Flower Market Reports 



(Centiniud from page 785) 



the pompons is steadily growing and 

 quantities were sold during the weeli. 

 Growers who had not sold all their 

 stock of potted pompons found it profi- 

 table to cut them. Carnations brought 

 four cents for standard grades and 

 five and six for fancy. There was 

 plenty of demand for Beauties and 

 other roses and nothing was left each 

 night. The quality of all stock was 

 excellent and the retailers say there 

 was little difficulty in getting their 

 price. Violets were not always as 

 good as could be desired, owing to 

 the mild weather, and orchids were 

 wholly unequal to the demand. One 

 of the very scarce items last week was 

 the cattleya. It was interesting to see 

 the excitement that the arrival of a 

 small box would create among the 

 wholesalers. Prices kept pretty stead- 

 ily at one dollar each even for very 

 light shades. Bouvardia of excellent 

 quality is in the market, but the sup- 

 ply is limited. John Kruchten's in 

 the Atlas Block is one of the few 

 places where it is most likely to be 

 found. 



The Thanksgiving 

 CINCINNATI market was satisfac- 

 tory in every way. 

 The volume of business was larger 

 and prices averaged better for this 

 holiday than In the past few years. 

 Chrysanthemums continued the lead- 

 ing factor of the market. The supply 

 of large blooms was sufficient for all 

 requirements. The laigest demand 

 was for the small and medium-sized 

 blooms, especially yellow Bonnaffon 

 that could be sold for from $4.00 to 

 $8.00 per hundred, of which there was 

 a decided shortage. The current week 

 will about wind up the chrysanthe- 

 mum season with the exception of a 

 few of the very late varieties which 

 will hang on until very near the 

 Christmas holidays. Beauties were in 

 good demand, with enough to go 

 around. White roses were received in 

 goodly numbers and sales on these 

 were generally satisfactory. The mar- 

 ket on all pink sorts was just the re- 

 verse, receipts being very light and 

 this coupled with numerous weddings, 

 made the demand far in excess of the 

 supply. The call for Richmond was 

 also heavy and a good many orders 

 had to be" turned down. The feature 

 of the market the past week was the 

 shortage of carnations, due partly to a 

 good many of the growers being off 

 crop, partly to the extra heavy de- 

 mand, both locally and out of town. 

 Lily of the valley cleaned up nicely 

 up to Thanksgiving, but Friday and 



NEW YORK QUOT Allows PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Loniclfiorum 



Lily of tta* Valley 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Chrysanthemums 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adlantum 



Smllax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings 



" " &Spren. (loobchs). 



Last Half of Wsek 



ending Nov. 26 



1S10 



75.00 

 6.00 



3. 00 



•75 



3.o« 



5.00 



•7 5 



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• 50 



8.00 



aj.oo 



15.00 



to 100.00 



8.00 

 4.00 

 1. 15 



6.00 



35.0* 

 1. 00 

 35.00 

 1. 00 

 I a. 00 

 35.00 

 25.00 



First Half of WMk 



beginning Nov. 28 



1910 



75^00 



6.00 



3.00 



■50 



3.00 



5.00 



■75 



15.00 



.50 



8.00 



20.00 



15.00 



to 100.00 



to 8.00 



to 4.00 



to .75 



to 6.00 



to 3S.0O 



to 1.00 



to J5.00 



to I-0« 



to 12. oe 



to 30.00 



Saturday found it moving slowly. 

 Callas are increasing in numbeis and 

 sell readily as do Longiflorum lilies. 

 Paper white narcissus and sweet peas 

 are received in limited quantities. Vi- 

 olets are increasing in popularity and 

 more could be sold. Green goods in 

 good supply and demand. 



Thanksgiving trade was 

 DETROIT very evenly divided, all 

 florists reporting as much 

 and more than a year ago. Somewhat 

 different was the effect on the flowers 

 offered. Chrysanthemums proved 

 themselves the favorites more than 

 ever before; especially were pompons 

 and "Button" varieties much in de- 

 mand for table decorations. Roses and 

 carnations, while in good quality as 

 well as quantity, sold slowly and did 

 not respond to the Increase in prices. 

 Violets fell off in demand very per- 

 ceptibly. 



Chrysanthemums fig- 

 NEW YORK ured largely in the 

 Thanksgiving busi- 

 ness, the demand running to colors- 

 yellow leading. The supply of good 

 blooms appeared to be greater than 

 the year previous and prices a shade 

 better. There were more white than 

 anything else, for which there was 

 only an ordinary call. In the rose line 

 Beauties were plentiful. Special grades 

 did not go so well as the shorter sizes 

 and a considerable number were car- 

 ried over. Killarney, Chatenay. Mary- 

 land and Richmond were only in mod- 

 erate supply and did very well as the 

 disposition to ask advanced prices was 

 not manifest. Although the carilation 

 cut was lighter than usual at this time 

 of the year, they did not go with a 

 snap on Wednesday. On Monday and 

 Tuesday not enough were received to 

 go around. The same remark applied 

 to violets — larger shipments Wednes- 

 day evening than the market could ab- 

 sorb. Cattleyas were scarce. Gar- 

 denias fairly plentiful. Cypripediums 

 are in but do not find ready sale. Af- 

 ter the Wednesday morning trade was 



over, very little in the way of busi- 

 ness developed during the afternoon 

 and Thursday morning except for yel- 

 low chrysanthemums. Friday's trade 

 was quiet but Saturday the market 

 was good. The present week opened 

 with a fair demand, but was very quiet 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday. The rose 

 supply is on the increase, and all stock 

 moves slowly. 



{Conntiued cti pagi 792) 



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