November 21, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



737 



Flower Market Reports 



Market conditions are im- 



BOSTON proving, but very slowly 

 and to no marked degree. 

 The conditions of last week continue 

 to prevail with all kinds of flowers. 

 Chrysanthemums still retard the move- 

 ment of other crops. Bonnaffon and 

 Eaton are the best sellers and com- 

 mand fairly good prices. Good red 

 roses are being demanded in increas- 

 ing qualities, especially Hadleys and 

 Beauties. Killarneys are in light call 

 just now. Trade was fairly brisk at 

 the beginning of the week, but has 

 dropped off considerably, although 

 large sales are expected Saturday. The 

 retailers are holding off till next week, 

 on account of Thanksgiving, when 

 business will naturally stir up. Gar- 

 enias and cattleyas are holding their 

 own at normal figures. Violets are 

 still scarce, but of good quality. Flow- 

 ering plants and foliage plants are 

 making steady sales. 



Receipts are still heavy 



BUFFALO and speculative buying 

 is weak. Stock is sold 

 in small quantities only and there 

 is naturally a surplus which has 

 to be carried along from day to 

 day. Beauties have shortened in sup- 

 ply, also violets, but there is any 

 quanity of roses of all kinds, also lily 

 of the valley, lilies and other stock. Of 

 course the chrysanthemum season is 

 now at its height. Excellent Turner, 

 Maud Dean, Golden Wedding and Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones, are coming in and a 

 good quantity of medium Bonnaffon 

 both yellow and white. The medium 

 stock has sold though prices have not 

 been up to other seasons. Pompons are 

 fine and these too have taken well. 



A little spurt in the 



CHICAGO wholesale trade began 

 when the second week 

 in November was midway, and quite 

 an amount of the accumulation of 

 stock, principally chrysanthemums, 

 were moved. FYiday showed a marked 

 increase in sales all along the line. 

 Saturday was a very good day and 

 Sunday the demand was naturally very 

 light for Indian summer suddenly took 

 leave. Monday was very ('old and 

 florists were early at the market. All 

 the first-class chrysanthemums of 

 large size were cleaned out before 

 noon and pompons made a record in 

 the sales accounts. Stock has quickly 

 responded to the drop in temperature 

 by shortening up in supply, a condi- 

 tion not to be regretted. The price of 

 roses has stiffened slightly though 

 there is no material increase. There 

 is a feeling that carnations are out of 

 the race, with the ever-increasing 

 poularity of the pompons and their 

 splendid keeping qualities. So long as 

 these are to be had at low prices, car- 

 nations will be sold at a loss, quanti- 

 ties moving at 50c. per 100. Ilex or 

 winter berries are now in. Gardenias 

 are here in limited quantity. Violets 

 are selling fairly well. Lily of the 

 valley and lilies are not selling par- 

 ticularly well. There is plenty of 

 green and ferns are quoted at $1.50 per 

 1000. 



Cold weather has set 



CINCINNATI in and it is expected 



that this will result 



in a general shortening of the supply 



and stiffening of prices. The rose 



supply has been fully up to that of the 



BEAUTIES 



For ThankHgiving our 

 Bi-autieH will be in splen- 

 did Blmpe. <;ood, well col- 

 ore<l buclH. unusually choice 

 quality. 



Spoc-lal. $4.00 per doz.; 



$2.5.00 per 100. 

 K.inev. $3.00 per doz.; 



$20.(K) por 100. 

 Extra. $2.50 per doz.; 



$17..50 per 100. 

 First, .<;2.00 per doz.; $12.50 



per 1(10. 

 Si'oond. $1.50 per doz.; 



$10.(11) per 100. 



EVERYTHING IN RIB- 

 BONS AND FLORISTS' 

 SUPPLIES. Send for our 

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S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 117 V/. 2gil> St. 



PHIUDELPHU 

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WASHINGTON 

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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — t«^°""^"-/o'V£J 



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Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" '* Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killamcy, Richmond, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra... 

 " " '* Ordinary 



Maryland, Shawyer, Taft, Extra 



" •* " Ordinary . . 



Russell, Hadley, Ophelia 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longif lorum 



Lily of the Valley 



Violets 



Corn t" lower 



Chrysanthemuais 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantunn ■ 



Smilax 



Aspnragus Plumosus, Strings (loo).. 

 " " & Spren. (loo Bchs.) ... 



BOSTON 



Nov. ig 



ST. LOUIS 



Nov. i6 



PHILA. 



. Nov. i6 



30.00 

 la.50 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 



s.oo 

 3.00 



la.oo 

 3.00 

 1.50 



50.00 

 8.00 

 <oo 



•50 



30.00 



35.00 

 1.00 



1500 

 50.00 

 50.00 



past fortnight. The stock is good but 

 has been having only an ordinar.v mar- 

 ket with buyers' prices governing. 

 American Beauties are meeting witli a 

 ready sale. Chrysanthemum receipts 

 are heavy. Relatively speaking they 

 are selling better than the roses but 

 the demand is not strong enough to 

 bring about good substantial prices. 

 The carnation supply is heavy but is 

 enjoying at the best an indifferent 

 market. Quite a few to go to waste. 

 Lilies are plentiful. Lily of the valley, 

 violets and orchids have a pretty fair 

 call. The first sweet peas and paper 

 white narcissus made their appearance 

 last week. 



Cold stormy weather 

 KNOXVILLE is having the desired 



effect on the florist 

 business and trade has picked up very 

 rapidly in the last few days. Carna- 

 tions and chrysanthemums are plenti- 

 ful and of extra good quality; roses, 



although enough to supply the demand, 

 are not so good. Chrysanthemum Day 

 which was observed on Saturday, No- 

 vember 7th, at all cemeteries in and 

 about Knoxville, gave very pleasing 

 results inasmuch as this was the first 

 time the day had been observed in 



several years. 

 NEW YORK 



The winter weather 

 man has been doing 

 liis best this week to 

 hel|) the flower man but other condi- 

 tions are too much to overcome at 

 once. Crates, crates, crates, truck 

 loads of them, from morning till night, 

 they are being unloaded all along 2Sth 

 street, crates big enough to hold a full- 

 grown man. Where all the six-foot 

 chrysanthemums come from is incom- 

 proiiensible— where they all go to is a 

 lirofound conundrum. The receipts of 

 chrysanthemums are not at all con- 

 fined to the giant blooms, however, for 



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