June 6, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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FLOWER ImARKET REPORTS 



Memorial Day business 

 BOSTON in Boston was a record- 



brealier in several re- 

 spects. Xo such quantity of material 

 has ever been available, the quantity 

 sold was far beyond the record and 

 it was physically impossible to do 

 more than was done in the wholesale 

 places. But the prices were badly cut 

 down, there was a big surplus left 

 over which turned out a complete loss 

 and there have been many complaints 

 from buyers concerning the poor qual- 

 ity of much of the stock. Since the 

 holiday the situation is in no respect 

 improved. Peonies are now coming 

 in freely; carnations are abundant 

 and cheap; roses, with the exception 

 of Beauty. Kaiserin and Carnot, are 

 badly mildewed; outdoor lily of the 

 valley is gone and the forced product 

 is doing better than for some time 

 past; sweet peas are abundant and 

 good. Demand is far behind supply 

 in most lines. 



The trade seem to be 

 BUFFALO satisfied with the busi- 

 ness which was had for 

 Memorial week. Until the first part 

 of the week stock of all kinds was 

 over plentiful, with little or no outlet, 

 and the only thing for the wholesaler 

 was to fill up the coolers. The tem- 

 I)€rature ran up to S8 degrees in the 

 shade and such out-door stock as tu- 

 lips, spirea, narcissi, deutzia, lilac and 

 lily of the valley all came in at one 

 time, and at the end of the week when 

 it could have been used to good ad- 

 vantage there was little to be had, as 

 the hot weather had cleaned them up 

 quickly. In the rose line there was 

 plenty to be had and at good quality, 

 including Beauties, but demand was 

 not strong. Peonies helped out con- 

 siderably, but would not move at high 

 prices as in former yeare. Carnations 

 were in demand as usual, and sold 

 readily, the colored ones being pre- 

 ferred. Most of the carried-over 

 stock was cleaned up by the cemetery 

 florists. Shipping trade was excellent 

 and equal to former years, but a good 

 portion of stock would not stand 

 shipping. 



As was anticipated the 

 CHICAGO Chicago cut llower mar- 

 ket was affected by the 

 excestsive rains followed by intense 

 heat preceding Memorial Day. The 

 shipping trade especially suffered. Stock 

 was soft and some of the giowers had 



held back the flowers till they were in 

 no condition for .sale anywhere, much 

 less for shipping long distances. Bay- 

 ers tJiere were in abundance, though 

 many report the individual sales not 

 so large as usual, but an oversupply of 

 flowers and an uuder-supply of quality 

 helped to demoralize the market. At 

 the beginning prices were ver>- fair 

 and in some localities remained so, but 

 in the overstocked portions prices fell. 

 Florists having a large shipping trade 

 are fearing complaints from dissatis- 

 fied customers, for much of the stock 

 was not in best of condition for send- 

 ing out. Taken all in all, foi- an off 

 year in business and with unfavorable 

 weather to contend with, Chicago' flor- 

 ists pronounce Memorial ]>ay trade 

 for 1908 "fair." 



Memorial Day 

 INDIANAPOLIS trade exceeded all 



expectations of the 

 majority of the florists. All outside 

 flowers, especially peonies, were in full 

 swing. Warm weather has greatly re- 

 duced the size of roses and carnations. 

 There seems to be a record breaking 

 supply of everything at the present 

 time with prospects for a big June 

 trade. Weddings and school closings 

 are next in order and already a great 

 number of large advance orders have 

 been booked. Green stock of all kinds 

 is in good supply with an excellent 

 demand. 



The heavy influx of 

 NEW YORK flowers has continued 



unabated and, as our 

 price quotations show, prices on all 

 lines are low and, with the exception 

 of Cattleyas and choice white material 

 for wedding adornment, demand lags 

 badly. Last week was the culmination 

 of an unusual conjunction of supply, 

 weather, and other conditions affecting 

 unfavorably the coui-se of the flower 

 market. Memorial Day was as usual a 

 busy time among the suburban florists 

 especially those located near the ceme- 

 teries, but the city proper retail trade 



was not overworked and the whole- 

 salers who might ordinarily have done 

 well with the out-of-town trade were 

 balked from start to finish by the tre- 

 mendous shipments of stock sent to 

 them, most of it in miserable condition 

 and which they were glad to get off 

 their hands at any figure. A rapid 

 shortesing up of supply may now be 

 loolied for. 



Black disaster and 

 PHILADELPHIA calamity is the 

 story for Memorial 

 week in Philadelphia, without a soli- 

 tary redeeming feature anywhere. 

 Even Memorial Day itself, which is 

 usuallj" good for the plant men at least, 

 was ruined for them also by the tre- 

 mendo\is downpour of rain which con- 

 tinued all day. Business was poor all 

 I he week and the influx of stock was 

 enormous. Much of it was poor and 

 was never taken out of the boxes 

 Such a deluge cf everything was never 

 seen here before. Roses of all kinds 

 except American Beauty were inferior 

 showing a bad slump for the' week. 

 Beauty was the only one that held its 

 own as to quality. Good carnations 

 were not looked for, so no one was dis- 

 ai>pointed. Sweet peas were no better, 

 with the exception of a few from out- 

 dors which showed a little more hard- 

 ness, substance, color and finish. Peo- 

 nies cp.me in all the week with a rush 

 and an immense lot were left over on 

 Saturday night with no hope of moving 

 them. These lovely, fragi'ant and 

 showy flowers will be with us in quan- 

 tity for the next ten days or two weeks, 

 and prices until then will be low. We 

 might extend the review to other flow- 

 ers — but what's the use? The same sad 

 story all along the line. The worst 

 Memorial week on record. 



Business in Minneapolis and St. Paul 

 is reported as having been fairly satis- 

 factory dui-ing the past week, consider- 

 ing that it has rained steadily a good 

 part of the time. 



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