June S, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



565 



Flower Market Reports 



The Memorial Day trade 

 BOSTON was as large probably as 

 Boston has ever enjoyed, 

 but it was distributed differently and 

 there was such a tremendous over- 

 loading of stock, especially of carna- 

 tions and peonies, that to many it 

 seemed to show a bad falling off. 

 There was a rushing business done in 

 out-of-town shipping and prices stayed 

 pretty near normal on most things. 

 The usual standbys, astilbe and stocks, 

 were had in good quantity but they 

 moved rather draggy; in fact, white 

 flowers of any kind were badly in the 

 discard. Much stock was left over, 

 particularly white carnations, of which 

 there were many thousands that could 

 not be disposed of. 



The market is lull of 

 CHICAGO flowers. A high tem- 

 perature, accompanied 

 by strong wind, has hurried- on stock 

 without making it particularly good. 

 The closing of the previous week 

 brought a good run of customers and 

 much of the accumulation was moved 

 without effort, otherwise than low 

 prices. The first Monday in June was 

 a good day, but on Tuesday stock 

 filled the counters, and few buyers re- 

 lieved the situation. There is no 

 fixed price on carnations, the desir- 

 ability of moving them to the cus- 

 tomer on the spot being the first con- 

 sideration. Roses have stood the 

 warm weather fairly well but the size 

 and color are, of course, not so good 

 as earlier in the season. Peonies are 

 now coming in rapidly. Many of the 

 open ones are moved at once to local 

 buyers for fifteen, twenty-five and 

 thirty-five cents per dozen, while 

 closed ones are reserved for long dis- 

 tance buyers. The cold storage 

 houses are also being used this week 

 for caring for the peony crop. A 

 splendid variety of miscellaneous stock 

 is also at the disposal of the buyers. 



The Memorial Day 

 CINCINNATI supply was good and 



large, due principal- 

 ly to the exceptionally heavy receipts 

 in peonies. Business, however, all 

 week was very quiet. Everything 

 glutted in the market and moved only 

 at the lowest prices. Roses are fairly 

 plentiful. The carnation cut has short- 

 ened greatly. Lilies are in a good sup- 

 ply. Gladioli are beginning to come 

 in strong and they are selling well. 

 Snapdragon has a fair sale. Other 

 offerings are sweet peas, delphinium, 

 pansies, feverfew and cornflower. 



Memorial Day fell 



NEW YORK flat in this city. Only 



the florists near to 



DELPHINIUM 



In light and dark blues (Bella- 

 donna the light) wonderfully 

 choice stock, medium and long 

 stems, in any quantity, 



$4 and $6 per 100 



PEONIES 

 $3.00, $4.00, $6.00 per 100 



RAMBLER SPRAYS 

 $5.00 to $20.00 per 100 



Everything in Cut Flowers, Plants, 

 Greens, Ribbons and Supplies. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^'IPioH^Jsof Philadelphia 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



1 1 7 W. 28th St. 1 608- 1 620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul St«. 



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



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - "^"""^^/^'D'^iLERs onl> 



Rotes 



Am, Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extia- 



'* *' No. I and culls. . . 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon. 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflorum 



Lilies. Speciosum 



CINCINNATI 



Ju"t 3 



CHICAGO 



June 3 



BUFFALO 



May 27 



PITTSBURG 



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40.00 



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Gladioli 



PansieS' 



Peonies ■ 



Calendula 



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Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



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the cemeteries had any special work 

 to do for the occasion, and as a good 

 part of their work was in the line of 

 bedding plants and there were a good 

 many flowers blooming outside, the 

 demand which they made on the 

 wholesale market was of very small 

 account. Then again the weather 

 was stormy and transportation is in 

 such unreliable shape here that ship- 

 ping orders are discontinued and, in- 

 deed, they are not wanted and some 

 of the wholesalers would refuse to 

 accept them. The best flowers coming 

 in now are the roses. They are good 

 and are the mainstay o.f the business. 

 For medium and high grade the prices 

 are quite stable, but for the lowei 



grades and culls the prices are very 

 little. Home grown peonies are now 

 at their zenith and those from Penn- 

 sylvania and the cold storage flowers 

 are really in the way and practically 

 unsaleable. The latter have not done 

 very well this season. The most of 

 them were packed entirely too close 

 and tight and came heated and 

 spoiled. Orchids are not plenty and 

 prices are improved. The demand for 

 them is very light. Carnations were 

 a big loss for Memorial Day and con- 

 tinue far too many for the needs of 

 the market. All colors are over- 

 stocked, but the white and Enchant- 

 ress suffer most and large quantities- 

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