November 9, 1918 



HORTICTTLTUEE 



469 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ™^^ """^"-/(S'd'ea 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Business is at a stand- 

 BOSTON still all this week. Chrys- 



antlieimims in all class- 

 es are very abundant and flowers of 

 all varieties are pouring into the mar- 

 kets so that there is an accumulation 

 which is increasing in volume from 

 day to day. Prices have fallen with 

 a dull thud and, for the time being 

 are favorable to the retailer. The 

 street merchant can now get busy 

 again after his enforced rest of three 

 or four weeks. The coldest weather 

 of the season has come this week and 

 local dahlias are all killed off, al- 

 though there are a good many in the 

 market still shipped in from more 

 southern points. 



Very good business is 

 CHICAGO reported for the closing 



week of October. In 

 spite of the obstacles put in the way 

 of delivery of flowers to places where 

 death had occurred, florists were able 

 to keep much of their funeral trade 

 by sending flowers direct to the ceme- 

 tries and thus kept local sales from 

 so large a falling off as seemed im- 

 minent at one time. Shipping trade 

 holds up well and has kept the mar- 

 ket from going to pieces now the big 

 crop of chrysanthemums is at its 

 height. The first days of November 

 found pompons coming in as fast as 

 could be handled in pink and white, 

 and an over-supply in yellow. Bunch- 

 es of pompons vary in size according 

 to the fancy of the grower and the 

 prices run from 25 to 75c. per bunch. 

 A splendid lot of roses is now coming 

 daily. Elvery variety of the season is 

 offered and the quality is all that can 

 be desired. Violets are not an Im- 

 portant consideration at present, the 

 warm weather being against them. 

 Carnations are a little more in evi- 

 dence but the quantity of pompons 

 make a big supply unnecessary. Green 

 is much in demand and supply not 

 very large. 



The market contin- 

 CLEVELAND ues brisk with lib- 

 eral receipts of sea- 

 sonable stock. Chrysanthemums now 

 occupy first place, the supply of both 

 the large fellows and the pompons be- 

 ing generous. Roses are of excellent 

 quality, medium and longer grades 

 predominating. Carnations still fall 

 very short of supplying the demand. 

 Lilies are temporarily oft the price- 

 lists. City business continues strong 

 and the out of town trade is consid- 



Rofes 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



*' *' No. I and culls 



Russel! 



Hadley 



EuJer, Mock 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward, Hillingdon 



Killarney. Key, Tafl 



Ophelia. Sunburst 



Carnations 



Cattleyaa 



Lilies, LonKiflonim 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Violets 



DahKas 



Calendula 



Chrysenlhemums 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparasua Plu. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Ncv. 4 



CHICAGO 



Nov. 4 



BUFFALO 



Nov. 4 



PITTSBURC 



Nov. 4 



25.00 

 15-00 



6.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 



5.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 60.00 

 15.00 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 

 . to 

 . to 

 ■ to 



to 



to . 



to 

 > to . 



35.00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 



12.00 



12.00 



8.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



75.00 



20. CO 

 6.00 



S.oo 



15.00 

 25.00 



ao.oo 

 35-00 



40.00 



30.00 



■ 500 



5.00 



15.00 



15.00 



15.00 



4.00 



3.00 



4 00 



4.00 



50.00 



12.00 



4.00 



4.00 



.40 



2.00 

 6.00 



1.00 

 iS.oo 

 25.00 



to 

 to 



50.00 

 40.00 

 25.00 

 30.00 

 20.00 

 so.oo 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 15 00 

 15. CO 



6.00 

 75.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 6.00 



.50 



4.00 



35.00 



2.00 

 25.00 

 50.00 



30.00 

 15,00 



5.0: 



