November 8, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



645 



Flower Market Reports 



Market conditions here 

 BOSTON are regarded as fairly 



satisfactory in most re- 

 spects. Violets are unusually scarce, 

 due in the main to the soft weather 

 of the past month, which has pro- 

 moted a soft growth of leaves, but no 

 flowers and on this one specialty the 

 demand really exceeds the supply. 

 Carnations, which for a time were on 

 the short side, are now over-plentiful 

 and seem to lag in the wholesalers' 

 hands. Roses are of high quality all 

 through the list, and already the 

 Thanksgiving Day outlook is being 

 contemplated, for roses are a prime 

 requirement for that festival. In red 

 roses. Cardinal shows up as a worthy 

 leader at the present time. Lily of 

 the valley is excellent as are also 

 cattleyas. Prices on chrysanthemums 

 are inclined downward, there being no 

 active demand for them and the sup- 

 ply being heavy. 



It has been noticed in 

 BUFFALO previous years, that a 



week or ten days before 

 election, trade has been very qiuet. It 

 has been a little better this year. 

 The early chrysanthemums have been 

 plentiful enough and have gradually 

 moved, but not at high prices as the 

 quality has not been up to the 

 standard. This may have been on ac- 

 count of the warm weather we had in 

 September and the early part of Octo- 

 ber. The keeping quality has been 

 poor and many complaints have been 

 heard regarding this. The later va- 

 rieties are now coming on — Balfour, 

 Golden Age, White and Yellow Bon- 

 naffon. White Cloud, Touset. etc. 

 Roses are in heavy quantity^— too many 

 to command high prices. Carnations 

 are not over plentiful but there are 

 plenty of lily of the valley, orchids, 

 violets, swainsona. lilies and pompon 

 chrysanthemums. The latter has taken 

 well in yellow and white. The re- 

 ceipts are heavy and a few dark days 

 would help to check the supply and 

 put the market in a more satisfactory 

 condition, for which the wholesaler 

 would be grateful. 



The market last week 

 CHICAGO opened with an active 



demand and trade con- 

 tinued brisk up to the middle of the 

 week. Towards the close of the week, 

 however, the general trend of the mar- 

 ket pointed to lower values pretty 

 nearly all along the line. Saturday, 

 which is generally a clean-up day, 

 proved rather disappointing, with the 

 result that quite a lot of stock was 

 carried over, still there is no great 

 surplus of any one thing, with the pos- 

 sible exception of 'mums in the smaller 

 and inferior grades. Really flrst-class 

 blooms are now too plenty and still 

 command good prices but of the sec- 

 ond and third grade stock prices keep 

 dropping very materially. Roses begin 

 to feel the effect of the 'mum season. 

 The stocks offered are not unwieldy 

 but the general demand is less active 

 than formerly. ' Prices, more particu- 

 larly in the longer stemmed grades, 

 are inclining towards a lower level. 

 Shorts are still in active demand. Car- 

 nations are coming in a little more 



DEIIMI 



We have a splendid supply of Gardenias to offer, the very choicest 

 quality. Handled in origfinal boxes, as we do, insures perfect 

 flowers, blooms that are a credit to any progressive retailer. 



SPECI.'VI.S, $3.00 per doz. 



A few EXTR.\ L.\RGE SPECI.4LS, in liiiiii.Ml .|U:intities. at $4.00 per doz. 



C.VTTLEYA.S, SPECI.^L, dnz., !t.n.OO. KXTIt.*, tloi.. $4.00. 



Special prices iu lar^e quantities. 



VALLEY. Special, $4.00 per 100; Extra, $.3.00 per 100 



Business Hours From 

 7.30 A. M. to 6.00 P. M. 



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 nui iii'W ratalM;;ues. advise us and w*- will mail you a copy. 



I.I..\BNEY BRILLiI.VNT, Own Boot, i^'.VIMH pi 



Grafted, :jr>.(K) • 



1(10, $2.-i0.00 per 1000 

 300.00 •• " 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



The Virholesale Florists of Philadelphia 

 Philadelphia New York 



1608-20 Ludlow Street 117 West 28th Street 



^__^ Baltimore Washington 



90a\.\<* Franklin and St. Paul St*. 1216 H Street, N. W 

 In Writing Advertisers Kindly Mention HORTICULTTJEE. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALER* ONLY 



Roses 



Am . Beauty, Fancy and Special 



'* " Extra 



No. I 



" " Lower Grades 



tCillarney , Elxtra 



*' Ordinary 



Richmond, HUlingdoo, Extra 



'* " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra . 



