December 24, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



913 



Flower Market Reports. 



As the situation gradu- 



BOSTON ally develops it becomes 

 apparent that the supply 

 of flowers for the Christmas demand 

 in this section will be ample and no 

 necessity for any very radical advance 

 in prices seems likely. The rose 

 growers appear to have taken a very 

 conservative and unprejudiced view of 

 the situation and are not contemplat- 

 ing any hold up of goods or prices 

 such as was customary a few years 

 back. This alone ought to help the cut 

 flower section of the business materi- 

 ally with the public. Violets are being 

 held back and pretty stiff prices are 

 contemplated but the situation will 

 take care of itself when the time 

 comes. As to carnations, there is 

 much speculation up to the present 

 moment and, in the prevalent belief 

 that the supply will not size up to the 

 demand, advance quotations are made 

 only on enhanced figures over regular 

 prices for fancy stock. All other 

 staple flower supplies are in full 

 abundance. Orchids will, of course, 

 hold up in price as the supply is very 

 limited. Plants are grand — much bet- 

 ter, we should say, than on any pre- 

 vious Christmas and theygiveevery evi- 

 dence of making a record run provided 

 weather conditions remain tolerable. 

 The sale of greens of all kinds runs 

 far ahead of anything recorded for 

 previous years. 



Advance quotations for Christmas 

 run a little above rates as given in 

 our regular table of prices. Beauty of 

 best grade is quoted up to $12 per 

 dozen; other roses $12 to $25 per 100. 

 Violets $1.50; Poinsettas $35 to $50; 

 Carnations $6 to $10. Whether these 

 figures will be maintained will depend 

 greatly upon the weather. 



So far as local trade 



CHICAGO goes it is a case of the 

 lull before the storm. It 

 has been very quiet for the past ten 

 days and those who have a shipping 

 trade have a splendid chance to fill 

 their orders before the home sales are 

 on. Carnations are the only flowers 

 that can be considered scarce and 

 some of those now coming in are giv- 

 ing evidence of having reached the 

 limit of their keeping qualities. As 

 usual there will be a lot of worthless 

 stock placed on the market the two 

 days before Christmas when if ship- 

 ped a week earlier would have brought 

 good returns. Chrysanthemums of sev- 

 eral varieties are still here and some 

 blooms are fine. All kinds of roses are 

 plentiful enough to give shippers op- 

 portunity to fill their orders and then 

 have enough for home use. Violets 

 from the East, violets from the West 

 and violets home-grown are competing 

 with each other and demand is less 

 than the supply as might be expected. 

 Orchids continue scarce. Lily of the 

 valley is good but not greatly in de- 

 mand. All kinds of green sell well and 

 there seems to be plenty of it. 



Last week brought no 



CINCINNATI new developments so 

 far as cut flowers 

 were concerned. As is usual, prices are 

 advancing as Christmas draws near. 

 There was just about enough demand 

 to clear out the receipts. The market 

 will be fairly well supplied on all kinds 

 of flowers with the possible exception 

 of carnations, of which there is a de- 



Christmas Greetings 



We extend most cordial holiday greetings and trust all 

 our friends have had the most prosperous year in their 

 existence. 



For New Year's 



We are offering a full supply of the choicest stock in : 

 ROSES, CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, 



GARDENIAS and everything in seasonable cut flowers. 



We are especially strong on : 



Cut Poinsettias 



The main crops of this indispensable holiday 

 item are now in and we can supply in quantity 

 from now on. Splendid well finished flowers 

 in all the grades. 



per 100 



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$25.00 

 30.00 

 35.00 



A Few Extra Large $40.00 per 100 



5. 5. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^"?tfRls^fs OP PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON 



109 W. 28lh Street 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 1212 New Yoik Ave»ue 



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EXCLUSIVE FLORISTS RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-to dbaTb^s-only 



ROSBS 



CINCINNATI 



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DETROIT 



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BUFFALO 



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Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 



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Bride, 'Maid, F. & S 



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Killarney, Richmond, Fan. & Sp. 



" Lower grades 



Maryland, Chatenay, Fan. and Sp. 

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Roman Hyacinths, Paper Whites-. 



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Smilax 



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cided shortage. Long-stemmed Beau- 

 ties are in good crop, but the demand 

 runs mostly to medium and short 

 stems. Richmonds, of course, are es- 

 pecial favorites and there are never 

 enough for the Christmas demand. 

 Other roses are in good supply, white 

 sorts being in especially heavy crop. 



Killarney is of exceptional quality, 

 quite a few being seen with three-foot 

 stems. Double violets are selling well 

 and are not overabundant. Single vio- 

 lets still remain on the short side of 

 the market. Callas, Roman hyacinths, 

 narcissi and stevia meet with a ready 



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