July 8, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The past week has shown 

 BALTIMORE very little change, but con 

 sidcring the amount of 

 block on hand, the end was fairly satis- 

 factory, owing to the vast quantity of 

 funeral orders which came in. The poor 

 quality of the local-grown roses is causing a 

 demand for select stock, and Beauties, the 

 choice stock of which is ordered from the 

 north, arc bringing vcrv good ]iri(cs, retail. 

 Golden CaU- .im- ...iiiilif in xrn ^ I, an.l 



just now 111. IM.nkrl i, lirinj; -A. 11 -ll|i|illi(l 

 Withg,.,..|,,u, ... a...C..l„l •- \l.t..., 



Ill ihiii 1.1 1 i.iges, and are very scarce. 

 I .11 11, 111. ri. It. almost entirely over, many 

 lo. al !^i.iw(i> laving already taken up their 

 plants; what few are brought into the market 

 are so extremely small and withered that 

 very few calls are made for them. 



The last week was a very un- 

 BOSTON productive one in the flower 



liusiness for dealers and re- 

 tailers, and the present w-cck is not much 

 different, although there arc signs that the 

 period of worst stagnation will soon be over. 

 Sales are made at any price to unload the 

 stock in wholesalers' hands and most of 

 the dealings are with the street fakirs. 

 Lily of the valley is about the only item on 

 the Ust that has any stabiHty. 



Last week cut-flower business 

 BUFFALO wound up quite satisfactorily, 



considering amount of stock 

 handled. Kaiserin and other select roses 

 were in demand, Beauties excepted. Car- 

 nations were in ovcrsupply early in the work. 

 Roses of poor quality flood tli. mark. I, ami 

 are disposed of with ditTi. iili ( iii.liiluin 

 hhes have sold well, but :r^ ili. ii|.|.lv in- 

 creases will now undoubtc.ll) tin. I a ^|..\\. 1 

 market and lower values. 



There docs not apjiear to be 

 CHICAGO any doubt that the conditions 

 in the trade have settled to the 

 summer pace, and that, allowed to have its 

 natural course, the trade tendency will be 

 toward a lower level of prices. T.i^lil rereipts 

 of choice American Beauti.-. h m . iial.lid 

 growers to maintain a go...! |.ii.. .1; ixti.i 

 quality equal to the top pri( I |.ai.l li~i H..k. 

 The new cut is already offend and is in 

 fair proportion to the total supply. Bride 

 and Bridesmaid roses are very small and 

 soft and good quaUty easily commands above 

 quoted prices. A heavy cut of Liberty is 

 on but prices rule firm. Kaiserin is de- 

 pended on where something choice is wanted; 

 supply and demand hold at even stages. 

 Carnations from inside will soon be at an 

 end. White has experienced a good de- 

 mand; the supply is continually growing 

 lighter. Sweet peas have declined, due to 

 the heavy offerings; the enormous supply did 

 not serve to enUven the demand. The drop 

 in Lilium candidum occurred the past week 

 occasioned by heavy consignments. Paeonies 

 are becoming more conspicuous by their 

 scarcity than by their presence and sales 

 above S6.00 occur often. Lily of llie valley 

 is a shortage. .Asters have ])ut in their 

 appearance and gladiolas is next in line. 

 F.xtra quality ferns are offered by our adver- 

 tisers. (Ircen goods are selling slow. 



Verv little can be said of 

 CINCINNATI both trade and stock at 



the present writing. Sum- 

 mer Ulies are now putting in their ajipearance. 

 Gladioli continue to arrive in grtod quantities 

 and sell well. Some good roses have been 

 seen in the wholesale houses, but the ma- 

 jority of them, as also carnations, arc not very 

 gooci. 



Business last week was 



LOUISVILLE very slack; however not 



much to our surpirse, the 



rteathcr being very warm, and stock showing 



great deal. Carnations are down in 



and the sale is not very encouraging. 



The same can be said of roses. Lilies and 



;inlitics. 



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The spurt which occur 



NEW YORK during last week was o 



bv Saturdav, and to-il 



1 ne market is over su| 

 including American li. 

 varieties, carnations, s- 

 green stock, and little 



nvn fo 



Considering the season of the 



PHILA- year business was fairlv gooil 



DELPHIA the past week. The demand 



was good for all kinds of car- 

 nations and roses. Summer Beauties from 

 outside points were of fine quaUty and helped 

 to brighten up what is usually a poor situation 

 in midsummer. Some fine Prosperity carna- 

 tions were around but the bulk of the stock 

 was of inferior size. DahUas have made 

 their appearance in limited quantity. Water 

 Ulies are in demand, but supply seems to 

 be rather limited in this market at present. 

 Good sweet peas are not over plentiful but 

 they do not bring much even when good. 

 There is any quantity of rubbish around — 

 unsalable. Gladioli from the South are of 

 good quality and bring fairly remunerative 

 figures. 



BUSINESS CHANGES 



Ml 



John N. Weston has surrendered his leas 

 of the greenhouses he has been occupying a 

 Reading, Mass., and will build houses ii 

 the fall on new premises. 



A. Van Leeuwen, Jr., of Franklin, Mass. 

 has sold his interest in the Continental Nur 

 series to his father and brother, and nil 

 retire from business for the present. 



Albert Fuchs has sold out his retail busi 

 ness at 205Q Clarendon avenue, Chicago, I. 

 Henry Koropp, who was until recently con 

 nected with Sheridan Park Floral Co. Ther. 

 are two conservatories connected with'th. 



NEWS NOTES 



Tewksbury, Mass., sulTered severely from 

 the effects of a \iolent storm of hail and 

 wind on June 26. The tower, tank, and 

 windmill of John Gale were wrecked and .-\. 

 Roper lost considerable glass in his houses 

 as well as the windmill and roof of his 

 tower. Manv trees were blown down. 



A. A. Hixon, of Worcester, was the victim 

 on Wednesday last, of a swindler who wanted 

 some flowers and played the time-worn trick 

 of taking a portion of the order himself and 

 ordering the balance (for a wedding) to be 

 sent with bill, to a fictitious address. The 

 funniest part of the incident is the confes- 

 sion of the reporter of the Worcester Tele- 

 gram that he had walked about 20 miles 

 and ridden 25 in an effort lo find the "George 

 Wilson" whose sister was to be married that 

 day! 



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