June 17, 1911 



flORTiCULTURE 



895 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. Mc(»RTHY & CO., 



S4 Hawley St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



CooslgnmeDti Solicited,' 

 Hardy Fancy Fein Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's Foremost and Best 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION H0U8I 



A Pint Class Market far aU CUT FLOWBCS 



28 WiUoufhby St., BrooklTi, If. T 



TaL 4mi lUlB 



William F. Kasting Co. 



>A/holesal. 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



loris-ts 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER lOG^JTo^Dealers^nly 



(Continued from page So^) 



Market conditions of 

 DETROIT last week were extreme- 

 ly trying to everybody 

 concerned. Unusual weather condi- 

 tions forced the growers to ship im- 

 mense quantities to the market, while 

 retailers, although very busy, bought 

 cautiously because they knew that 

 stock would not keep any length ot 

 time. On the other hand the com- 

 mission man was kept busy receiving 

 and dumping horticultural products, 

 and at the same time trying to main- 

 tain half-way decent prices. Just now 

 we are having a cold wave and the 

 next tew days at least will see sturd- 

 ier and more lasting stock. Several 

 retailers are booking large weddings 

 for the last week of the month which 

 indicates that this branch of the busi- 

 ness will come up to the usual stand- 

 ard. 



An abundance of all 

 NEW YORK kinds of stock of a 

 quality ranging from 

 worthless to good, and very little busi- 

 ness, is the condition prevailing now. 

 Growers of roses have shown no dis- 

 position as yet to throw out and re- 

 plant, with the result that there are 

 many more than can be sold except 

 at lot prices. Maryland and White 

 Killarney are the best of the small 

 roses with Beauty as the choice of all 

 and they are cheap. The sweet peas 

 are generally of poor quality. Up to 

 this time outdoor stock has been 

 spoiled by the frequent rains. Peon- 

 ies are looking seedy and are on their 

 last legs. Plenty of good lily of the 

 valley is to be had this week, while 

 lilies are hard to dispose of at any 

 price. On the whole this week is the 

 worst of tlie season. There is a big 

 crop ot carnations coming in and 

 while the quality is fair for the sea- 

 sou they cannot be cleared even at 

 the lowest quotations. 



If the mountains 

 PHILADELPHIA of poor stock could 

 have been elimi- 

 nated, and only the first class flowers 

 left, last week's business would have 

 been considered excellent for all con- 

 cerned. As it was. the wholesale mar- 

 kets were congested with carloads of 

 flowers of all kinds, indoors and out 

 doors, that had no business being sent 

 to ma.'ki't. All that this inferior stuff 

 accompliihes is to worry the whole- 

 saler (trying to find a market for it) 

 and choke the wheels of legitimate 

 Inisiness. Such stock had far better be 

 kept at home, saving expressage to 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattlayas 



LUIas.Langinaruia 



Uly el ttaa Valley 



Daisies 



Soapdra^o 



Sn^eet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Qardenias 



Xdlantum 



SMilax 



Asparapn PIubmwus, stria^ 



" " & So'e>n. (too bchs). 



First Hilf of W«ek 



boginnlflg June 12 



1911 



15.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 .10 

 1.00 



2. CO 



10 oe 



50 

 6.00 



35-00 



4.00 



2.00 



•25 



3.00 



6.00 

 15.00 



-75 



lo.OO 

 35-00 

 20.00 



market, and cartage to the dump after 

 it has accoiTiplished its evil mission of 

 iipsetdng everything and doing no good 

 to itself. But ■' 'twas ever thus." and 

 we suppose human nature will have to 

 change before things are ever any dif- 

 ferent. Commencements and weddings 

 were, of course, the leading features 

 in the week's business, and these 

 called for large quantities of good 

 roses, good sweet peas, and good lily 

 of the valley. Cattleyas also moved a 

 little bftter. Sunday was what is 

 linown as "children's day" in the 

 churches of many denominations, and 

 while flowers were used profusely, they 

 were mostly from home gardens, the 

 roart=>des, and woods; and the demand 

 in market circles was very limited. 

 American Beauty was the most satis- 

 iictory item in the rose line. "Carna- 

 tions," as one wholesaler puts it, "are 

 in their second childhood," meaning 

 that a whole lot of these are still be- 

 ing sent in that had far better be kept 

 at home. Peonies are about over in 

 this market — and "the market" draws 

 a sigh of relief. They are bulky and 

 hard work handling — for the money 

 they bring — especially distasteful from 

 the commission standpoint. It does 

 ijot pay the commission man to handle 

 low-priced bulky stocks. Lilium candi- 

 dum is now arriving and selling fairly 

 well. Longiflorum lilies are also in 

 good shape, fine quality, and find a 

 ready market. Callas are done. Snap- 

 .a-agon has run down badly in the past 

 few weeks and is now nearly on its 

 k'.st legs. Coreopsis, cornflower, lupins, 

 gypsophila, etc., are among the con- 

 spicUDUs minor items now in that are 

 not seen re.gularly on the market. The 

 'Baby Gladioli" which have formed 

 such an attractive feature of the mar- 

 ket for the past month, are now over 

 and their place is taken to a limited 

 extent by the large flowering sorts, 

 greenhouse grown; but there does not 

 appear to be anv large supply of these, 

 and we cannot look for the regular 

 gladiolus season to commence for some 

 time yet. White lilac — greenhouse 

 grown — is still on the market and nice 

 stuff for this season of the year, but it 



is about over now. John Mclntyre is 



one of the ''hiet handlers of this" item. 



This market was in a 



ST. LOUIS very poor condition the 

 past week. There was 

 lots of stock to be had but all of poor 

 quality and at cheap prices. 



There was plenty of work with the 

 retailers. The commission men cleaned 

 up pretty well on roses, gladioli, lily 

 of the valley and lilies, but carnations 

 and sweet peas were too many to 



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