- 

 thing was plentiful and 

 not enough demand, any one day to 

 clean up any one of the markets. 

 Prices took an awful drop. Roses and 

 carnations are fine in color and stem 

 and consignments large. Sweet peas 

 and lilac bunches are coming in in 

 large quantities daily, and the whole- 

 sale markets are loaded down with 

 them at cheap prices. Bulb stock is 

 about over for the season; still, there 

 are plenty of lilies, lily of the valley 

 and callas to be had at any time. The 

 demand for greens was fine last week. 



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