October 26, 1918 



HOBTICULTUHE 



421 



Flower Market Reports 



The local situation has 

 BOSTON improved somewhat dur- 

 ing the past week inas- 

 niiK-h as the supply has been steady 

 and has met the heavy demands which 

 still continue to be made. Chrysanthe- 

 mums have been the feature and have 

 helped to relieve the heavy strain 

 made upon the market, their quality 

 is excellent and while prices are re- 

 duced somewhat from figures of last 

 week it has been due mainly to in- 

 creased shipments. Roses of the 

 better grades are the best one has 

 seen in i-ecent years in this mar- 

 ket. Carnations are constantly im- 

 proving both in quality and stem and 

 violets also are growing more plenti- 

 ful and are selling well. Easter lilies 

 are hard to find and all outdoor stock 

 has disappeared. Out of town ship- 

 ments have held steady and have been 

 the means of holding prices firm. 



As in the previous two 

 CHICAGO weeks, the third week 

 in October taxed to the 

 utmost the ability of the trade to 

 care for the enormous amount of 

 business coming to this market. 

 Wholesale houses kept open as late 

 as was necessary to care for their 

 trade and no attempt was made to 

 carry out the five o'clock closing rule 

 adopted some months ago. All were 

 tired enough to close as early as pos- 

 sible. It was a great relief to have 

 the supply of stock materially in- 

 creased by the addition o" pompons, 

 for no small part of the work was the 

 hurrying from one house to another 

 to secure something with which to fill 

 orders. Roses, too, were .getting more 

 nearly sufficient to meet the demand, 

 and the week ending Oct. 19 made a 

 splendid record of sales in both 

 wholesale and retail houses. A move- 

 ment to cut out the use of flowers at 

 the hundreds of funerals daily, put a 

 sudden halt to much of the local trade 

 Monday. By order of the Board of 

 Health, public funerals in Chicago 

 were prohibited and the effect on the 

 cut flower business was felt at once. 

 At this writing, Oct. 22nd, the supply 

 of chrysanthemums and roses is large 

 and there is a good assortment of 

 miscellaneous flowers. Shipping trade 

 is in the lead and most houses have 

 many shipments to fill each day. It 

 is not expected that there will be an- 

 other material shortage o: stock in 

 the near future. 



Business is the best 



CINCINNATI this market has ever 



had at this season of 



the year. Everything that comes into 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



In yellow, white, pink and 

 gold, large, medium and 

 small, all well grown stock, 

 at 



$10.00, $12.50 $15.00 

 $20.00 and $25.00 per 100. 



The extra large at $30,00, 

 $40.00 per 100. 



POMPONS $6.00 per doz. 

 bunches. 



Everything in Cut F'low- 

 ers, Plants, Greens, Ribbons 

 and Supplies. 



BrSIXE.SS HOrR.>i 

 T A. M. to 5 r. M. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^'K'o'Stl.'of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1 e08-l 620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul Stfc 



WASHINGTON. 1 2 1 6 H. St. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ™ade prices .p«^oo^_^ ^^^^ 



Rotes 



Am, Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell 



Hadley 



Euler, Mock 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward, Hillingdon 



Killarney, Key, Taft 



Ophelia. Sunburst 



Camatioiu 



Cattleya*-- 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lilies. Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Cnapdragoo 



Sladiol 



Giolets •• ■ 



Asters 



DahKas 



Val«nclula'. 



Chrysanthemums 



Gardenias 



Adiantmn 



Smilax 



Asparago^Plp.^ ^pren. fiooBhs.^ 



CINCINNATI 



Oct. 14 



CHICAGO 



Oct 21 



BUFFALO 



Oct. 21 



PITTSBURC 



Oct. 21 



25.00 

 15.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3.0c 

 2.C0 

 60.00 



35-00 

 20.00 



JO.OO 



12.00 

 12.00 



8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 



4. CO 



3.00 

 75.00 



15.00 to 20.t 



2. 00 



4 oc 



6.00 



4.0 

 5-M 



60.00 

 40.00 



8.00 



6.00 

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 15.00 

 15.00 



4.00 



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4 00 



3.00 

 60,00 

 12.OC 



4.00 to 

 3.0c to 



to 



■75 »o 



4. CO to 



75.00 



50.00 



20.0Q 

 25.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 



20.0c 

 10.00 

 12 00 

 15. CO 

 6,00 

 90.00 

 15.00 



8.00 



4 00 



1.50 



6.00 



15.00 



2«.00 



1.00 I 

 20.00 



3.00 

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■75 

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30.CX3 

 20.00 

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 6.CX) 

 4.00 

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 6.CX] 

 4.00 

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 5.00 

 3. CO 

 6c.oo 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 8 00 

 2. CO 

 3.0c 



■73 

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15.00 



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15. CO 

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6.00 I 



13. 00 I 

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12. c» 

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ZO.O 



the market i.'i cleaning up readil.v and 

 much more could be sold if we had it. 

 The supply would be sufficient for a 

 normal market but the demand is so 

 strong that the supply is inadequate. 

 Shipping business is heavy. The great 

 problem of lioth wholesalers and retail- 

 ers is to get enough stock. Roses have 

 shortened somewhat during the past 

 fortnight of the actual demand for 

 them as have also carnations. Chrys- 

 anthemums are fairly plentiful in all 

 sizes and colors. Dahlias still continue 

 plentiful. Cosmos also have an excel- 

 lent market. Violets sell well. There 

 are no Easter lilies to be had at this 

 time and greens are scarce. 



A general scarcity of 

 CLEVELAND stock prevails and 



wholesalers are un- 

 able to fill more than half their orders, 

 the result being the enforced refusal 

 of much business by the retailers. 

 Carnations are slow and chrysanthe- 

 mums are very tardy in getting into 

 shape for the market. For the first 

 time in years dahlia growers on the 

 Lake Shore are realizing a profit ow- 

 ing to the lateness of the indoor stock. 

 Easter lilies are extremely scarce. 

 Cattleyas and lily of the valley are 

 also very low in supply. The in- 

 creased business makes the labor 

 {Continued on papc 423) 



