October 31, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



633 



Flower Market Reports 



The market is still in a 

 BOSTON slump. All kinds of stock 

 arc hanging fire with no 

 buyers offering to move them. The re- 

 tailers are making continual com- 

 plaints of poor business and thus are 

 very reluctant about helping to move 

 the over-abundant crops in the hands 

 of the wholesalers. The weather is 

 getting a little colder, but the demand 

 is not increasing. The quality gen- 

 erally, In all sorts, is very good. The 

 early varieties of chrysanthemums 

 are "petering out" and are being rap- 

 idly replaced by the mid-season kinds, 

 which, although of fine quality, can- 

 not procure the prices they deserve. 

 We can hope for a stirring up of the 

 market with colder weather and an 

 increase in social activities. 



The receipts are still 

 BUFFALO heavy in all lines. Chry- 

 santhemums of the late 

 varieties are coming in and some 

 choice Halliday, Chrysolora and Ca- 

 price, have sold quite satisfactorily. The 

 early varieties are about over. There 

 are also some good pompons and these 

 have sold satisfactorily. Roses con- 

 tinue plentiful and there is an excep- 

 tional lot of carnations in the market 

 which do not sell as fast as they 

 should. Violets are improving daily 

 and lily of the valley and orchids are 

 here in quantity. 



October is keeping up 

 CHICAGO its record of light busi- 

 ness and trade in gen- 

 eral continues slow. Xow that a frost 

 has put an end to outdoor flowers, an 

 impetus will undoubtedly be given to 

 the sale of indoor stock, and will 

 find the florists ready to take advant- 

 age of it. The rather sudden shorten- 

 ing up of the rose crop, which had 

 heen on for many weeks, made quite 

 a change in the attitude of the buyer 

 who must pay the price if he would 

 have the stock. Chrysanthemums are 

 more and more in evidence each week 

 and the supply is veo' large. Every 

 size and color are here to appeal to 

 customers and it is not to be e.\|>ected 

 that all will be disposed of to advant- 

 age. Carnations are having a larger 

 part in the sales as roses become 

 scarce. The warm weather has not 

 made them of as good substance as 

 might be desired and the chrysanthe- 

 mums have been formidable rivals. 

 The violet sales will be more steady 

 with the cooler weather and lily of 

 the valley is expected to be more in 

 demand. The sales of the latter how- 

 ever have been fair during the month. 



Almost everything in 



CINCINNATI the market continues 



in a large supply. 



The outdoor flowers are about over for 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special ■ 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" No. I 



Killamey, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra..-. 



" *' " Ordinary.. 

 Maryland, Shawyer, Taft, Extra 



" *' " Ordinary .. . 

 Russell, Hadley , Ophelia 



Carnations, Fancy ... 

 " Ordinary. 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflcruin • 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Corn Flower 



Chrysanthemums 



Dahlias 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias ■ 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Aspnragus Plumasus, Strings ( loo) • 



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Oct. 29 



ST. LOUIS 



Oct, 26 



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the season, but chrysanthemums are 

 coming in good and strong and are 

 making up for any deficiency caused 

 by the end of the dahlia and cosmos 

 season and are lieeping up the crowd- 

 ed condition of the market. Business 

 last week was so.mewhat quiet but 

 shipping business is good. The rose 

 suijply is as large as during the past 

 several weeks and is meeting with the 

 same indifferent demand. Carnations 

 are more plentiful each week, but as 

 yet do not enjoy a real active, steady 

 demand. Lilies have no especial call. 

 Lily of the valley sells pretty well, but 

 orchids have a rather indifferent 

 market. Greens of all kinds are plen- 

 tiful. New boxwood and new "Mexi- 

 can ivy" were added to the list last 

 w'eek. 



The weather 

 KNOXVILLE, TENN. here is still 

 very warm, 

 which is rather against the flowers as 

 out-of-door flowers are still plentiful, 

 and the demand for greenhouse flow- 

 ers is not as great as it might be un- 

 der more favorable conditions. Flow- 

 ers of all kinds are plentiful; especi- 

 ally chrysanthemums, which are 

 blooming in profusion and are very 



fine. Dahlias are still blooming, but 

 it seems that chrysanthemums have 

 taken their place, as there is not much 

 demand for them. 



The wholesale mar- 

 NEW YORK kit this week, if any- 

 thing, it is not quite 

 so good. Chrysanthemums are very 

 much more in evidence, especially yel- 

 low varii^ties. and the finest blooms 

 are being sold for as low as ?8 per 

 100 in large lots. If there are any in 

 better demand it is for the white 

 and pink varieties. The American 

 Beauty market is in bad shape and 

 cattleyas are hanging fire at very low 

 figures. Lilies are suffering severely 

 and prices have declined to a point 

 as low as has been reached heretofore. 

 The prices shown in our quotation 

 tables no not show the situation as it 

 really is. The amount of material ac- 

 cumulating from day to day and final- 

 Iv lost completely is and has been 

 very large. Sweet peas are beginning 

 to show up in the stock of most whole- 

 salers. The frosty snap in the mid- 

 dle of the present week has cut off 

 most of the outdoor stutt for this 

 season. 



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