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HOS<.TlCULTURi: 



April 2, 1910 



Flower Market Reports. 



(^Continued from page 520) 



Easter week, 1910, was 

 BUFFALO one of the busiest in 



(he history of the florist 

 trade of Buffalo. The finest of weather 

 prevailed, with the thermometer reg- 

 istering 50 to 65. Business practically 

 began on Friday previous to Palm Sun- 

 day and continued until Easter Sunday 

 noon. The plant trade was excellent 

 and there was no shortage of anything 

 except hydrangeas. The lily plant was 

 the leader, and there were enough to 

 fill all orders. Many azaleas, pans of 

 tulips, daffodils, deutzia, Baby Rambler 

 roses, rhododendrons, primulas and 

 other plants too numerous to mention, 

 were in bloom for the season. Pri- 

 mulas were had by the thousand, but 

 managed to move with the rest. In 

 the cut flower line there is much to 

 be said. No scarcity prevailed in any 

 line except on sweet peas, which were 

 the heaviest in demand of any flower 

 during the week. They were the finest 

 yet received in this market and not 

 enough could be secured. Carnations 

 came in by the wagon-load and good 

 quality considering the oncome of 

 the warm weather, but high prices 

 were out of the question. Some varie- 

 ties suffered somewhat from the warm 

 weather, and with not an order re- 

 maining unfilled, a good portion were 

 left with the wholesaler to carry along. 

 Violets were the corsage flower and 

 the demand was heavier than in pre- 

 vious years. A good portion of those 

 received on Friday showed signs of 

 "held too long," and were of the shaky 

 kind. An enormous supply of roses 

 was had, especially White Killarney, 

 and the warm weather brought them 

 in in a much-opened condition. Pink 

 roses were not so plentiful and sold 

 to better advantage. Richmond was in 

 demand, but short in supply. Lily of 

 the valley shared well in the demand 

 and cleaned up satisfactorily. Beau- 

 ties had very little call and remained 

 with the wholesaler. Cut lilies were 

 in enormous supply and a large quan- 

 tity still remains in the wholesalers' 

 hands. Shipping trade was good, and 

 all are rejoicing over the best Easter 

 trade in our history. 



The week following 

 CHICAGO Easter opened up quiet- 

 ly. Few flowers c o m- 

 paratively were shipped in for Mon- 

 day. As the market was pretty well 

 cleaned up Sunday all sold readily, but 

 Tuesday saw the ice boxes and count- 

 ers rather too well supplied by the 

 growers who had had time to get their 

 stock in. The difference between well- 

 grown flowers and poorly grown ones 

 never shows up more decidedly than 

 in the first warm days of the spring. 

 There are quantities of all kinds of 

 stock, but the stock that sells well is 

 the stock that is right. Green stuff is 

 not too plentiful and prices are hold- 

 ing up well. Southern Asparagus 

 Sprengeri is coming in rather faster 

 than it can be used in some cases. 



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A week of bright 

 CINCINNATI summer weather 



brought immense 

 quantities of flowers into the market 

 for Easter, and it also played havoc 

 with ttie violets. These with callas 

 and lilies were the only flowers that 

 were short in this market. Local out- 

 door daffodils made their appearance 

 and indoor blooms suffered according- 

 ly. The only varieties maintaining 

 near a living price were the Golden 

 Spur and Empress. All other bulbous 

 stock was in good demand. There were 

 enough roses and carnations for all or- 

 ders. A good many Beauties and Kil- 

 larneys came into the market half 

 l)lown. and consequently sold for less 

 than the quoted price. It looked as 

 though sweet ))eas would be a drug on 

 the market, one wholesaler alone hav- 

 ing nearly 10,000 on hand at 5.30 Sat- 

 urday evening, but owing to the scarc- 

 ity of violets the public turned to 

 sweet peas, which helped clean up on 

 this flower. Closing time Easter Sun- 

 day noon found the wholesaler pretty 

 well cleaned out, and reports from dif- 

 ferent sources show that the volume of 

 Imsiness done for Easter was equal to 

 that of last year. 



Ideal spring weather pre- 

 DETROIT vailing for the last ten 



days helped very mate- 

 lially to increase sales for Easter to 

 something like 30 per cent above last 

 year's. Prices obtained were full value 

 for goods offered and were willingly 

 paid, but there was no opportunity to 

 boost rates up to the fancy line. Not- 

 withstanding an enormous out-of-town 

 demand the wholesale market was 

 overloaded. Some growers will persist 

 in holding back too large a quantity 

 of bulbous stock and the warm wea- 

 ther greatly increased the supply of 

 carnations and roses. All these fac- 

 tors combined brought about a com- 

 paratively low wholesale price. All in 

 all Easter was very satisfactory and 



all the stores cleaned up well. Beau- 

 tiful combinations in baskets could 

 be seen, especially at Breitmeyer's, 

 where fancy caladiums and Japan 

 maples in baskets with Rambler roses, 

 white lilac or wistaria were arranged 

 with fine effect. 



Eastei business in St. 

 ST. LOUIS Louis was fully up to 



expectations of all in the 

 trade, and the weather was most favor- 

 able to the buyers. From what we 

 can learn, all did a much better busi- 

 ness in everything than on any Easter 

 for years. Extra fine blooming plants 

 had the call over cut flowers and espe- 

 cially so with the uptown florists. 

 With the downtown dealers cut flowers 

 seemed to have the lead. Prices were 

 good on everything. Our wholesalers 

 had everything that the season affords. 

 Lilies, the prevailing flowers for 

 Easter, had a big call and everybody 

 had plenty of them as the warm wea- 

 ther brought them out almost too 

 quickly, while a few weeks ago every 

 grower feared he would l)e late. Sweet 

 peas sold better than ever. Violets 

 were scarce and as usual had a large 

 demand. All varieties in roses came 

 in heavily, also carnations. Bulb 

 stock, as usual at this time of the 

 year, almost overloaded the market; 

 still the market soon cleaned up on 

 anything that looked good. If re- 

 ports from those in the trade go for 



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