" '* '* '* Ordinary 



Carnations, Fancy Grade 



" Ordina'-y 



BOSTON 



November S 

 25.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



30.00 to 



10.00 to 



6.00 to 



2.00 to 



4.00 to 



1.00 to 



4.00 to 



1. 00 to 



5.00 to 



1 .00 to 



2.00 to 



1. 00 



to 



Cattleyas i 2500 to 



Lilies, Longiflorum j 8.00 to 



Lily of the Valley | 2.00 to 



ChrysaDthmums 6.00 to 



Violets I .60 to 



Daises ■ I to 



Gardenias ! to 



Adiantum I .75 to 



Smilax j 10.00 to 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100) • 35-^^ '^ 



" " & Spren. (loo Bchs.) 1 25.00 to 



4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 



35-00 



lO.OO 



4.00 



15.00 



■75 

 1.00 

 25.00 

 1. 00 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 35.00 



ST. LOUIS 



October 27 



PHILA 



October 27 



20.00 

 I5.QO 

 10.00 

 2.00 



5.00 

 2.00 



5-00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



9. 00 

 1. 00 



40.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 



■35 to 



to 25.00 



to iS.oo 



to 12.00 



to 5.00 



to 6.00 



to 3.00 



to 6.00 



to 3.00 



to 8.00 



to 4.00 



to 3.00 



1.50 



50.00 



12.50 



4.00 

 20.00 



.60 



1. 00 

 12.00 



35.00 



15.00 



»-25 



50.00 



3500 



30.00 



12.50 

 8.00 

 4.00 



4.00 



1. 00 



4.00 



t.oo 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 



to 



25.00 to 



8.00 to 



1. 00 to 

 3.00 



.40 

 .50 



12. 00 



■75 

 i5<oo 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 35.00 to 



25.00 



16.00 



lO.OO 



6.00 



4.00 



8.00 



3.0c 



8XK> 



3.0a 



3.00 

 1.50 



40.00 

 12.5c 



4.00 



30.00 

 ■75 



J. 50 



2s.oa 

 t.oo 

 20.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



plentiful though prices are ruling 

 firm. Wholesale houses, however, are 

 now able to fill orders in full except, 

 perhaps, in certain special varieties. 

 There is a better tone to the violet 

 market, more especially in local grown 

 singles; the quality of these is improv- 

 ing daily. New York doubles have also 

 much improved in quality, but much 

 more slowly. Lilies are dragging 

 somewhat and the dejuand for lily of 

 the valley is rather slack. 



Bonnaffon chrys- 

 PHILADELPHIA anthemums and 



cattleyas were 

 the leading features here last week. 

 These were both in choice form and 

 good crop and easily led the proces- 

 sion. Gardenias are still rather 

 scarce. The tone of the rose market 

 improved a little, but there was no ad- 

 vance in quoted rates. Carnation 

 quality better; also quantity, which 

 latter fact holds prices from the 

 hoped-for upward jump. The demand 

 for violets is improving right along. 

 Some very choice pink snapdragon are 

 now to be seen around. The beet 



white chrysanthemum at present is 

 Razer; the best white, McNiece. On 

 the whole, a fairly satisfactory week. 

 Conditions in this 

 NEW YORK market have not 

 changed materially. 

 There have been two or three days 

 when a hopeful activity could be no- 

 ticed, but, as a whole, it cannot be said 

 that any marked improvement can be 

 recorded over the somewhat depress- 

 ing situation reported in the past few 

 weeks. Nothing can be said in the 

 way of criticism of the quality or the 

 variety of material offered in the 

 wholesale district. The slow^ness with 

 which it is moved and the "bargain 

 counter" atmosphere which seems to 

 permeate all the trading deals is the 

 unpalatable feature. Of business sta- 

 bility there is none thus far and we 

 hardly expect to see it until the chrys- 

 anthemum avalanche lightens up and 

 the weather takes on a wintry aspect. 

 A II special and ordinary stock is in 

 abundance, except violets, which are 

 quite scarce. 



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