April 20, 1918 



H II T I C U L T U R E 



397 



Flower Market Reports 



Business is not bad this 

 BOSTON week. True, there is no 



rush but there is a fairly 

 regular run of trade at the wholesale 

 places, and this would not be possible 

 if the retail people of Greater Boston 

 were not busy. There is a big over- 

 load of belated Easter lilies and more 

 pansies, calendulas and sweet peas 

 than are actually needed, but roses 

 and carnations are fairly well bal- 

 anced as to supply and demand, and 

 prices hold quite well. 



Trade still continues in- 

 CHICAGO active. The calm that 



follows the Easter rush 

 remains unbroken so far as local sales 

 are concerned. Shipping trade is now 

 encouraging but even in this a larger 

 volume of business could readily be 

 taken care of. There is an abundance 

 of stock of all seasonable kinds and 

 the prices are within the reach of all. 

 All kinds of roses are here in good 

 supply but it seems as it that very 

 fact makes them drag in comparison 

 with last winter when they were so 

 hard to get. Southern lilacs are about 

 gone. Jonquils continue to come and 

 tulips, both of which have had a run 

 of many months. Carnations are sold 

 at any price. 



Business is fairly 

 CINCINNATI good. The supply is 



not large and this 

 combined with a steady demand has 

 caused receipts to clean up pretty 

 well and has given a firm tone to the 

 market. Roses are in a fair supply 

 and have been meeting with a good 

 demand. Carnations are still plenti- 

 ful but, as a whole, are not as good 

 as they were during the past several 

 months. Lilies and callas are fairly 

 plentiful. Sweet peas are abundant 

 and generally prove good property. 

 Darwin tulips are coming into the 

 market. Orchids, lily of the valley, 

 snafdragon, calendulas, Narcis. poeti- 

 cus and pansies are received regularly. 



The flower trade is 

 NEW YORK just emerging from 



the rebuff of last 

 week and the sorry plight into which 

 it was put by the most merciless 

 spell of inclement weather experi- 

 enced in the whole season. The loss 

 on roses, cattleyas, lilies, sweet peas, 

 gardenias and many other things 

 which were coming in abundantly 

 and failed of sale must have been a 

 discouraging setback for many grow- 

 ers whose crops ori.s^inally timed for 

 Easter had failed by reason of the 

 winter severity and coal shortage to 

 mature in time for the Easter call. 

 The heaviest part of the crop of 

 some of these things is already off 

 and this week's receipts are moving 

 somewhat better. The improved tone 

 of the market is due in a measure 

 also to the waning crops of forced 

 bulb stock which had been something 

 of a burden for several weeks. Vio- 



RUSSELL 



That rose, that stands at the head 

 of the list today in the eyes of the 

 rose buying pubhc. Our growers 

 are strong with good cuts at 



Special $20.00 



Fancy 15.00 



Extra 10.00 



First 8.00 



Second 6.00 



A few extra choice special Russells 

 at $25.00 



EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS, 



PLANTS, GREENS, RIBBONS 



AND SUPPLIES. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



TK^ Wholesale 

 1 fits Florists of 



Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA ^ ^ Pi^^I' «°i?_^.i =.. 



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



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



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - 



Roses 



Am, Beauty, Special 

 " " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock, 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosicr Beauty 



Ward 



Killarney, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 

 Carnations 

 Cattleyas 

 Lilies, Longinorum 

 Lilies, Speciosum 



Ins 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snaodrvgon 



Gladioli 



Pansies 



Freesia ■ 



Narcis, Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Daffodils 



Tulips- - ■ - 



Calendula 



Stocks 



Wall Flowers 



Mignonette 



Swe-^t Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



i\diantucn 



Smilax ■ - • 



\sparagusPla. &Spren. (looBhs.) 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



iKAi^E. riu^-no ^^ DEALERS ONLY 



PITTSBURG 



AprU 15 



ic 40.00 

 to 25.00 

 to 12,50 

 to 35.0c 



lets also are finished, except for some 

 of the Gov. Herriclv variety, which do 

 not cut much of a figure at any time. 

 Lilies are seen in great quantities 

 still, however, and the quality, in 

 many cases, is far below standard, 

 many of them being almost stemless. 

 Among the fine things now specially 

 offered are the Spanish irises in 

 lovely variety and Darwin tulips of 

 high degree. There is a good sale 

 for both of these things, which are 

 achieving greater popularity each 

 year. Buyers for the high-class stores 

 are on the watch for the choice 

 shades of color in the Darwins and 

 clean up the stock quickly. 



The fierce nor'- 

 PHILADELPHIA easier which last- 

 ed four or five 

 (lays had its effect on last week's mar- 

 ket, but Saturday cleared up and let 

 the boys out to meet the throngs so 

 that most of the surplus of roses, car- 

 nations and other posey subjects found 

 buyers at some price or other. Snap- 

 dragon was a drug and the average 

 passerby passed them by as they had 

 no use for that kind of a posy to 

 please the good lady on a Saturday 

 evening. Sweet peas were a bit soft 

 on account of the lack of sunshine, but 



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