July 9, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



53 



Flower Market Reports. 



Whatever stability tliere 

 BOSTON was in tlie flower busi- 

 ness went out and away 

 witli the last of the June days and at 

 present practically nothing is doing. 

 Even the street dealers have deserted 

 the wholesale flower marts and trans- 

 ferred their commercial activities to 

 peaches and plums instead of carna- 

 tions and roses, "a dozen for a dime." 

 The leading retail stores keep up a 

 brave front, however, and their win- 

 dows are a credit to them. Country 

 trade requires a microscope to find 

 it. After another fortnight things will 

 brighten up. 



Trade has fallen off con- 

 BUFFALO siderably in the past two 

 weeks and the market is 

 overstocked on everything. Carnations 

 are in oversupply as well as roses, and 

 the severe hot weather has shown its 

 effects. Bride and Bridesmaid roses 

 are small, also Killarney. Maryland 

 has been the best in pink. President 

 Carnot and Kaiserin are of fine quality 

 and have had ready sale. The ending 

 of June found the market over-supplied 

 with iris, peonies, lilies, candidum, gi- 

 ganteum and outdoor peas. The latter 

 have sold freely but at very low prices. 

 Summer dullness having come vaca- 

 tions are in order, and the trade is 

 looking forward to the annual outing 

 which will be held during the month 

 of July. 



Market conditions an- 

 CHICAGO not very unlike those 

 of other years, but the 

 slight diflerence is on the right side. 

 There is plenty of poor stock to be 

 sure, especially in carnations that 

 have not been disbudded since spring, 

 but there is also a fine lot of good 

 sized, long-stemmed, fresh looking 

 carnations coming in and they sell 

 readily. Asters have been straggling 

 in for a month past and now are be- 

 ginning to make quite a showing on 

 the counters. They are in white only 

 and bring the same price as the best 

 carnations. There might be said to be 

 no second-class carnations sold, so 

 hard is it to move anything now that 

 is not well grown. Roses are plenti- 

 ful but the demand is for good ones 

 The summer dullness is being felt 

 more or less strongly by both whole- 

 saler and retailer. Some fine daisies, 

 larkspur and other summer flowers 

 are seen. Sweet peas have become so 

 short as to be in rather slow demand. 

 Rain is greatly needed in this vicinity 

 and the month of June had a rainfall 

 of only .91 of an inch, the most of this 

 coming early in the month. The per- 

 centage of sunshine was far above the 

 normal, and on three days the tem- 

 perature reached or e.xceeded 90 de- 

 grees. 



There is a little 

 CINCINNATI business doing all 

 the time, but hardly 

 enough to keep one awake. Beauties 

 are holding out better than any 

 of the other indoor flowers and 

 are selling at fair prices. There 

 are some very good Maryland. 

 Taft, Ivory and Kaiserin, with a good 

 demand. The receipts of carnations 

 have been extra ordinarily heavy, the 



A Seasonable 

 Hose Offer 



THE P/M BRAND 



This brand has been 

 made specially to our 

 own order and specifi- 

 cations, and stands the 

 rough usage of the 

 greenhouse better than 

 any other make at the 

 price. Quality guaranteed. 25 and 50 ft. lengths. 

 16 cents per ft., couplings included. 



THE BULL DOG BRAND Next to the P/M this well 

 known make is in great favor with florists. 

 15 cents per ft., couplings included. 



THE 32^C. HOSE This may sound an extravagance to man}- 

 and yet we are told by some of our customers that it is even 

 more economical in the long run than anything lower priced. 

 32/^ cents per ft , couplings included. 



All hose sold by us is guaranteed. 



S. S. PENNOCK=MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF 



1608-20 LUDLOW STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1212 New York Ave., WASHINGTON, D.C. 



i»AU11 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



PbK luu. 

 "TO DEALERS ONLY. 



CINCINNATI 



Juiy 5 



DETROIT 



Ju^y 5 



BUFFALO 



j"^y 5 



PITTSBURO 



July 5 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



" Extra 



No.i 



'* Lower grades 



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



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KllIamey.My Maryland, Fan. & Sp 



'* Lower grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special 



" Lower grades ■ 



Kaiserin, Carnot, Fancy and Sp . . . 

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CARNATIONS, Novelties and Fancy! 2.00 to 

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Lilies. I 4.00 to 



Lily of the Valley 3.00 to 



Stocks 1.00 to 



Daisies 



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Peonies 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



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Smilax 13.00 to 



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demand barely using one-half of those 

 received. The majority of the sales 

 were made at very low prices; how- 

 ever, these conditions will be elimin- 

 ated in the next few days, as nearly 

 all the carnation growers have started 

 to empty their benches. There are 

 quantities of shipped peas coming in 

 and in nearly every case they arrive 

 so soft and poor that most of them 

 find their way to the garbage box. 

 Gladioli from out doors are received 

 in small quantity. Longiflorum lilies 



are seen in quantity in several of the 

 houses, and are moved with difficulty. 

 The call for lily of the valley is very 

 light, with an abundant supply- 

 Shasta daisies are moving fairly well. 

 Green goods of all kinds are in good 

 supply, with a good demand. 



Beginning July 1, the Chicago 

 wholesale florists have arranged to 

 close their places of business at 5 p. 

 m. daily. 



{Reports c9miinutd pn fage 55) 



