December 7, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



565 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS C NLY 



» 



nowers of all kinds 

 BOSTON without exception are de- 

 cidedly scarce and prices 

 are gradually soaring to sky-high lim- 

 its. It cannot be said that the demand 

 is very heavy or insistent, funeral 

 work still being responsible for the 

 greater part of the call, both local 

 and out of town. The short supply 

 seems to be a reality and not due to 

 any hoarding, although there may be 

 more or less of the latter going on. 

 But the causes leading up to the pres- 

 ent famine condition are well known 

 to the trade and the situation is about 

 as predicted by the wise ones to pre- 

 vail as soon as the chrysanthemum 

 crop should be finished. Nobody, 

 however, could have foreseen the pe- 

 culiar turn in the matter of violets. 

 The unseasonably "muggy" weather 

 of November set the plants to grow- 

 ing again and the result is a crop of 

 soft foliage and very few flowers for 

 some time to come. The crop for the 

 Holidays is estimated as not more 

 than one-fifth of what it would have 

 been under normal conditions. No 

 doubt the same causes are in some 

 degree to blame for the dislocation of 

 crop plans in other flowers besides 

 violets. We may misjudge the situa- 

 tion and immediate outlook, but it 

 looks as though the present level of 

 prices will be a minimum for some 

 time to come. 



Thanksgiving cleaned 

 CHICAGO the wholesale market of 



flowers. Nothing was 

 left over and quoted prices were 

 maintained generally. The day prac- 

 tically finished the chrysanthemum 

 season. They will be sorely missed, 

 especially the pompons, for carna- 

 tions are scarce. The supply of roses 

 is scarcely equal to the demand, the 

 day's sales clearing the market. Car- 

 nations are not likely to be in heavy 

 supply at any time this season, as 

 the number of plants grown is less 

 than in former years. 



Thanksgiving Day 

 CLEVELAND business proved a 



record breaker, the 

 heavy demand completely exhausting 

 a large supply of chrysanthemums and 

 all other available stock, including 

 plants. Retailers bought heavily and 

 despite the unfavorable weather of 

 November 28, succeeded in moving 

 practically everything at materially 

 advanced prices. A marked shortage 



Roies 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" '* No, I and culls 



Russell 



Hadley 



Euler, Mock 



Ajenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward, Hillingdon 



Killarney, Key, Taft 



Ophelia. Sunburst 



Cunatioiu 



Cattleyat 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Liliea, Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Violeta 



DahKa* 



Calenilula 



Chrraanthemunu 



Gardeniaa 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



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CINCINNATI 



Nov, 31 



CHICAGO 



Dec. 1 



BUFFALO 



Dec. 2 



PITTSBURC 



Dec. a 



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15.00 



6.00 



6.00 



6.00 



6.00 



5.00 



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3.00 



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60.00 



15.00 



35.00 

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 10.00 

 iS.oc 



13.00 



13.00 

 6.00 

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 6.00 

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3.00 

 73.00 



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 6.00 



60.00 



40.00 



15.00 



6.00 



15.00 



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6.03 



4.00 



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 4.00 

 60.00 

 12.00 



7500 

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13. CO 



6.00 

 75.00 

 15.00 



5.00 to 6.00 



4.00 

 50.00 



1.50 



35.00 



50.00 



60.00 

 40.00 



5.0c 



6.00 

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 6.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

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 60.00 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

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3.00 to 



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20.00 to 



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73.00 



50.00 

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 15.00 



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 12.00 



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1.30 



30 .C« 

 80.00 



prevailed upon the wholesale market 

 November 29 and 30, which condition 

 was seriously aggravated by the per- 

 sistent call from all sources for flowers 

 for funeral orders. A somewhat re- 

 duced supply of roses and carnations, 

 assisted by stevia and violets, must 

 take care of business for the next 

 couple of weeks, by which time lilies 

 and callas will be more abundant and 

 bulbous stock coming in. Favorable 

 growing conditions however, will soon 

 permit the cutting of liberal quantities 

 of carnations. There is much activity 

 in supplies and accessories. Indica- 

 tions point to a much heavier use of 

 prepared goods, such as cycas, magnol- 

 ias, oak, etc., than formerly, a neces- 

 sity made imperative by the reduced 

 supply of perishable stock. Reports 

 from all sources firmly establish 

 November business as substantially in 

 advance of that of previous years and 

 the remarkable vitality evidenced in 

 the Thanksgiving purchasing is prop- 

 erly interpreted as a token of an over- 

 whelming Christmas business, for 

 which it is none too early to make 

 judicious preparation. 



Receipts of all stock 

 NEW YORK is on the light side 



but the demand is not 

 such as to make a shortage. There 

 are more long-stemmed roses than of 

 the short grades, and quality general- 

 ly is good. Beauties are in. lighter 

 supply proportionately than the Teas 

 and are firmly held in price. In carna- 

 tions, whites do not average up with 

 colors. Violets and cattleyas are go- 

 ing well and lilies are also in better 

 demand with a somewhat lessened 

 supply. Calendulas are looking up 

 some as the flowers and stem im- 

 prove. Stevia has been quite plenti- 

 ful but good stock finds buyers. 

 Chrysanthemums are on the wane in 

 quantity but not in price. 



The Thanksgiv- 

 PHILADELPHIA market was rath- 

 er bare of stock 

 and prices as a rule were high. Chrys- 

 anthemums were not up to their usual 

 standard of years gone by, either in 

 quantity or quality, but they brought 

 pretty good money notwithstanding. 

 Chadwicks, Bonaffons and Nonins 

 were the most conspicuous. While 

 the chrysanthemums flowered earlier 

 than usual there has been no glut at 

 any time and growers have reason 

 to feel satisfied with returns, taking 

 crops from start to finish. The car- 

 nation market was also in good 

 healthy condition and shared in the 

 general prosperity. Orchids were 

 quite a feature and were in good sup- 

 ply. Cattleya Trianae and Percival- 

 liana were especially fine and dendro- 

 biums and cypripediums made an ex- 

 cellent showing. Oncidiums are about 

 over. Mignonette and snapdragon are 

 coming in stronger — good long stems 

 and excellent flowers. Christmas' 

 bookings, both in flowers and greensy 

 have already commenced. It seems 

 wise to be forehanded this year as 

 the supplies look as if they would be 

 under the average. 



Excellent 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. chi-ysanthe- 

 mums were' 

 the order of the day for Thanksgiving. 

 These included especially fine blooms 

 of tho large flowering kinds. Pompon 

 and spray varieties were in great 

 variety and the demand for light yel- 

 low and bronze shades was especially 

 large and sold at good prices. Roses 

 have been in good demand. Quality 

 seems better this season especially ia 

 Russell, Columbia, Ophelia and Key, 

 Carnations are good but supply lim- 

 ited. Violets are plentiful and very 

 fine. Lilies are scarce. 



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