March 2, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



205) 



Flower Market Reports 



Tlie middle of the week 



BOSTON finds the market very 

 slow although the earlier 

 days were fairly satisfactory. The 

 stock coming in is quite heavy and its 

 accumulation has had the effect of flat- 

 tening out market values on practical- 

 ly every item. The outlook is for a 

 continuance of this downward tenden- 

 cy but it will be influenced more or 

 less by weather conditions. The rose 

 crop is again on the increase and it is 

 now evident from the surplus dis- 

 played on wholesale tables, that the 

 pinch on short sizes is over for good 

 and the dealer who is looking for low- 

 price stock will be accommodated with 

 pleasure and due alacrity. The bul- 

 bous section continues dominant with 

 a superabundance of all the narcissus 

 tribe and a noticeable advance in 

 quality, quantity and variety of tulips. 

 Many hyacinths of the small flowering 

 Dutch or "Italian" are in evidence, ap 

 pftrently having been substituted by 

 some of the growers for the "Romans" 

 and the flowers are pleasingly more 

 impressive. Violets are grand but too 

 many for the weak call. 



Good stock, fine weath- 



CHICAGO er and better shipping 

 facilities have all tend- 

 ed to fielp the trade from all angles 

 this week. All kinds of stock are 

 offered In first-class quality as well 

 as in medium grades. Roses are re- 

 sponding to the warmth and sunshine 

 and are coming in much larger quan- 

 tities. It present conditions continue 

 the shortage will soon be over. Car- 

 nations and spring flowers form the 

 bulk of the rest of the stock though 

 there is a good variety of miscellane- 

 ous flowers to tempt the buyers. The 

 coal situation is not so tense and as 

 Easter looms up only a few weeks 

 ahead, growers are able to keep their 

 houses at a little higher temperature. 

 Shipments are going out with but 

 few complaints of delay or injury from 

 customers. 



Demand continues 



CLEVELAND in satisfactory vol- 

 ume, according t o 

 wholesale houses, and supplies are 

 ample for all requirements. The sale 

 of carnations and violets is dragging a 

 little according to some dealers. One 

 dealer is featuring extraordinarily fine 

 pansies which are selling at $2 a hun- 

 dred wholesale. They measure on 

 an average three inches in diameter. 

 The grower has been cutting them 

 since early in December. 



The progress of the 



NEW YORK season is having its 

 usual and natural re- 

 sult, in the decided increase of dally 

 receipts in the wholesale flower estab- 

 lishments with a corresponding weak- 

 ening of values and more critical man- 

 ner of buyers. Crops are heavy on 

 roses, carnations, lilies, violets, sweet 

 peas and all bulbous material and 

 sales in quantity on all these things 

 are negotiated at prices decidedly low- 

 er than for some time past. The 

 scarcity in the medium and lower 

 grades of roses no longer exists, so the 

 street dealers only await the arrival 

 of balmy weather to get busy as there 

 Is an abundance to be had of every- 

 thing he wants. Quality is gpod gen- 



SWEET PEAS 



Choice, even cboieer tlum tlie.v li.Tve 

 been :it any time this season, in quantiiy, 

 all leuKtlus, in all colors, several of tlie 

 newer shades. 



Extra long S2.50 S3.00 



I.oHB 1.50 2.00 



Jledium 1.00 



Short 50 .75 



m^^^^m^mm ^'^ ^"® °* ^""^ Specials 



^K \ ^^^^^^mm^^KiH^^^I lu '°ts of SOO or assorted colors; 



^t' ^^BT ^EPifl^^Hk.^S 01'" selection; all long stems; best 



V-^H^ ^i^^^^Bb^l quality ; at $1.50 per 100. 



?7^^^^^^^B SWEET PEA SPECIAL. NO. 2 



yi -tB In lots of 500 or over; assorted colors; 



regular $1.50 value ; at $1.00 per 100. 



