April 5, 1913 



H E T I C U L T U R B 



fi33 



Flower Market Reports 



f CoHtinutd from f«^ J?/) 



the same time all east-bound service 

 except on the C. & O. was stopped. 

 The raging torrents of the Big and 

 Little Miamis and the Whitwater have 

 either taken down the various bridges 

 or have weakened them so as to ren- 

 der them unsafe to cross, while the 

 water is still up as high as it is. On 

 Tuesday one wholesaler received a 

 shipment that had been shipped on 

 the 22nd and should have arrived here 

 on the 23rd. Another had a shipment 

 held up twenty-two miles from town. 

 All trains south are moving regularly. 

 Business since Easter has been fair. 

 The supply is adequate and consists 

 of excellent stock in every line. 

 (This report delayed on account of floods. i 



The market here, di- 

 NEW YORK rectly after Easter, 

 took a big tumble. 

 Many things that had maintained a 

 standard price up to Saturday night 

 dropped in quoted value 25 to 50 per 

 cent, and many others were actually 

 unquotable. It was probably one of 

 the most sudden and serious breaks 

 ever experienced here. It is unneces- 

 sary to attempt to assign the causes, 

 in these brief notes. Suffice it to sim- 

 ply state the fact. No signs of recov- 

 ery are yet visible. The crop is ex- 

 ceedingly heavy on all lines and 

 wholesale dealers are glad to unload 

 at "job-lot" figures to anyone who will 

 come along with a proposition for a 

 good-sized load. Those who buy a 

 few dozen flowers for Immediate needs 

 will have to pay an average price, as 

 a rule, but those who are disposed to 

 take a speculative chance on a van- 

 load can pretty nearly dominate the 

 situation just now. 



Monday after 

 PHILADELPHIA Easter very 



good. Balance 

 of week very bad. Crops seemed to 

 come in with a rush and business 

 dropped off amazingly — the conse- 

 quence being a glut all along the line. 

 A good demand was expected for after- 

 Easter weddings, but there was very 

 little doing apparently in that line. The 

 overload was gotten rid of somehow at 

 some price — with some exceptions — no- 

 tably southern daffodils. The latter 

 were poor, and a great part went 

 to waste. American Beauty and other 

 roses, also carnations, were plentiful 

 and good. In orchids a few Mossiae 

 are now to be seen but the bulk is 



ALBANY CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE 



THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr. 



WHOLESALE ONLY 



76 Maiden Lane, ALBANY, N.Y. 



6AVB TIMS AND MONET BT 8RNDINO TOCB ORIIER TO CS - 



Prices Right. Consignments Solicited. Telephone Connection 



WELCH BROS. CO. 



antericvn beauty, kill\rney, r1chm1nd, m \rvland and ' ll the 



superior roses. lily of the valley. c*jlnatljns. orchid j 



be;st produced 



226 Devonshire Street, Bo«ton, Mas*. 



William F. Kasting Co. 



\A/Hole8al< 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



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BUFFALO, N. Y. 



—MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, LTD.— 



ORGANIZED FOR THB BKMKFIT OF THB CANADIAN TRADE. 

 CUT IXOWKKS AND rl/ORISTS' SCFPLIES OP EVERY DESCRIPTION. 

 Bomr-cr*wa BtMk • Sn«lrt«y. tTBICTLT WHOLJESALEg NOTHING SOLD 

 AT RKTAH.. 



AspU r«f«r*ae« fBralshad ■• %» ■*■■*■! vaA •aaacUU ahllltr af th* campany. 

 123 MANSFIELD STREET, MONTREAL. P. Q. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lille* . LooKif lorum 



LU> of the Valley 



DaffodiU 



Tulips 



Violets 



Daises -> 



Mignonette 



Snapdrak^on 



Wallf ower 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches 



Oardenias 



Adiantum 



dinllax 



Asparagus Plumostis, sUiQgs (per zoo) 



•* *' A Spren (loo bunches) . 



Ust Half of Weifc 



eoding Mar. 29 



1913 



1500 

 3-00 

 8.00 

 1. 00 

 1.00 

 1. 00 

 •15 

 •50 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 Z.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 .50 

 10.00 



35 oo 

 15.00 



40.00 

 6.00 



xo.oo 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



,4c 



1.00 



5.00 



6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 90.00 

 1. 00 

 15.00 

 40.00 

 35.00 



First Hall ifWHl 



begionlng Mar. 31 



tll3 



15.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



i.OO 



•'5 



•SO 



3.00 



3.00 



I.OO 



3.00 



6xx> 

 .50 

 10.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



504 



6.< 



•4» 

 i.oa 



6.00 



3.00 



6.oe 



ao.oe 



t.a» 



iS.oa 



40.0* 



'5.«» 



Still the less ])opular Scliroederae. 

 Easter lilies, callas and lily of tlie val- 

 ley were in fairly good demand and 

 suffered less from the glut than most 

 other things. A great part of the sweet 

 pea crop was below par. Really good 

 flowers were the exception. There was 

 a good demand for spring smilax — with 

 supply rather limited. 



The market has had an 

 ST. LOUIS abundance of stock all 



during the last week. 

 Retail business somewhat quiet but in 

 the later part it picked up, but the 

 stock at the wholesale market was so 

 large that the demand scarcely made 

 an impression on it. Prices went 

 down in a hurry. Violets and sweet 

 peas have been the special glut since 

 Easter with prospects for a continu- 

 ance of this for this week. Bulb stock 

 too is coming in heavy on all sides. 



ROSES WANTED 



will Pay Good Prices for Saleable 

 Blooms Shipped Regularly. 



A. L. YOUNG & CO. 



54 W. 38th Street, N«w Yeric 



HORTICULTURAL CLUB OF BOS- 

 TON. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 entertained at Its March meeting as 

 guests, Wm. Wells, Merstham, Eng- 

 land. A. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal., 

 and H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Man. 

 Mr. Wells made a charming ad- 

 dress on his pet flower — the chrys- 

 anthemum, asserting that the big flow- 

 ered varieties are still in the ascend- 

 ancy and giving some very interesting 

 facts concerning the hardy sorts. Mr. 

 Philpott told of the beautiful and at- 

 tractive homes that are being estab- 

 lished in the great Northwest. Mr. 

 Zvolanek presented a paper giving 

 facts concerning the origin of the 

 winter-flowering Spencer sweet peas. 

 In illustration of Mr. Zvolanek's story 

 Wm. Sim had decorated the table with 

 a glorious display of the Zvolanek 

 sweet peas, twenty-five varieties being 

 represented in the aggregation. Mr. 

 Sim predicted that within a couple of 

 years the Spfencer type would be the 

 only winter sweet peas grown for com- 

 mercial purposes. Robert Cameron 

 deprecated the crude way In which 

 flowers are handled in the markets. 



