April 13, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



373 



Flower Market Reports 



The wholesale market 

 BOSTON here is In a condition of 



slumbrous inactivity and 

 should the proposed campaign to draft 

 the unemployed reach into the flower 

 market this week a good string of 

 victims would surely be bagged. Sel- 

 dom at this season has the market 

 been so depressed. There are heaps of 

 callas, carnations, sweet peas, daffodils 

 and calendulas, crate upon crate of 

 roses and no end of miscellaneous ma- 

 terial, most of it excellent as to qual- 

 ity for which there appears to be no 

 sale, and, for which, as it looks to the 

 eye of the inquisitive and reflective ob- 

 server no special effort is being exerted 

 to force a market. It is all very nice 

 stuff but it doesn't pay any labor or 

 coal bills or buy a frock for the young- 

 ster until it is turned into money. If 

 this is to be accomplished at such a 

 period as the present the flower trade 

 will have to do something more than 

 hang a "Say it with Flowers" sign in 

 the show window. 



After the splendid busi- 

 CHICAGO ness of Easter week it 



was to be expected that 

 trade would drop oft and this is what 

 occurred. After the middle of the 

 week buyers became less frequent and 

 both wholesaler and retailer found the 

 last of the week very quiet compared 

 with the previous one. Even Saturday 

 was quiet. Stock is fine and customers 

 have everything to choose from. Ship- 

 ping trade also is slow, the same con- 

 ditions prevailing outside as exist here. 



Business is fair. The 

 CINCINNATI supply of stock is 



large and, while the 

 demand is steady, it is not large 

 enough to take up all the receipts and 

 prices have dropped considerably. Im- 

 mediately after Easter the cuts of 

 roses became heavier than previously 

 until now the supply is more than 

 enough. Sweet peas are very plentiful 

 and the same is true of carnations. 

 Lilies and callas are also in a good 

 supply. Outdoor narcissus and tulips 

 are coming into the market. 



In common with the 

 NEW YORK rest of the country 

 and perhaps to a 

 greater degree this market is enduring 

 the customary period of dessuetude 

 following a special flower holiday. 

 Ever since Easter the flower trade has 

 been hibernating most of. the time but 

 the stock keeps pouring in just as if 

 there was a call for it all. Accumula- 

 tions are inevitable under such condi- 

 tions and there is just one alternative 

 — bulk sales to speculative purchasers 

 at mere nominal prices. Thus much of 

 the material is sent adrift just now. 

 We cannot truthfully say that any- 

 thing is really scarce or that there is 

 any present or prospective active de- 

 mand for any particular goods. There 



BEAUTIES 



are coming in better than ever, 

 splendid quality they are, in all 

 lengths and in any quantity from 

 the specials to the shorts, at 



EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS, 



PLANTS, GREENS, RIBBONS 



AND SUPPLIES. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The "'t?i;r.'i%, Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1 608- 1 620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON. 1 2 1 6 H. St., N. W. 



WBOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



Rcwet 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* " Fancy and Extra. 



" " No. I and culls. . . 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon. 



Camatioiu * 



Cattleras 



Lilies, Longifloruni 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Ir 



CINCINNATI 

 April I 



Callas 



Lily of the VaUey 



Snaodrason 



Gladioli 



Pansies 



Freesia 



Narcis. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Daffodil*. 



Tulips 



Calendula 



Stocks 



Wall Flowers 



Mignonette 



Swe-^t Peas 



Marguerites 



G araenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax ■ ■ • • 



\sparaffus Plu. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



40.00 



25.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

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 4.00 

 4.00 

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6.00 



6.00 



9.00 



2. 00 

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300 



3.00 

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6. CO 

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TRADE PRICES -Per 100 

 TO D EALERS ONL\ 



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2.50 

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20.00 



75.0* 



should be, we all feel, but there Is 

 something lacking it would seem. 

 And summer is not far away. 



As is usual in 

 PHILADELPHIA an after Easter 



week, trade fell 

 off a little and there was a consider- 

 able increase in supplies of cut flow- 

 ers consequent on the advancing sea- 

 son and fine weather. Roses were 

 probably the worst sufferers although 

 there was more than plenty all along 

 the line. Carnations went fairly well 

 with the exception of the light pinks. 

 Sweet peas also moved oft as well as 

 could be expected. Daffodils and sim- 

 ilar items were far too plentiful. The 

 Liberty Loan started on Saturday and 

 according to the experts that hurt the 

 usual week-end clean-up. 



Both the city and 

 PITTSBU RGH suburban Easter 



business surpassed 

 the anticipation of the most sanguine, 

 being one if not the most satisfactory 

 in the record of years' experience. 

 This, too, in the face of the fact that 

 express congestion delayed until too 

 late many shipments. Lilies were 

 scarce, and the entire stock was ex- 

 hausted three days before. Roses, also, 

 were on the short side, but fine as to 

 quality. Sweet peas were plentiful, 

 but, inferior to those of the winter sea- 

 son. With the exception of Easter lil- 

 ies, all bulb stock was plentiful. Busi- 

 ness has continued remarkably good 

 during the week following. Funeral 

 work has largely- compensated for the 

 dearth of social entertaining. 



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