Everything in Cut Flowers, Plants, 

 Greens, Ribbons and Supplies. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^t?i?r«n'/of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BA.LTIMORE 



llTW.aSthSt. 1 608- 1620 Ludlow St Franklin & St. Paul Sts, 



WASHINGTON. 1 2 1 S H. St. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



Rotet 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Rtissell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenbcrg, Hoosier Beauty 



Waid 



Killarney , Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Carnation* 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies, Longif loTum 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Violets 



Freesia 



Narcis. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Tulips 



^ DatfodiU 



' Calendula 



Mignonette 



Sweet Peaa 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



A«paraguaPla.&Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINN 



Feb 



ATI 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 

 TO DEALERS ONL> 



BUFFALO I PITTSBURG 



Feb. 25 P^b- 4 _ 



35.00 

 25.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



2. CO 



40.00 

 30.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



15.^0 



4.00 



75.00 



I CHICAGO 



I Feb. 25 



60.00 



10.00 to ta.oo 



4.00 

 •75 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3-to 

 4.00 



2.00 



4.00 



•75 



25.00 to 



10.00 

 6.00 

 8.CO 



I. CO 



4.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



4.00 

 6. CO 

 2.C0 



1.00 

 15.00 

 3«;.oo 



50.00 



40.00 

 so. 00 



5.00 

 400 



4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



1.50 

 35-00 



8.0c 



8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 



.50 



2.00 



2.1 O 

 2. 00 

 3. CO 



2.00 

 2. CO 



4.00 



.75 



12.00 



1.00 

 15.00 

 25.00 



50.00 

 30.00 

 25.00 



35.0c 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 12. CO 

 4.00 

 50.00 



12.00 



12.00 

 6.00 

 I2.CC 



•75 

 4.C0 

 3.C0 

 3.C0 

 5. o 

 4.00 

 ^.00 

 6 00 



20.00 



125 



20.00 



50.00 



40.00 



25.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 

 5-00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 4 00 

 5. CO 



5c. 00 to 

 to 



8.00 to 



4.00 to 



10.00 to 



8. CO to 



4.00 to 



.63 to 



2. CO to 



2.00 to 



3.00 to 



3.00 to 



I. CO to 



I .CO to 



2. 00 to 



1.00 to 



1. 00 

 15.00 



25.00 



50.00 

 3500 



15.0c 



13. 00 

 lO.CO 



10.00 

 6.CO 



10.00 



12.00 

 4.00 



60.00 



I2.00 



6.00 

 15.00 



10.00 

 8.0c 



■75 



4.CO 



3 c<^ 



3.C0 



5.00 



3.(0 



3.00 

 5 to 

 2.(0 



1.50 

 1.25 



20.00 

 50. CO 



10.00 



8.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 40.00 



10.00 

 4. CO 



50.00 



3500 



15-00 

 35.00 



13. 00 



13.00 



I3.O0 



4.0c 

 60.00 



13. 00 



800 



4.00 



•35 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 4 00 



to . 



to . 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



•75 

 6.00 

 3.00 



4.C0 

 6.00 



1.CO 



15.00 



35CO 



l.«J 



scoo 

 60.00 



erally although on carnations this 

 statement will stand qualification, as 

 there is quite a lot ot bursted and 

 otherwise undesirable stuff coming in. 

 Cattleyas are still overabundant for 

 the daily needs and are inclined to 

 accumulate. Sweet peas are seen in 

 all grades of good and bad and are en- 

 tirely too plentiful. 



There is very 

 PHILADELPHIA little change in 



the rose market 

 this week. The shorts still have the 

 call on account of the crops running 



mostly to long stems. In carnations, 

 prices remain unchanged. They must 

 be very fine quality indeed to bring 

 top quotations. The leaders at pres- 

 ent seem to be Mrs. Ward and Pink 

 Delight. When you hear the boys 

 shouting on Chestnut and Market 

 streets, "Fine carnations ten cents a 

 bunch!" you can bet there are lots 

 going at the wind-up for a quarter- 

 cent and less. Cattleyas are still slow; 

 Trianae will be over by Easter: 

 Schroederae is later but that is liable 



(Continutd on faze 2Il) 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 Arch St. PHILADE&.PHIA, PA. 



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