November 14, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



701 



Flower Market Reports 



Chrysanthemums c o n- 

 BOSTON tinue to control the mar- 

 ket. They take the place 

 of all other long-stemmed crops and 

 yet command but a poor figure. The 

 best products of the chrysanthemum 

 specialists secure very mediocre prices. 

 The market is looking forward to the 

 close of the chrysanthemum season 

 with great expectations. This is es- 

 pecially true of the rose growers, 

 whose products so far this season 

 have had to take second place to the 

 "Autumn Queen." Violets are a rarity, 

 although whatever there are are of 

 good quality. Paper white narcissi 

 are beginning to appear in small quan- 

 tities. Sweet peas are still scarce. The 

 last few nights have been a bit chilly 

 and with this as a sign of real winter, 

 we can hope for a shortening up of 

 most crops and an increase in the vio- 

 let output very shortly. The retailers 

 in general are not enthusiastic over 

 the prospects of the season, especially 

 since tlie epidemic of new shops has 

 started. 



Conditions in this mar- 

 BUFFALO ket are unchanged, but 



as the early chrysanthe- 

 mums have been cleaned up and all 

 the outdoor truck gone, prospects look 

 somewhat better from now on. There 

 are the usual amount of roses in all 

 grades and varieties and these have 

 gone to the buyers at practically their 

 own prices. At this time prices on 

 roses are 40 per cent less than a year 

 previous though some varieties which 

 are sold only in small quantities are 

 about the same. Chrysanthemums have 

 taken well considering the heavy re- 

 ceipts and Mrs. Turner which is grown 

 especially fine in this locality has 

 reached the $4 a dozen mark but only 

 a few. The majority of sales are the 

 medium stuff at prices from $6 to $10, 

 such as Adelia, Maud Dean, Golden 

 Wedding and Josephine touched the 

 20c. mark and so far have sold exceed- 

 ingly well. Carnations have been very 

 plentiful this fall and in prices have 

 not been up to previous years. Quality 

 of blooms is good but the stems are 

 weak in most cases. There are more 

 white carnations than colored. Lilies 

 are plentiful with no special demand. 

 Sales on violets picked up a little but 

 fell off on lily of the valley. Some fine 

 pompons are coming in and these 

 have taken well. 



Last week the market 

 CHICAGO opened up with a fair 



prospect for at least an 

 average business and it was hoped 

 that at last trade would take up a 

 trend of natural activity for the sea- 

 son. As the week advanced, however, 

 It soon became evident that the little 

 activity of the first few days was only 

 a "flash In the pan." The week closed 

 extremely disappointing. Saturday 

 which is generally a clean-up day for 

 all odds and ends proved little better 

 than a midweek day, and consequently 

 large quantities of stock were carried 

 over; as a matter of fact the ice boxes 

 of all the dealers at the close of Satur- 

 day's business were crowded to the 

 doors. Roses, which up to last week 

 have cleaned up fairly well, joined in 

 the general slump. Carnations fared 

 no better, thousands of them being 

 left over. Chrysanthemums are less 

 o£ a glut than other items, still these 



GARDENIAS 



|li their purity and fragrance and 

 tclossy green foliage, in quantity 



l|li their purity 



green foliage, in quantit: 

 and the cboicest of qual 

 itv. 



ity. 



Fancy per doz $2.00 



Specials " " 3.U0 



CATTLEYAS — Specials, 

 $6.0U -»-''"' • «■ -"- 



CATTLEYAS — Specials, 

 $6.0U per doz. ; $4(I.U0 per 

 100. Extra. .$.5.00 per doz. ; 

 |30.0(1 per KtO. First. $:i.UO 

 per doz.; $i;0.00 per 100. 



pecial $4.00 per 

 $3.00 per 100. 



per 100. 



VALLEY — Special $4.00 per 

 100. Extra $3.00 per 100. 



BEAUTIES — Special, $3.00 per doz.; 



$22.50 per 100. Extra, $2.00 per doz.; 



"" Fancy. $2.50 per doz.; 



First, $1.50 per doz. ; 



Second, $1.00 per doz.; 



$15.00 per 100. 

 $20.00 per 100. 

 $10,110 per 100. 

 ".00 per lOO. 



EVEBYTICINC. IN RIBBONS AND 

 FLOJIISTS' SUPPLIES. 



Si-tui /or . 



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S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28ih St. 



PBILADBLPHU 

 1608-1620 ladloo St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Sta. 



WASHINGTON 

 12I6HS1..N.W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'^'^^'''""^-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 j 3.00 



Ordinary .50 to 



BOSTON 



Nov. XI 



ST. LOUIS 



Nov. 9 



PHILA. 



Nov. 9 



8.00 

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 1. 00 

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Russell, Hadley, Ophelia i 



Carnations. Fancy 



" Ordinary < 



Cattley Eis 



Lilies, Longif lorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Corn ^ lower ■ 



Chrysanthemuirs " 



Dahlias 



i>Weet Peas .... 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asptragus Plumosus, Strings (100) 



" & Spren. (100 Bchs.) 



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25.00 to 50.00 



move slowly at very low prices. The 

 midseason sorts are about over and 

 all the late varieties have made their 

 appearance in large quantities. Bon- 

 naffon, generally classed as a midsea- 

 son sorts appears to be at least a week 

 later than usual. Eaton, both white 

 and yellow, is superb. Chas. Razer is 

 to be had in any size and quality. 

 Chadwick white, pink and yellow has 

 made its appearance and denotes the 

 near close of the season. To judge by 

 present conditions chrysanthemums 

 will be pretty well gone by Thanks iv- 

 ing day. The opening of the market 

 this week is no more encouraging. The 

 rose crop is none to heavy, but stock 

 moves slowly, pink and white Killar- 

 ney particularly. The new varieties 

 meet the best demand, Russell still 

 leading the list; Shawyer sells well 

 and so does Ophelia. Beauties are 

 fairly good, but move slowly. Carna- 

 tions continue in over-supply; it is 

 only on the very best that even a fair 

 price can be realized; the poorer grade 

 and short-stemmed have to be sacri- 

 ficed in job lot sales. Lilies are about 

 equal to demand. Lily of the valley is 

 moving slowly and thei-e appears to be 



a falling off of the usual crop of fall 

 weddings. Sweet peas are more and 

 more in evidence, some very fine 

 w-inter flovirering butterflies may be 

 had and these bring $1.00 to $1.50 per 

 100. Violets are improving but meet 

 with slow demand; besides eastern 

 double some very fair local grown 

 singles are offered. 



The local market is 

 CINCINNATI still overcrowded. 



The general demand 

 is pretty fair but the supply is so very 

 large that only low prices are realized 

 by the wholesalers. Chrysanthemums 

 are very plentiful. The greater part are 

 short and medium grades that at the 

 best have only an ordinary sale. Pom- 

 pons have only a fair market. Hoses 

 are coming in in large quantities and 

 are of a high quality. Carnation re- 

 ceipts continue to increase. Lilies, 

 though in not quite as large a supply 

 as before are still more than sufficient 

 for needs. Both callas and rubrum 

 lilies are offered. Double violets are 

 now in. 



{^Continued on paga JOS) 



