July 31. 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



147 



Flower Market Reports. 



Ordinary summer trade 

 BOSTON conditions prevail in this 



market with possibly a 

 moi'e tardy arrival than usual of the 

 special demand peculiar to the vaca- 

 tion season in the New England sea- 

 side and mountain resorts. Newport 

 has shown but little activity thus far 

 and Bar Harbor has just begun to 

 wake up and whether the season is 

 to be a good one, florally, is not yet 

 apparent. The only goods that sell 

 as yet are Kaiserin, Carnot and Beau- 

 ty roses in limited quantity. Other 

 things move very slowly. Asters are 

 already loaded up in unmanageable 

 surplus, quality good for the season. 

 Sweet peas have never been so fine 

 but they are heavily overdone and tens 

 of thousands of bunches are turned 

 over to the street fakir at prices that 

 mean the minus sign to the grower. 

 Gladioli have not yet put in their ap- 

 pearance here. 



The heavy supply that 

 BUFFALO has been coming into 



this market for the past 

 month has ceased, especially in the 

 carnation line, and now there are hard- 

 ly enough to be had to till the few 

 small orders which are received. As- 

 ters are improving daily; the three 

 days' rain helped considerable but came 

 rather late to help the early crop. 

 Some excellent stock has been had 

 but not enough at the right time. 

 There has been no heavy demand for 

 Beauties, though they are of good 

 quality. Other roses were in fair sup- 

 ply and sold readily. Sweet peas and 

 lily of the valley were in better de- 

 mand than in weeks previous. Plenty 

 of greens of all kinds. 



No startling change has 

 CHICAGO taken place in the mar- 

 ket, yet there is a gen- 

 eral tendency toward better business. 

 Flowers are more in demand and with 

 the coming of asters the poor quality 

 of the carnations is not so much felt. 

 Some very good asters are now coming 

 in with stems averaging fourteen 

 inches and an occasional bunch is seen 

 much longer. Sweet peas are nothing 

 extra and the demand is not heavy. 

 During the past week there have beeti 

 at least two days in which trade was 

 lively enough to suit almost anyone, 

 and it looks now as if the summer dull 

 season would not be prolonged this 

 year. Traveling salesmen bring in 

 good reports from outside also. 



There are some 

 INDIANAPOLIS few good roses on 



the market ; the 

 demand is seasonable, no more. The 

 supply of Beauties has decreased and 

 the quality with most of the growers 

 has retrograded. Carnations are giv- 

 ing way to asters which have not yet 

 arrived. Among the best flowers ob- 

 tainable at the present time are Easter 

 lilies and auratums, Shasta daisies, 

 gladioli. Beauties and Killarney roses. 

 Greens are quiet. There is enough of 

 everything and no special activity in 

 the demand. 



Our hearts are 



PHILADELPHIA light, our skies 



are sunny; tne 



deep cerulean of the heavens is as 



blue as the heavenliest blue ever; the 



fleecy whiteness of the transient clouds 



rivals the driven 

 snow; and half 

 our population is 

 off on tip-toe with 

 ribbons a-tlying to 

 sniff for a week 

 or two the balmy 

 breezes and get 

 that annual tun- 

 ing up which is 

 so conducive to 

 sprightly service 

 at desk or bench 

 when the season 

 starts in again in 

 good earnest. May 

 they all have a 

 good time. The 

 market ranks are 

 very thin, indeed, 

 but there are 

 enough of the 

 faithful left to fill 

 the daily orders 

 without undue ex- 

 ertion. Business 

 is about as good 

 as could reasona- 

 bly be expected 

 for the season, 

 and there is little 

 change to be 

 noted over the de- 

 tails of our last 

 week's report. 

 Anything really 

 good sells well. 

 Early asters are 

 now beginning to 

 look like the real 

 thing, and sweet 

 peas have taken 

 en a little spurt 

 since the recent 

 rains; but the hey-day of the outdoor 

 crop is about over. Some excellent Kai- 

 serin and Maryland roses are arriving. 

 American Beauty is also good, clean 

 stock, and very well colored. Lily of 

 the valley supplies have been rather 

 jumpy — plenty one day and not enough 

 the next. The scarcity was especially 

 pronounced towards the end of t'ne 

 week. Lots of orchids around with 

 only fair demand. The fancy grades 



Field Grown 

 Carnation Plants 



On account of general scarcity 



caused by the dry weather we 



Q ■■ .^ advise early booking. Send to us 



"^Aiy*** for your requirements. We can 



furnish the very best the season affords. 



S. S. PENNOGK - MEEHAN GO. 



The TJ'o'if.in' Philadelphia 



1608-1620 Lndlow Street Store closes 6 p. m. 



Washington Store, 1212 New York Ave. 



of gladiolus are scarce, but there are 

 carloads of the ordinary. 



New Bedford reports trade as very 

 dull for the past two weeks; very little 

 doing with the exception of funeral 

 work. Asters are now showing up in 

 fine shape both out and indoors, and 

 most of the carnations are being 

 thrown out. 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.— to oaKkR^oNLv 



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Richmond, Fancy & Special. 



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