January 5, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



Flower Market Reports 



The flower market here 

 BOSTON has had another bad re- 

 lapse and at present time 

 Is in an almost moribund condition. 

 Prices have taken a big drop on all 

 the specialties that made any advance 

 for the holidays and there is very lit- 

 tle sale for them at that. To say that 

 the growers and wholesale dealers 

 feel dejected is putting it mildly for 

 the extreme cold has continued un- 

 abated and the consumption of coal 

 Is about double the normal require- 

 ments. Last year was the first in 

 which New Year's Day was observed 

 as a holiday in Massachusetts. This 

 has been a serious blow to the florist 

 trade for that occasion. In former 

 years the business man on the way 

 to his office would drop in and send 

 a floral greeting to his friends but now 

 he is out of it almost entirely. It will 

 take careful nursing to make New 

 Year's Day a floral holiday in Boston. 



The closing week of the 

 CHICAGO year, with the moderat- 

 ing of the weather was 

 favorable to the florist trade, for it in- 

 creased the supply of flowers a hun- 

 dred per cent and added to the list of 

 customers. Stock was much more 

 plentiful than had seemed possible, 

 but the customers came also, conse- 

 quently there were less flowers left in 

 the ice boxes than often occurs after a 

 holiday. Incoming stock caused some 

 slump in the market but it was not a 

 serious one. Prices for the week have 

 been steadier on carnations than on 

 roses. The first daffodils came two 

 week3 ago and they were grown 

 locally and while the demand could 

 not be called strong, they sold for six 

 cents. Paper white narcissi are here 

 in quantity. Violets, lily of the valley, 

 snapdragons, calendulas, lilies, etc., 

 go to make variety but the great bulk 

 of supply consists of roses and carna- 

 tions. Wholesale trade was very 

 quiet on the last day of the year. 

 With the retailer there were baskets 

 and window boxes still in stock to 

 make a good showing and he was in- 

 clined to go slow on stocking up with 

 flowers to more than meet the demand 

 of the hour. 



Chistmas week's bus- 

 CINCINNATI iness was rather 



slow. The early New 

 Year's business secured followed the 

 same line but at the close of the New 

 Year's business a strong demand de- 

 veloped and this bought up all the 

 stock that was at all good. The sup- 

 ply though only fair is sufficient to 

 take care of all immediatf wants. 

 Roses are fairly plentiful. Carnations 

 and lilies are in a good supply. Yel- 

 low and paper white narcissus are in 



LILAC 



The first cuts are now 

 reaching us. Unusually 

 choice quality, large well- 

 grown heads. 



$1.50 and $2 per bunch 



S.S.PENNOGKCO. 



THE ^-ft-L-of PHILACELPHIA 



fiEW YORK 

 117 W. 28ih Si. 



PBIIADEIPHIA 

 160g-l'620 Lndlon Si. 



BALTIMORE 



tz.Min S Si. Paul Sis. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLV 



Rmm 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra- . . 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey. Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunbur&t, Hillingdon... 



Camationa 



CatUeyu 



Dendrobium fonnosum 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



Lilies, Specioiuoo ■ 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdrnvon 



Bouvardia 



Violet. 



Freesia 



Narcis. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinth* 



Stevia 



Calendula 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peaa 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum - 



Smilax • ■ 



AsparaffasPlii.AS|>ren. [looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



Dec, 3^ 



CHICAGO 



Dec. 31 



BUFFALO 



Dec. 31 



50.00 

 30,00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



4. CO 



75.00 

 40.00 

 15.00 

 15-00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



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6.00 



30.00 

 ^0.00 

 10.00 



5.00 



4.00 

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 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



75.00 I 50.00 

 12.50 



4.00 



3.C0 

 1.50 

 3.00 



15.00 to 



10.00 

 10.00 

 6. CO 



2.C0 

 6,00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 2,00 

 4.00 



1.50 



1. 00 



1,00 

 15.00 

 35.00 



40.00 

 30.00 

 20.00 



8.00 

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 10.00 



8.00 

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4.00 



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15.00 

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50.00 ' 40.00 

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 15.0c 12.00 



PITTSBURG 



Jan. a 

 to 60.00 

 to 



la.oo 

 S.to 



12.00 

 5.C0 

 8.00 



12.00 

 5.00 



8.00 to 



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4,00 to 



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35.00 



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 15.00 



12.00 

 13.00 



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75.00 60.00 to 75-00 



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 6.00 



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3.00 

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to 

 to 

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1.25 to 

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1. 00 



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1.50 



1. 25 

 to 1.50 



to 



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 15.00 to ao.oo I 15.00 

 35.00 to 50. CO 35.C0 



1.00 to 



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to 50.CO 



a lieavy supply. Sweet peas and free- 

 sias have been finding a good market. 

 Single violets selling well. There is a 

 fair supply of usual variety of mid- 

 winter flowers, 



The Christmas flower 

 CLEVELAND business in Cleve- 

 land was good. The 

 wholesale market was well cleaned 

 uji. Supplies, according to some, sold 

 better than last year, and business on 

 the whole was as good as last year. 

 After-Christmas business continued in 



fair volume and this together with the 

 pronounced scarcity of flowers keeps 

 the wholesalers well cleaned up. 



A final reckoning up 

 NEW YORK of the Christmas bus- 

 iness shows that on 

 the whole the volume of business was 

 fairly large even if prices were not up 

 to former years. The trade generally 

 is cheerful over the situation tor after 

 the indifferent business during all of 

 December Christmas seemed good by 

 .omparison and the handicaps of de- 



{Cttitinuld CH fact iq) 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 Archest. PMILADEfLPHIA, PA. 



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