September 10, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



385 



Flower Market Reports. 



Business in this section 

 BOSTON is about normal for Sep- 

 tember. Seaside and 

 mountain demand has in due course 

 fallen off and local activity is still 

 light, as usual at this season. In roses 

 there is a fair demand for Caraot, Kil- 

 larney, Richmond and Maryland in or- 

 der of precedence as named. Beauties 

 of medium grade sell best, the extra 

 quality stock moving slowly. The mar- 

 ket is heavily stocked with asters in 

 all varieties and grades, also gladioli. 

 Lily of the valley moves well consid- 

 ering the date, and lilies, although 

 abundant, are being placed regularly 

 at reasonable figures. Sweet peas are 

 practically ended for the season. There 

 are a few Golden Glow chrysanthe- 

 mums in evidence, but not enough, so 

 far, to be worth mentioning. 



August has closed leav- 

 CHICAGO ing a very good impres- 

 sion upon the minds of 

 most of the wholesalers. Those whose 

 experience is otherwise will work 

 harder to build up a shipping trade, 

 for upon this were the returns of the 

 summer months largely based. The 

 quality of the summer flowers has 

 been good, barring the peonies, though 

 fancy stock of almost any kind is 

 counted as out of the question. Asters 

 have come through the drouth accord- 

 ing to the care they have had and the 

 market is full of them, all kinds, all 

 qualities and all prices. Carnations 

 are seen that make one think winter 

 must be near, but for the short stems, 

 twelve inches representing about the 

 limit. Among roses, red ones are the 

 scarcest and for this color the demand 

 is also lightest. Especially good are 

 the white Killarneys and Kaiserin has 

 been of very fair quality. Gladioli go 

 very slowly and there are quantities 

 of them. Ferns are of fine quality and 

 bring $1.00 to $1.25 per 1000. Smilax 

 is in good demand but the r-aii for as- 

 paragus is light. 



Most of the wholesale places closed 

 at noon on Labor Day, but the amount 

 of business done was equal to a full 

 day even during a busy season. 

 Wholesalers generally report August 

 sales as very satisfactory, though they 

 acknowledge it to be owing to an un- 

 usually good shipping trade and not to 

 local demand. 



Business has been 

 CINCINNATI fairly good the past 



week. Asters are de- 

 cidedly poor and many are simply un- 

 saleable at a time that the demand for 

 good asters cannot be wholly satisfied. 

 In the line of roses. Beauties are the 

 most abundant, and the price low, con- 

 sidering the quality which is excellent. 

 The supply of other roses is steadily 

 increasing and improving in quality. 

 The better grades sell well, but the 

 short-stemmed ones more slowly. 

 Gladioli have lost their superior qual- 

 ity, most of those received showing the 

 approach of the end of the season. 

 Carnations from outdoor stock are re- 

 ceived, and some of the growers are 

 already cutting their first crop from 

 indoors. The latter are still short in 

 stem, but they suffice for funeral work. 

 Longiflorum lilies were in short sup- 

 ply as practically all of the houses 

 which have been making a specialty of 



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 enables us to make the following low price offer. 

 The stock is our usual high grade quality and is 

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 sent out. 



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S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of 



1608-20 Ludlow Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.— 



PtK lUU. 

 TO DEALERS ONLY. 



CINCINNATI 



Sept. 6 



DETROIT 



Sept. 6 



BUFFALO 



Sept. 6 



PITTSBURO 



Sept. 6 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 20,00 to 30.00 



*' Extra 10.00 to 30. ot, 



" No. 1 8.00 to 10.00 



" Lower grades 4.00 to 6.00 



Bride, 'Maid.Chatenay, F. & S •.00 to 4.C0 



" '* Low. gr 1.00 to 9.00 



Killarney, Richmond, Fan. & Sp. 2.00 to 4.C0 



" Lower grades i.co to 3.00 



Kaiserin, Maryland, Fan. and Sp. 2.00 to 4. 00 



" " Lower grades i 00 to ■.00 



CARNATIONS, Novelties and Fancy 

 *' Ordinary 



.50 to 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum... 



** Speciosum 



Lily o* the Valley 



Asters . 



Daisies 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (100) 



" " & Spren. (100 bchs.) 



6.00 



.50 to 



1. 00 

 •30 



10.00 



25.00 



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20,00 

 16.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.0c 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



25.00 

 so. 00 

 16.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 



.50 to 



to 



2.50 to 



;o to 

 30 to 

 ...to 



to 

 to 



15.00 

 4.00 



4. CO 



1. 00 

 6.0c 



1.50 



30.00 

 35.00 

 35-00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 3. CO 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



I. 00 to 

 .75 to 



8.00 to 



3.00 to 



to 



.40 to 



1.50 



1.00 



10.00 

 4.00 



to 

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.50 



1 2. 00 



to 

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I. CO 



I5.C0 



to 2g.oO' 



to Iff. so 



to 8 00 



to 4.00 



to 6.00- 



tO 4-00 



to 8.00 



to 4.00 



to 8.00 



to 4.00 



3.00 



1.00. 



6.00 to 8.00 



a 00 

 • 50 



4.00 

 3.50 

 1. 00 



1. 00 

 12.50 

 30.00 

 30.00 



I 33 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 50 00 



summer lilies were out of stock at the 

 same time and a small demand served 

 to make everyone hustle to find the 

 necessary stock. Green goods are 

 abundant with a moderate demand. 

 Monday, Labor Day. business opened 

 up very brisk and there was consider- 

 able out-of-town demand and about 

 half of the wholesale houses were com- 

 pelled to keep open all day. 



The only striking 

 PHILADELPHIA change from last 



week's report is 

 the advent of the dahlia. There is no 

 marked increase or decrease in activ- 

 ity. Everything remains sluggish. 

 The dahlia advent has made no differ- 

 ence. Tuberoses are now coming in 

 freely and are selling fairly well. 

 American Beauty roses show an as- 

 cending quality as the days go by, and 

 are the most sought after item for 



choice work. These, and Maryland. 

 Kaiserin and Killarney, are about all 

 that's worth speaking about in the 

 rose line. Nothing doing in carna- 

 tions. Asters are still fine but have 

 suffered recently from too much rain. 

 There Is a fairly good call for the 

 lighter shades of gladioli — such as 

 America and Augusta. The darker 

 colors hang fire. Tritomas are seen 

 in abundance, but the sales are few 

 and far between. These are not want- 

 ed so early in the season. When the 

 oak leaves begin to color — that's the 

 time for tritomas. Cosmos plentiful 

 and goes mostly to the street men— 

 at any small figure they feel like of- 

 fering for a cartload. Orchids are 

 coming a little better but are still held 

 at a high figure. Gardenias are im- 

 proving and there is some call for 



(Reporti continued on f<if;e jS?! J!l~ . 



