April 2. 1910 



MORTICUUTURt 



027 



Flo wer| Market Reports. 



The Florists' Ex- 

 BALTIMORE change did more 

 business than at any 

 previous Easter. Shipments to north- 

 ern cities was unusually large and the 

 blooms spnt very excellent. The warm 

 weather forced some plants and caused 

 an over-abundance of flowers to come 

 in at one time. Jonquils from the 

 South put in their appearance in great 

 numbers and they kept prices down 

 somewhat. 



Easter in Boston was 

 BOSTON generally satisfactory to 

 the retailers, moderately 

 satisfactory to the wholesalers and 

 varyingly satisfactory or disappointing 

 to the growers. We are not including 

 the plant people in this statement; 

 they were all satisfied, as usual — the 

 only exception being some of the lily 

 growers who, in their anxiety to get 

 their crop on time, had hastened their 

 plants with overheating to such an ex- 

 tent that the stuff went to pieces as 

 soon as delivered and — "listen to my 

 tale of woe." The net result of the 

 Easter cut flower trade in the whole- 

 sale marts was a well-flUed cash reg- 

 ister, due to the local fakir trade, a 

 lot of bulb stocl?, including lilies, left 

 over and a conviction that, hereafter, 

 the only way to make the most of the 

 Easter demand is to let the people 

 have their flowers at minimum prices. 

 The hot weather and resultant heavy 

 crops put all forecasts into "inoccuous 

 dessuetude." The markets were over- 

 burdened with an avalanche of flowers 

 such as never before confronted the 

 Easter buyer. There was nothing to 

 do but to unload and, thanks to the 

 street men. they did unload. Hive of 

 bees let loose on a clover patch never 

 equalled the onslaught of the street 

 men when the situation was under- 

 stood. A thousand hives of bees never 

 compared with the swoop of the public 

 on the street men as soon as they 

 realized that they could have some 

 Easter flowers at a price they could 

 afford. Never before were flowers sold 

 so cheap in Boston; never before were 

 so many sold, and never before did 

 the street shopper get such an oppor- 

 tunity to buy tor Easter. It is worth 

 thinking over — this 1910 Easter experi- 

 ence. The aftermath is a raft of pro- 

 tests about violets which fell to pieces 

 after delivery; lilies which shrivelled 

 brown on being transferred to the liv- 

 ing room; azaleas that lasted but an 

 hour. Violet growers do not "salt" 

 their flowers — they meiely leave them 

 on the plants; keep them for weeks 

 and then pick for Easter; and then 

 complain because the people decide to 

 buy something else. Tulips sold slow- 

 ly; daffodils were far overstocked. 

 White carnations sold best; Enchan- 

 tress came next in favor; scarlet, once 

 invincible, was left far in the rear. 

 There was an overstock of Killarney, 

 Bride and Bridesmaid roses. Beauty 

 sold well. Gardenias and lily of the 

 valley enjoyed only a moderate call, 

 while orchids flew- very high and there 

 were not half enough of them. High 

 quality sweet peas were at the head 

 of th<' list. Stocks and mignonette 

 were dead ones and anyone who wants 

 ■ to grow them should figure on Decora- 

 tion Day, not Easter, as their objective 

 point. This week nothing is selling. 

 It's a dead proposition on all sides. 



(Reports continued on page i„'v) 



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