November 21, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



6*9 



Flower Market Reports. 



The market begins to feel 

 BOSTON the oncoming of Thanks- 

 giving Day, and this, to- 

 gether with the football call for cer- 

 tain specialties and the nearness of the 

 winter season, has a tendency to jack 

 tip values, and our next week's report 

 will probably show quite an advance 

 all along the line. At present the only 

 elevation is on certain leading lines, 

 such as American Beauty roses, violets 

 and the fancy grades of chrysanthe- 

 mums. The latter, especially the finer 

 blooms of Timothy Eaton, are tending 

 upwards every day. Carnations are ex- 

 pected to brace up by next week, but 

 thus far they are a hard proposition. 

 Outside of Beauty the only roses to 

 feel the stimulus as yet are Richmond 

 and Killarney. Supplies in all lines 

 are rather light. 



The social calendar is 

 BUFFALO well filled with enter- 

 tainments for the win- 

 ter and it is hoped that the trade will 

 be benefitted and make tip for the dull 

 days that have passed. The past week 

 has been somewhat encouraging, as a 

 gradual demand is arising for Beauties, 

 violets, chrysanthemums, etc. The 

 over-abundance of stock and little 

 values have caused the whole- 

 saler and grower much uneasiness, but 

 as new life is now springing up it is 

 felt that a good season is ahead. 

 The fall season having brought on the 

 carnations too fast, it now looks as if 

 the crops will be off or light picking 

 for the holidays, for such a vast 

 amount of this flower at this season 

 of the year has never been equalled 

 and prices are out of the question. 

 The holiday season cannot come too 

 quickly, as the trade is in training 

 form to handle the business. 



The Chicago market 

 CHICAGO has been up and down 



during the past week, . 

 but with the show over business again 

 started out brisk on Monday. Most of 

 the growers report stock in fine condi- 

 tion for Thanksgiving. Prices are a 

 little higher on Beauties but more 

 because of the longer stems than be- 

 cause of scarcity. On the whole, a lit- 

 tle decline in sales last week was an- 

 ticipated and gave the -wholesalers a 

 chance to see their out-of-town friends 

 at the show. 



Our market is O. K. We 

 DETROIT always thought so and 

 are more convinced since 

 we had an opportunity to compare 

 notes with our brothers in Chicago. 

 There exists a gratifying uniformity 

 of prices in this city. Last Saturday's 

 lootball game brought the usual in- 

 i rease in the sale of large yellow 

 chrysanthemums. Local wholesale 

 bouses shipped 1500 to Ann Arbor 

 florists. 



There were too 



PHILADELPHIA many Richmond 



roses and medium 



to low grade carnations around last 



week, but on the whole the tone of the 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



PER 100. 

 TO DRALE 8 ONLY. 



CINCINNATI 



Nov. 18 



DETROIT 



Nov. 16 



BUFFALO 



Nov. 16 



pnTSButa 



Nov. 16 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



" Extra 



" No.i 



" Lower grades. .. . 



Bride, 'Maid, F. &S 



" '* Low. gr 



Ksillaroey, Fan. & Sp 



" Lower grades ' a.oo to 



Richmond, Fancy & Special 10 



Lower grades. to 



Chatenay 



Golden Gate, Ivory, etc 



My Maryland 



Queen Beatrice 



Mrs. Mar. Field 



CARNATIONS 



Fancy and Novelties t . 



Ordinary.... 



MISCRtXANEOUF 



Chrysanthemums, Fancy 



" Ordinary... . 



Gatrieyas 



Lilies. 



Lily of the Valley.. 



Narcis., Paper White 



Roman Hya to 



Sweet Peas I to 



Gardenias j to 



Violets j i oo to 



Adiantum I to 



Smilajc - - - io.oo to 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings to 



" " & ^pren (100 bchs.) ' to 



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market was good, especially on Friday 

 and Saturday. The influx or chrysan- 

 themums abated somewhat. White and 

 yellow Chad wicks are now arriving 

 and are among the top notchers. 

 Golden Dome will be on the market 

 about The 20th. The pigmy yellow 

 "Haby," in bunched form, is as popu- 

 lar as ever this year, and is coming in 

 plentifully from half a dozen growers. 

 American Beauty roses have been 

 marked up twenty-five per cent, and 

 in most cases the new scale "goes." 

 The quality is extra fine. My Mary- 

 land is in good demand, but there are 

 not a great many coming in. The 

 higher grades of carnations were in 

 good demamd and prices hardened. 

 Good violets are still ' quite scarce. 

 Taper white narcissus and white Ro- 

 man hyacinths have commenced and 

 meet with fair demand. Orchids and 

 lilies remain normal. Adiantum Cro • - 

 ennum is in over supply and very slug- 

 gish. 



Market conditions show 

 PITTSBURG an improvement. Prices 

 are low but a much 

 healthier tone to business is noticed. 

 Chrysanthemums have been very plen- 

 tiful; the supply this season was much 

 greater than the demand and conse- 

 quently sold lower than for many years. 

 American Beauties, tea roses and vio- 

 lets are in fair demand and carnations 

 selling slightly better. The outlook fol- 

 iate varieties is better; cooler weather 

 has improved the quality of nearly all 

 flowers, roses in particular. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Westville, Conn.— J. J. Sokol has 

 purchased his brother's inerest in the 

 firm of Sokol Bros., florists. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — The greenhouse of 

 T. J. Dixon. Canarsie Lane, was dam- 

 aged by fire to the amount of $1,500 

 on Nov. 14. 



Amherst, Mass. — The Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College will give a ten 

 weeks' course in floriculture, horti- 

 culture, etc., beginning January 5, 

 1909. 



Visalia, Calif. — C. S. Riley has taken 

 a ten-years' lease of a lot of land in 

 this city and will stock it with citrus 

 and deciduous trees, plants and 

 flowers. 



Baltimore, Md. — The Park Board 

 have declined to allow the use of the 

 park plants for decorating the Armory 

 during the exhibit of the Maryland 

 they think it establishes a bad 

 precedent. 



New Vork. — The New York Cut 

 Flower Exchange has signed a five- 

 year lease of the floor they have been 

 occupying in the Coogan Building, 55- 

 57 W 26th street. The New York Cut 

 Flower Company took similar action 

 some weeks previous on the floor they 

 ,in upy in the same building. 



Correspondence from Albany. N. V. 

 indicates that there is little sale for 

 the abundance of good flowers with 

 which the market is stocked. 



Philadelphia. — Invitations were is- 

 sued by Fred Ehret to his first annual 

 chrysanthemum show at 702 N. Broad 

 St.. November 11, 12, 13. Incidentally 

 he announces this as the first free 

 chrysanthemum show ever offered to 

 the public by a commerical florist in 

 Philadelphia. 



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