May 10, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



723 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued front page 7^1) 



Last week's market 

 CINCINNATI affairs proved as dif- 

 ferent from those of 

 the week before as day is different 

 from night. In place of the sluggish 

 market of the week before there was 

 a real active one. The call reached 

 practically every line in the market. 

 The supply of roses is large. A good 

 bit of the stock sells at fair prices. 

 Some, however, must be moved at sac- 

 rifice prices while a small part hardly 

 realizes these. The reds are selling 

 pretty well. Pink moves slightly bet- 

 ter than white while in Beauties the 

 cut of each size is easily adequate. 

 Carnations are now realizing a very 

 good figuie, where a week or ten days 

 ago they sold at almost anything the 

 buyer chose to offer. The higher 

 prices are due to a very pronounced 

 shortening of the supply combined 

 with the general good demand. To the 

 lily line, which up to this time has 

 been including callas and Easter lilies, 

 there is now added rubrum lilies. 

 Many outdoor lily of the valley are 

 coming in. Outdoor tulips completes 

 the bulbous line. Both Spanish iris 

 and German iris are arriving in fair 

 quanrities. The former finds a very 

 ready sale. Miniature gladioli also 

 sell quickly. Sweet peas are much 

 more plentiful than they were a week 

 ago. 



The heavy receipts 

 NEW YORK of material of every 

 kind, from outdoor 

 and indoor sources, continues un- 

 abated and the accumulations are 

 moved with difficulty and on a "wagon 

 load" basis of prices as a rule. Sell- 

 ing prices on small lots of most sta- 

 ples remain about stationary, but car- 

 nations have shown considerable fluc- 

 tuation, values going down to a very 

 low figure last week and recovering 

 nicely this week, with a very bullish 

 tendency as Mothers' Day draws near. 

 This, of course, is largely confined to 

 the white varieties, however. There 

 is no cause to find fault with the qual- 

 ity of stock as a rule, for it is uni- 

 formly good. There are some pretty 

 poor lilies coming in from careless 

 growers, and American Beauty roses 

 don't average up as well as they 

 should. 



April 28 to May 

 PHILADELPHIA 3 proved a good 

 week in the 

 wholesale trade here. Prices kept 

 firm all along the line and there was 

 very little surplus. On some lines quo- 

 tations advanced considerably. This 



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was especially the case in white car- 

 nations — and the colored varieties also 

 responded in sympathy, although to a 

 lesser degree. The leaders in carna- 

 tions at present are Perfection, White 

 Wonder, and White Enchantress in 

 whites. In other colors Beacon and 

 Enchantress are showing the effects of 

 the warm weather, hut Gloriosa and 

 Winsor are fine. Victory is very fine, 

 also, and good judges say this old va- 

 riety can still be grown at a profit. 

 Roses were on the scarce side until 

 the latter part of the week, when the 

 bright and abnormally warm days 

 lirought them in with a rush. Nearly 

 all the growers sent in double cuts 

 on Saturday after the temperature 

 went up to 80 and 85 for two or three 

 days. There seems to be a fair amount 

 of gardenias and orchids on hand — 

 enough for all demands. Sweet peas 

 are of excellent quality and are mov- 

 ing well. The gladiolus market is 

 quite lively, the "baby" varieties be- 

 ing now supplemented by some of the 

 earlier of the large-flowering sorts, 

 particularly Crawford's May. Southern 

 peonies are to be seen in limited quan- 

 tity. Other good outdoor items are the 

 blue German iris, bridal wreath (S. 

 Thunbergi). and Deutzia gracilis. 



The past week's busi- 

 ROCH ESTER ness, both wholesale 

 and retail, has not 

 been up to normal. We are now hav- 

 ing intensely hot weather for the early 

 part of May, which is bringing on the 

 stock quicker than we really wish, with 

 the result that the market is fairly 



glutted with tulips and hyacinths — 

 their quality being poor and blossoms 

 soft. Counter trade has been slack 

 until Saturday, when most of the 

 stores advertised specials and did a 

 good business. We cannot give any- 

 thing but praise for the stock, as it ar- 

 rives in first-class condition. Ameri- 

 can Beauties bring fair prices and 

 other roses are all favorites, and are 

 used constantly tor corsage work. 

 Sweet peas are good and a larger de- 

 mand is noticed. Baby gladioli are 

 here again, as well as a fair supply of 

 snapdragons. Carnations were never 

 finer. Daisies, pansies, mignonette, 

 lily of the valley, callas, cattleyas and 

 a few gardenias make up our usual 

 stock of flowers. Asparagus is a little 

 scarce, but other greens are very plen- 

 tiful. 



The market was very 

 ST. LOUIS much overcrowded dur- 

 ing the past week and 

 the demand was not strong enough to 

 consume the supply that came in dally. 

 All stock is of extra fine quality. Out- 

 door peonies and Cape jessamines are 

 expected this week. 



Stock is not quite 

 WASHINGTON so plentiful as it 



has been and what 

 is coming in is being cleaned up well. 

 The Horse Show last week called for 

 the supply of many table decorations, 

 corsage bouquets, etc., adding quite a 

 little to the usual business. Among 

 the new varieties seen during the past 

 week are Spencer sweet peas, dahlias, 



(Cojitiaued on page ~2S) 