6.00 

 6.00 

 6. CO 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 60.00 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 



to 



3.00 



1. 00 

 10.00 

 20.00 to 

 1. 00 to 



15. CO to 



35.00 to 



50.00 

 30.00 



10. CO 



20.0c 

 10.00 

 10 .CO 

 15. CO 



6.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



6.0c 



75.00 



20.00 

 IS. 00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 i.co 

 6. CO 



2.50 



30. CO 



30.00 

 2.00 



2C.CX1 



50.00 



40. (X> 



3C.0O 



20 .CX} 



50.0c 

 3S.OC 

 2.500 

 25.0c 



3,00 to 15.00 



6 00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 75.00 

 15.00 



to 1 5.0c 



to 1 2 .00 



to 15.00 



to 6.00 



to 100.00 



15.00 

 3.00 



SO. CO 



10.00 

 8 00 



1 CO 



20.00 

 6.cro 

 50.00 



2.00 



20.0c 

 6o.oo 



erably above normal. Eastern violets 

 are very good, but like the locally 

 grown single sorts, are moving slowly. 

 The help problem is acute and shows 

 no signs of improvement. Business 

 for the month of October smashed all 

 previous records and November sales 

 thus far are exceeding those of last 

 year, funeral trade being the main 

 cause. Liberal quantities of supplies 

 are being laid in, in anticipation of a 

 heavy holiday trade. 



This market is in the 

 NEW YORK dumps for the past 



week or ten days. 

 The very salubrious weather, the de- 

 cline of the epidemic and the height of 

 the chrysanthemum season have con- 

 spired to end the famine which lasted 

 three weeks and put the flower trade 

 to a hustle unprecedented for this 

 time of the year. The street man has 

 his innings, for a change, and flowers 

 may now be bought "for a song." But 

 a spell of cold weather may change 

 the tune. 



I n chrysanthe- 

 PHILADELPHIA mums there are 



still some nice 

 Chrysolora arriving but these are 

 nearing their end and Bonnafton is 

 looming up. Roman Gold is also in 

 the running strong. Razer is about 

 the leader in the whites. Roses are 

 very fine in all the standard varieties. 

 The leaders in their classes are Rus- 

 sell, Columbia, Hadley and Ophelia. 

 Carnations have dropped in price 

 about one-half, the demand having 

 fallen off coincident with increased 

 supply. The quality is all that can 

 be expected. In orchids the cattleya 

 still leads and goes well at moderate 

 prices. Oncidium varicosum is also 

 in good supply and there are some 

 dendrobiums and a few early cypripe- 

 diums. The Hallowe'en demand did 



not materialize. It never has been 

 much of a florists' event but this year 

 it was less in evidence than ever be- 

 fore. Out-of-town business has been 

 good as compared with city trading. 

 The express service seems to be bet- 

 ter and up to zone two or three, the 

 parcel post has grown in favor. Be- 

 yond ninety miles or so, the express 

 seems to be preferred. 



Business has dropped 

 ROCHESTER off considerably dur- 

 ing the past week. 

 Flowers are very plentiful; in fact the 

 over-supply of roses and violets gave 

 the street vendors a chance on Satur- 

 day. Roses were disposed of at 20 

 cents per dozen and violets at 15 cents 

 per bunch. A large supply of chrys- 

 anthemums are on hand. The quality 

 is improving daily. The supply of 

 dahlias continues to dwindle, but qual- 

 ity is fairly good. Pompon chrys- 

 anthemums are quite plentiful and 

 sell fairly well. Carnations are plen- 

 tiful. Lilies are still scarce and high. 

 Plenty of green goods are on the mar- 

 ket and move well. 



A frost came recently 

 ST. LOUIS and dahlias took a 



flight not to appear 

 again in force till next fall. Chrysan- 

 themums are now a factor in the mar- 

 ket and roses have been cheaper but 

 still cleaning up nicely at good prices. 

 Carnations are more plentiful, whites 

 bringing the better prices. Greens 

 are selling well. 



For the first time 

 WASHINGTON in over a month 



there w a s suffi- 

 cient stock in the local market to 

 meet all demands. The several warm 

 days of the previous week brought out 

 increased quantities and prices were 

 lowered considerably. Lily of the val- 

 ley is now to be had in quantities. 

 (Continued on page 471) 



