Mav 25, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



517 



Flower Marfcet Reports 



The w h o 1 e s a 1 e rtower 

 BOSTON market here has been 



hard hit. The receipts 

 of stock continue to be far in excess 

 of the avenues for its disposal and 

 the consequence is hopeless accumula- 

 tion of flowers in wholesale hands in 

 which all seasonal varieties figure 

 more or less but more especially roses 

 and carnations. The losses on the 

 latter this week — in fact, ever since 

 the Mothers' Day smash-up, have been 

 tremendous and the growers are na- 

 turally despondent while the whole- 

 sale dealers are dazed and don't know 

 which way to turn. The retail stores 

 are not doing very much, or the mar- 

 ket would be in better condition, but 

 they are better off than the rest for 

 they get their supplies at a very small 

 cost and are making a good profit on 

 their sales at regular retail figures. 

 They are doing excellent jiublicity 

 work for the flower business in their 

 window decorations which are exceed- 

 ingly attractive and creditable to the 

 artistic taste of the workers, niogical 

 as it may seem the present over- 

 whelming glut of flowers seems not to 

 have generated any noticeable amount 

 of newspaper advertising to unload it. 

 although in lines of business other 

 than this, surpluses and overstocks 

 are the most prolific source and incen- 

 tive for wide newspaper publicity. 

 Large quantities of roses, carnations 

 and other flowers have l)een donated 

 by the growers to the Red Cross to be 

 sold at their pleasure. This is much 

 better than letting the stock go to 

 loss and cannot work any serious 

 harm, of course, but the men who are 

 producing the goods find little help 

 from that when pay-day comes around. 



The splendid run of bus 

 CHICAGO iness of a week ago, 



when M o t h e r s' Day 

 made a record here, continued till the 

 middle of the week, when under the 

 influence of the high temperature, 

 stock became too abundant for the de- 

 mand. It was not a case of the lack 

 of buyers, for some houses report the 

 sales to be normal, but the great quan- 

 tity of flowers that poured in was out 

 of proportion to anything like normal 

 requirements. Prices are made on 

 twenty-five and fifty thousand lots of 

 carnations and roses by houses desir- 

 ing to clean up, and quotations offer in- 

 ducements to the florists who wish to 

 have special sales. 



Ever since Motliers' 

 CINCINNATI Day the daily supply 



has been increasing 

 in size while business has been only 

 fair and as a result stock has accumu- 

 lated in the wholesale houses. Prices 

 are very low. The peony cut is ex- 

 tremely heavy; in fact it is one of the 

 largest this market has ever had at 

 this time of year: Roses and carna- 

 tions are each plentiful. Lilies, cal- 

 las, snap-dragons, etc., are in good 

 supply. 



There are no bright 

 NEW YORK spots in the situation 

 this week. It seems 

 that every variety of flower grown is 

 in the market now. Peonies are com- 

 ing in by the thousands and very 



PEONIES 



Now arriving from near-by points 

 south of Philadelphia, of splendid 

 quality and good assortment. 



For Memorial Day we will have the 

 best lot of Peonies (local stock) 

 we've had for years, really wonder- 

 ful quality. Prices for them will be 

 the same as now. 



$6, $8, $10 per 100 



Everythiiiff In Cut Flowers, Plants, 

 Greens. Ribbons and Supplies. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The 



Wholesale 

 Florists of 



Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



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



WASHINGTON* 1 2 1 e H. St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



RotM 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell. Eulcr, Mock 



Hadlcy 



Arenbcrg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



KiUamey , Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Carnations 



Cattleras 



LUies, Lonarinonim 



Liiieft, Speciosum .• 



Iris 



Callai 



LUy of the Valley 



Snapclrason 



Gladioli 



Pansies 



Peonies 



Tulips 



CaUadula 



Stocks 



Wall Flowers 



Mifnionette 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Garaanias 



Adiantuffi 



Smilax 



AsparavusPla.&Spren. (looBhs.) 



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CHICAGO 



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BUFFALO 



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little call for them. The general de- 

 mand is less than a week ago. Roses 

 are not improving any with the warm 

 weather, and they meet with little de- 

 mand. Carnations go begging, the 

 supply being heavy and quality rap- 

 idly deteriorating. With Beauties go- 

 ing cheap and orchids in evidence on 

 every hand, it is not difficult to size 

 up the situation. With the mass of 

 outdoor material it does not seem that 

 there will be any shortage for Memor- 

 ial day. 



Market here is 

 PHILADELPHIA only fair — big 

 lots of flowers 

 and moderate demand. Carnations 

 and peonies are especially in super- 

 abundance and prices on these ruling 

 low. Plenty of roses with the excep- 

 tion of American Beauties. In the 

 latter it is not so much quantity but 

 quality that is lacking. They have to 

 be picked over very severely to get 

 really first-class flowers. As a conse- 

 quence prices are higher than at this 

 time a year ago. Russells are very 



good quality and coming in freely with 

 prices about normal. The same may 

 be said about the other standard 

 varieties. Sweet peas are not so 

 plentiful. The good ones sell well but 

 the lower grades are hard to move. 

 Lilies continue in good supply and of 

 excellent quality. Snapdragon, iris, 

 calendula, gladiolus and outdoor blos- 

 soms are among the other outstanding 

 features in the market. Of course the 

 peony is having its heyday, being now 

 in bloom locally, and in fine shape. It 

 will be all the rage up to and includ- 

 ing Memorial Day. 



There has been less 

 PITTSBURGH doing in a business 



way since Mothers' 

 Day than tor many months past. Con- 

 sequently there is a glut of practical- 

 ly everything, which condition prom- 

 ises to continue until Memorial Day. 

 Then we shall have plenty of fine 

 home-grown peonies, if present prom- 

 ises are fulfilled. The first shipments 



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