March 12, 1910 



HOKTlCULTUREi 



413 



Flower Market Reports 



Although there is un- 

 BOSTON questionaljly a surplus of 



flowers, taken altogether 

 in this market at the present time, yet 

 we cannot in justice report conditions 

 as being so bad as reported from some 

 other centres or as bad as they have 

 been on many occasions in the past 

 right here. It is the belief of some 

 that the fashion of going south at this 

 season of the year, which select so- 

 ciety indulges in so generally, is large- 

 ly responsible for the slack demand 

 for choice flowers. Gardenias have 

 fallen off in demand and violets are 

 away down at the bottom of the lad- 

 der. Carnations are overstocked gen- 

 erally in the wholesale marts. Roses 

 fare better and may be said to be do- 

 ing considerably better than they did 

 last week. Beauty is in brisk demand, 

 selling better than at a corresponding 

 date last year. Killavney, White Kil- 

 larney and Richmond are all moving 

 satisfactorily, everything considered. 

 All bulbous material goes hard. What- 

 ever poition of it is marketed is at a 

 figure too low to leave anything for 

 the producer. Acacia pubescens has 

 been a good seller, but is now about 

 closed out. Lilies are beginning to 

 move better than they did. Perhaps 

 the liveliest things are the odd and 

 miscellaneous flowers such as corn- 

 flowers, snapdragon, wallflowers, cow- 

 slips and myosotis. Asparagus and 

 adiantum are decidedly scarce, Adian- 

 tum Croweanum moving at a very 

 lively clip. 



There was plenty of 

 BUFFALO everything in the cut 

 flower line the past 

 week and trade fairly good, consider- 

 ing the amount of stock handled. The 

 beginning of the week was rather 

 quiet, but Friday and Saturday made 

 up for lost time. Having a couple o£ 

 spring days with the thermometer reg- 

 istering 5S to 60 made it satisfactory 

 for the trade; there being so much 

 stock, especially carnations, bargain 

 signs were numerous. A good portion 

 of every kind moved, but high prices 

 were out of the question. Bulbous 

 stock is coming in more plentifully, 

 and so tar has moved fairly well, save 

 lily of the valley which is of excellent 

 quality but with little or no demand. 

 Roses are increasing in quantity daily. 

 Beauties are had, but there is no spe- 

 cial demand. Peas are in good supply 

 and have sold well. 



The condition of the 

 CHICAGO Chicago market is very 



unsatisfactory. While 

 there are various causes, which, act- 

 ing together, have made the present 

 conditions, the most potent one is no 

 doubt the sudden change in the 

 weather last week. After weeks of 

 cold and cloudy weather had held the 

 stock back, summer heat suddenly 

 came and the long-delayed blossoms 

 responded at once. The tables in 

 the wholesale houses were filled with 

 all kinds of roses, carnations, bulb 

 stock, violets and everything else that 

 the growers could bring in. The re- 

 sult was the selling only of the first- 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



~T0 OBALBRB ONLY. 



CINCINNATI 



Mar. 8 



DETROIT 



Mar. 6 



BUFFALO 



Mar. 8 



PITTSBURG 



Mar. 8 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



" Extra 



" No.i 



" Lower grades 



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



" " Low. gr 



Killamey , Fan. & Sp 



" Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special. . . . 



" Lower grades .... - . . - 



My Maryland 



30.00 

 10.00 

 to. 00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6 o J 

 4.00 

 4.00 



40. j.:> 

 20.00 

 15.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 10. oc 



6.00 



10. CO 



6.00 

 10. CO 



CARNATIONS, Novelties and Fancy 

 *' Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



3.00 to 

 1.50 to 



4. CO 



a. 00 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. 



LUy ol the Valley 



Violets 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peas 



Roman Hy. Paper Whites. 



Trumpet Narcis 



Tulips 



{gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smllax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (lOo) 

 " " & Spren.(ioo bchs.) 



