December 25, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



931 



Flower Market Reports. 



This market, on Decem- 



BOSTON ber 23, is well supplied 

 with practically every- 

 thing in the way of seasonable cut 

 flowers and the impression gained 

 from an inspection of the wholesale 

 marts is that there is little likelihood 

 of any famine in any line. Business 

 from out-of-town has been excellent, 

 the demand for all Christmas greens 

 having been exceptionally brisk and 

 forecasting an equally lively flower 

 call at the wind-up, but nothing sensa- 

 tionally insistent or indicating present 

 or expected starvation has come to 

 light and the conviction grows that, 

 while it is probable we are to have 

 the biggest holiday trade ever experi- 

 enced, there will be a sufficiency of 

 material to supply everybody. Quality 

 appears to be very high as a rule. 

 Single violets are superb and calls 

 from New York and elsewhere would 

 seem to indicate that in places where 

 the doubles have had exclusive sway 

 hitherto, the singles are likely to sup- 

 plant them, as they have already done 

 in this market, where doubles have 

 had but little standing for several 

 years. The plant trade has been very 

 satisfactory. growers being well 

 cleaned up on azaleas, Lorraines, 

 poinsettias and other holiday special- 

 ties. 



Chicago market just he- 



CHICAGO fore Christmas, bore 

 evidences of the fact 

 that the long-looked-for cold weather 

 is here. Whether the florists are ex- 

 periencing as much benefit from this 

 fact as they anticipated, is a matter 

 of opinion. Still there is cold weather 

 and cold weather. With the thermom- 

 eter in the zero region for two weeks 

 and flowers arriving frozen, the out- 

 look for the holiday trade may natur- 

 ally be a little depressing. At this 

 writing there appears to be a general 

 shortage, the carnation supply being 

 the nearest to a sufficiency. Red car- 

 nations will be scarce and the price 

 Is away up. Roses of all kinds are in 

 demand, red ones especially so. Beau- 

 ties are at the top notch and many 

 have come in frozen. Violets are of 

 different prices, the California bring- 

 ing J1.25 on Tuesday, while the short- 

 er house grown ones are 75c. The 

 New York violets have shared the fate 

 of other flowers and some of the ship- 

 ments come in frozen and worthless. 

 Sweet peas will be of good quality 

 and quantity is limited. Altogether as 

 Christmas draws near the outlook for 

 stock is not of the best and those who 

 have anything good to sell will doubt- 

 less get a good price for it. 



Some fortunate growers were able to 

 disbud and otherwise cultivate their 

 Rlchmonds so as to get them at their 

 best for Christmas; 36-inch stems are 

 reached by some of the fortunate ones 

 and orders were taken early in the 

 week for later delivery at $50.00 per 

 100. Tuesday the same grade brought 

 from ?25 to $35. 



It has been a hustle and 



DETROIT a bustle all during last 

 week to get enough ma- 

 terial to satisfy the many demands of 

 pleasure-hunting society. Supply at 

 present is "between the frying pan 

 and the fire"— dark cloudy weather 

 and the secret desire to do a little 

 pickling. Christmas trading opens 

 very brisk and we are in hopes of hav- 



NEW YEAR 



C A C H year, more 

 '— ' entertaining at 

 at New Year's means 

 more, and better busi- 

 nesi, and this year will 

 find us in splendid 

 shape to care for our 

 patrons. Quality the 

 usual P/M Standard. 



Prices on Roses, Car- 

 nations, etc., about 25 

 per cent less than 

 Christmas. Greens and 

 other staples about the 

 same. 



Will be strong on 

 Valley, Gardenias, 

 Beauties, Killarneys, 

 Mar> lands and Car- 

 nations. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



The Wbolesale Plorlsta of 



i0os=ao rvctdiow St., 



PHILADELPHIA, 



PA 



1212 New York Av»., WASHINGTON. D.C. 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-to db''a\"e^"b°6nly. 



CINCINNATI 



Dec. ai 



DETROIT 



Dec. 2t 



BUFFALO 



Dec. 21 



PITTSBURO 



Dec. 31 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



" Extra 



No.i 



*' Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, Chatenay, F. & S.. 



'* " Low.gr 



KUlarncy , Fan. & Sp 



" Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special 



" Lower grades 



My Maryland 



CARNATIONS, Novelties and Fancy 

 *' Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Chrysanthemums, Fancy 



*' Ordinary. 



Cattleyas 



LUics. 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Roman Hy. Paper Whites 



Stevia 



Gardenias. 



Adiantum ■ , 



Smllax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (loo) 

 " " & Spren. (loobchs.) 



90.0c 

 50.00 

 30.00 



to 100.00 



to 75. CO 



to 40 00 



19. 00 

 6.00 



13.00 

 6.00 



13 03 

 6,00 



15 00 

 10.00 

 15.00 



1 0.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



1. 00 to 10 03 



25'00 



13. 00 



13. 00 

 3.00 



>-50 



3.00 

 3.00 



1. 00 



1 3. 00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

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 to 



so.oo 

 4. CO 

 2 00 



4 00 



1.50 



1 3. CO 

 50.00 



35.CO 



75 00 

 to. 00 

 50.00 

 12.00 

 18.00 

 10.00 

 16.00 

 10,00 

 18.00 

 10.00 



lO.O 



6. CO 

 4 00 



75.00 



13.00 



3.00 



1.50 



4 00 

 1-50 



3.C0 



1. 00 



35 CO 

 ISO 



15.00 

 3.00 



30 00 



75-00 

 50.00 

 25.00 

 15.00 



10.00 



20. CO 



10.00 



20 00 

 15.00 



5.00 



20.00 

 8 00 



:5.oo 

 4.00 

 I 50 

 3.00 

 1. 00 



3. CO 



1. 00 



25.00 

 25.00 



8s o- 

 bo.co 

 15 00 

 12 50 

 30.00 

 8. CO 

 20 CO 



8.00 

 35.00 

 30 00 

 15.00 



ICO.CO 



73 00 

 50.00 

 i5,oc> 

 25.00 

 15 00 

 70.0c 

 15.00 

 35.00 



I 2.00 

 4 00 



75 CO t*.- lOO.OO" 



I , 00 to 18 00 

 5- 00 

 3.30 

 8.00 

 1.50 

 4.00 

 »-50 



3 CO 

 "■SO 

 6.00 

 1.00 

 2.00 



l.CO 



50.00 



15.00 

 10. 00 

 35 00 



"■50 

 30.00 

 63.00 

 6 00 



ing a better holiday at better prices 

 than ever. This may sound somewhat 

 sanguine, but is good logical calcula- 

 tion. Most of the stores have exten- 



sive society affairs booked for this- 

 week as well as the week after Christ- 

 mas. 



(Reports continued on page 03^^ 



