June 17, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



893 



Flower Market Reports 



This market is '"short" 

 BOSTON on nothing in the flower 

 line, but decidedly "long" 

 on many things. Long Beauties take 

 the lead in demand, and next to them 

 no rose has a better standing than Car- 

 not which is coming in gloriously. Of 

 carnations there is an avalanche still, 

 and the majority of the blooms are 

 low in quality and short of life after 

 arrival in the marlvet. Peonies are 

 plentiful, but of inferior quality as a 

 rule. The general tone of the situa- 

 tion is depressed, and prices are de- 

 moralized. The buyer, when he ma- 

 terializes, commands the homage of 

 the seller, and gets it without a 

 struggle. 



There was an abun- 

 BUFFALO dance of everything in 



the market the past 

 week and business was only fair. 

 Peonies were at their height and an- 

 other week will see their finish. Roses 

 are arriving in poor condition. Mary- 

 land in pink seems to stand the warm 

 weather better than Killarney, though 

 Bridesmaid is preferable. Kaiserin 

 and Carnot are leaders and no better 

 have been had this season than at 

 present. Beauties are in good supply, 

 also lilies, sweet peas, lily of the val- 

 ley, daisies, etc., but demand is only 

 light. Another week and graduation 

 exercises will be in order and the 

 trade is prepared to finish the bal- 

 ance of the month in a good old-time 

 hustle. 



The sales of the vari- 

 CHICAGO ous wholesalers differ 



considerably at this 

 time, caused largely by the amount of 

 shipping trade they possess. City trade 

 is dull. The usual orders for stock 

 for commencement are pouring in 

 from all over the state, and, as is al- 

 ways the case, include a request for 

 many times the quantity of yellow 

 roses available. This favorite class 

 color causes the Perle to be in even 

 greater demand than the Bride roses 

 in June. Sweet peas are also in good 

 demand, though long-stemmed ones 

 have the preference and bring double 

 the price of the short ones. Carna- 

 tions vary greatly; there are quantities 

 of small and soft stock, but some 

 growers are cutting very fair carna- 

 tions for the season. There is a good 

 demand for Beauties. Red roses also 

 sell readily, and in fact good roses 

 that will stand shipping are used to 

 advantage each day. There is no 

 change in the smilax situation, the 

 scarcity of which makes what little 

 there is sell at any price the grower 

 asks. Asters made their appearance 

 this week, the stock not being par- 

 ticularly attractive. The gladiolus sea- 

 son is nearly over here, which with 

 the iris, will materially reduce the 

 stock of showy summer flowers very 

 early this year. The demand for gar- 

 denia as a June flower is rapidly 

 growing. 



Business since the 



CINCINNATI first of June has 



been only fair. The 



continued hot weather has played 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 



May 25 



DETROIT 



June 6 



BUFFALO 



June 13 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and bp. . 



" Extra 



No. I 



" Lower grades 



Bride, 'Maid, F. & S 



** " Low. gr 



Richmond, Chatenay, Fancy & Special 



*' " Lower Grades- . 



Killarney, My Maryland, Fan. & Spl. 



" " '' Low. Grades 



CARNATIONS, Fir« Quality 



" Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas - . 



Lilies, LongiJIoruiD... 



LUyofthe Valley 



Peonies 



Daisies 



Saapdragon 



Sweet Peai 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (loo) 

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8.00 

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TRADE PRICES-PerlOO 

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PITTSBURG 



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havoc with stock. Beauties are plen- 

 tiful and poor. There was an excep- 

 tionally heavy demand for pink roses 

 of which there is a decided shortage. 

 Taft easily leads all other pink sorts, 

 the quality being exceptionally good. 

 Killarney is next in line, while 'Maids 

 are of such poor quality they are hard- 

 ly worth mentioning. White roses 

 are just about equal to the demand. 

 Kaiserin and Ivory are the best in 

 quality, while Brides are on par with 



'Maids. Carnations are over-abundant 

 and the greater portion of those re- 

 ceived are of an inferior grade. Lilies 

 seem to have fallen off in demand and 

 price, the supply increasing. The last 

 of the cold storage peonies are gone. 

 Shasta daisies have made their ap- 

 pearance and are an acquisition for 

 June wedding decorations. Gladioli 

 Augusta Victoria are good property. 

 Smilax is on the short side, other 

 green goods in ample supply. 



(Continued on page Sq^.) 



