June 24, 1911 



horticulture: 



925 



Flower Market Reports 



An improved tone is seen 

 BOSTON in this marlvet for the 

 past few days. Stock of 

 all kinds has shortened up in quantity, 

 and there has been a brisk demand for 

 whatever good material was offered, 

 [n roses the favorites are Beauty and 

 Carnot, with a good second in Killar- 

 ney, when in presentable shape. Car- 

 nations have fallen off badly, the qual- 

 ity being very interior as a rule. 

 Cattleyas find a good call, and bring 

 top price it large and clean. The good 

 market for lily of the valley continues 

 unabated. Among the good sellers at 

 the moment are the pond lilies, pink 

 and white. Sweet peas seem to be 

 very popular also. 



There was very little 

 BUFFALO doing up to the middle 

 of the past week. Stock 

 accumulated heavily, and on Friday 

 and Saturday the market could not 

 hold- the enormous supply and sell at 

 fair prices. In consequence, there 

 were bargains for all, especially In 

 carnations, which were all cleaned up 

 at low figures. Roses did not suffer, 

 as they had already shortened in re- 

 ceipts on Thursday, and on Sunday 

 the market was practically sold out 

 on everything. On Monday, June 19th, 

 school commencements were in order, 

 and at the close of the day's business 

 nothing was left over, and it is hoped 

 that the market will continue to re- 

 main in such condition throughout the 

 month. There was plenty of every- 

 thing except sweet peas, which were 

 scarce. 



A great change has come 

 CHICAGO over the market, and" 

 stock is now scarce. 

 Where for weeks it has been impossi- 

 ble to move it, now orders bring a 

 lively hurrying from counter to coun- 

 ter in the wholesale market to secure 

 the stock to fill them. Orders are com- 

 ing in from all over the country, show- 

 ing the shortage is general. The ex- 

 treme hot weather has hurried the 

 throwing out of old stock, and July 

 conditions are here in the middle of 

 June, with weddings and commence- 

 ments at their height. Some very good 

 carnations are occasionally seen, but 

 the great bulk of the stock is small. 

 Long-stemmed Beauties are in good 

 demand. Good roses, though small, 

 sell readily. Some fine longiflorum lil- 

 ies are seen, and cut down the sales of 

 the candidum, which are now in the 

 market in vast quantities. Gladioli 

 also, and other summer flowers grown 

 under glass, have helped to make it 

 less lucrative to grow the candidums. 

 Smilax, asparagus plumosus and 

 Sprengeri are all very scarce. A good 

 quality of ferns is now coming from 

 Michigan fully two weeks early, and 

 selling at $2.00 per 1000. Lilium can- 

 didum was shipped from Michigan into 

 Chicago in great quantities the past 

 week. Every wholesaler had a stock 

 on his counters. The June brides 

 would have none of them, and as it 

 was not a week of funerals they held 

 over. Sweet peas have about departed. 

 Any first-class ones create a lively 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- 



TRADE PRICES- Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



ROSES 



CINCINNATI 



May 25 



DETROIT 



June 6 



BUFFALO 



June 2u 



\iu. Beauty, fan. ana ap. ' 8.00 lu 12.00 



" Extra 4-00 to 6.00 



No. I to 



" Lower grades to 



Bride, 'Maid, F. & S 40° to ^■°° 



'* *' Low. gr 2.00 to 3.00 



Richmond, Chatenay. Fan. &Spl... 4.00 to 6.00 



" " Lower Grades I 2.00 to 3.00 



Killatney, Maryland, Fan. & Spl... ; 4.00 to 600 



" " Low. Grades. I 3 co to 3.00 



Kaiserin , Carnot , to 



CARNATIONS, First Quality to 3.00 



" Ordinary [ to 2.00 



VIISCBLLANEOUS 



Cattleyas ( 50.00 to 75.00 s°°° 



Lilieft, Longiflorum... 4.00 to 6.00 



Lily of the Valley 1.00 to 3.00 



Daisies 1 .25 to .50 



Saapdragon : 2.00 to 3.00 



Gladioli ! to 



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Sweet Peas 25 to .35 



Gardenias to 



Adlantnm to 100 



Smilax I to 12.50 



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strife among the buyers. Ttiat they 

 may last through the month of wed- 

 dings is the hope of the florists. Com- 

 paratively few peonies are left in stor- 

 age. Some of the largest dealers are 

 rapidly nearing the end of their supply. 

 On the whole, the peony season has 

 been as far from normal as the last, 

 when cold and not excessive beat 

 played havoc with the crop. The 

 growers do not seem at all disheart- 

 ened, and the accounts will balance 

 up, with something to the good, no 

 doubt, in spite of all. 



Trade during the 

 CINCINNATI past week was 



nothing to brag 

 about, still all stock that could be 

 classed as good sold at fair prices. 

 There are a good many flowers com- 

 ing in that are poor in quality and it 

 is these that suffer, as they are hard 

 to move at any price. This makes 

 the average price of stock seem low, 

 while as a matter of fact really good 

 stock is bringing fair prices. Owing 

 to numerous weddings and a light 



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