40.00 



10.00 



3.03 



.10 



8.00 



.50 



3.00 



3 00 



9.00 



30.00 



1. 00 



la.oD 



40 .CO 



lO.CO 



to 50 CO 



to 15.00 



to 4.CO 



to .50 



to 10.00 



to 1. 00 



to 



to 



to 3.00 



to 40.00 



to .■• 



to 15 00 



to 5©. 00 



to 30.00 



so 00 



1 5.0c 



13 .00 



4.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 



3.00 

 40D 



a. 00 



1. 00 



15.00 

 3.00 



.50 



6 00 

 .50 

 3. CO 



3.00 

 3.00 



30. CO 



■75 

 15.00 



30.00 

 30.00 



25.00 



30.00 

 15.00 

 10,00 

 8.00 

 6,00 

 8 00 

 6.00 

 8,00 

 6.00 

 8.00 



3,00 

 3.00 



50. CO 



20.00 



4.00 



■75 



10.00 

 1. 00 



4 00 



4 CO 



40.03 

 I 00 

 30.00 



50.00 

 go.oo 



40.0c 



20.00 

 10. CO 



6.00 

 10.00 



4.00 

 10.00 



4.00 

 10 00 



5.00 



5.00 



30.00 

 30.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 ta 00 



6.00 



13. 00 

 6.00 



13. CO 

 8.00 



10.00 



3.00 

 2.50 



30.00 to 60. CO 



3.0c 



.30 



2.00 



.50 



2.00 

 3 00 

 2.00 



1. 00 



12. Cl 

 40.00 

 35.00 



4.0c 



4 00 

 1. 00 

 3.0c 

 4.00 

 3.CG 



1.50 



15.00 

 50.00 

 30.00 



40 CO 

 20.00 

 8 00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 3 00 

 3.00 



to 



50.00 

 30.00 

 10.00 



4.00 



10.00 



4.00 



13. oc 

 4.00 



15.00 

 I 6.0a 



lO.CO 



3.00 

 3.00 



to 



8 CO 



2 00 to 



.50 to 



2.00 to 



■ 5° to 



a. 00 to 



2.00 to 



3.00 to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



30.00 to 

 35 CO to 



50.00 

 11.00 



4. CO 



•75 

 4.00 



.75 

 4.CO 

 4.00 

 4.00 



i.»S 

 15.00 

 50.0c 

 5C.00 



class stock and the loss of the poorer 

 flowers. No reports of delayed ship- 

 ments in the South or West have been 

 received yet but the firms doing a 

 large shipping business are expecting 

 them. It is quite an annual affair to 

 have the rivers play havoc with per- 

 ishable stuff. .Jonquils are coming in 

 from the South. They are much 

 smaller than the home grown and 

 suffer in comparison. With the open- 

 ing of the present week the weather 

 again became cold and Monday found 

 stock well cleaned up. 



Business for Mid- 

 CINCINNATI Lent is verj^ satis- 

 factory. Beauties are 

 in good supply and the demand just 

 about cleaning them up daily. Brides- 

 maid, Bride and Killarney are coming 

 in more plentifully the call being 

 mostly for Bride, which causes a little 

 shortage of this variety. About one 

 half of the carnations received are 

 •"splits." Fancy stock holds its own 

 as to price. About two-thirds of the 

 orders received for carnations call for 

 white. The supply of callas equals 

 the demand. Violets are in abundance 

 and there is very little sale for same. 

 A nice lot of sweet peas are received, 

 the majority bringing 50c. per 100, ex- 

 ceptionally fancy stock fetching 75c. 

 per 100. Lily of the valley is a drug 

 on this marlcet. Tulips, Miniature 

 Dutch hyacinths and other bulbous 

 flowers are moving nicely. Asparagus 

 plumosus is scarce, with enough 

 Springerii, smilax and other green 

 goods to fill all orders. 



The local market has 

 DETROIT been swamped with flow- 



e r s of all kinds, and 

 wholesale prices were at the same low 

 figure as the week before. Retail 

 piices are very much demoralized, car- 

 nations, for instance, selling as low 

 as 25c. per dozen. Bulbous flowers are 

 better appreciated by the people than 

 by the growers. The Saturday carna- 

 tion snle at Sullivan's used up a little 

 of lO.nOO flowers, and this helped a 

 good deal to clear the market. 



Enormous quan- 

 PHILADELPHIA tity of flowers 

 coming in and 

 iraile sluggish. Stock is being sold In 

 the wholesale markets at any price It 

 will bring^and quoted rates give but 

 a faint idea of the actual situation. 

 The labor troubles make matters worse 

 in tlie central districts, of course; but 

 out-of-town demand is not what it 

 should be and it is probably true that 

 general conditions all over the coun- 

 iry are not as good as they were this 

 lime last year. Certain it is, that car- 

 nations have surpassed themselves in 

 !he past week or two; one wholesaler 

 slated that his receipts for that time 

 were "ten thousand more than double" 

 the amount. One can readily imagine 

 the effect of that influx on a sluggish 

 market. One-half the product last 

 year probably brought as much in dol- 

 lars and cents as twice as much this 

 year. Good American Beauty roses are 

 about the only scarce item on the list. 

 Specials are the only grade that are 

 any way par and these bring good 

 figures. All other grades are poor and 

 hard to sell at any price. Single vio- 

 lets have been under the weather; 

 wouldn't keep; went to sleep in no 

 time; too soft from the dull days. But 

 they are all right again now. White 

 roses are selling pretty well, but have 

 eased up in price. However, the ex- 

 cellent clean-up helps out on the aver- 

 age. Gardenias are suffering from the 

 same deplorable conditions as carna- 

 tions. A fine big crop coming in on- 

 a congested market, and selling at very 

 reasonable prices. Lily of the valley 

 plentiful and unusually fine. Daffodils 

 and callas — forty times as much as the 

 market can absorb. All bulbous stock 

 going very cheap. Good Asparagus 

 plumosus is scarce: in fact, all greens 

 are in good healthy demand and not 

 oversupplied. The prospects for Easter 

 seem good, many of the out-of-town 

 buyers already dropping in to look 

 things up and leave their orders. 



{Reports continued off finge jfs) 



