March 24, 1917 



11 K T I C U L T U R E 



395 



Those splendid deep colored flowers that are a delight and 

 a pleasure to handle 



Special, $60.00 Fancy, $50.00 Extra, $40.00 



First, $25.00 Second, $12.50 



Per 100 



A splendid crop for Easter week. Write for quotations. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE w-iIsjiU^^IIPHILADELPHIA: 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



117 W. 28th St. 1608-1620 Ludlow St. Franklin & St. Paul Su. : 11216 H St„ N.W. 



Flower Market Reports WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



We have had occasion 

 BOSTON more than once of late to 

 say that this market was 

 suffering from a superfluity of mate- 

 rial. But the situation at present puts 

 all past experience in the shade if one 

 is to judge by the burden of daffodils, 

 carnations, lilies, callas, tulips, sweet 

 peas and other flowers that stand un- 

 sold on the market tables and crowd 

 the wholesalers' ice chests. Every- 

 thing that goes to make up the daily 

 stock in trade at this season of the 

 year is heavily over stocked, with the 

 exception, perhaps, of roses. These 

 do not appear to suffer so much. Warm 

 days are due and the immediate out- 

 look is far from cheerful for the deal- 

 ers. Under the circumstances, price 

 quotations have but small significance. 

 Good stock is moving 

 CHICAGO fairly well. Cold weath- 

 er and cloudy days have 

 tended to keep back any excess of 

 roses and the shortening up of this 

 stock has not been to the disadvantage 

 of the grower. Carnations have either 

 been a little less in evidence or more 

 in demand for the counters and ice 

 boxes have held less unsold stock at 

 the close of day than during most of 

 the season. Biilbous stock is still in 

 very great supply, there seemingly be- 

 ing no end to the daffodils and tulips. 

 Lilies are coming rather freely and a 

 limited amount of callas find ready 

 sale. Violets are plentiful and sales 

 are Inclined to drag. Sweet peas are 

 here in quantity and cover a wide 

 range in quality and price. There is 

 also quite a supply of miscellaneous 

 stock including calendulas, marguer- 

 ites, pansies, snapdragons, forget-me- 

 nots, mignonettes, etc. Green is not 

 any too plentiful and demand is good. 

 Business is good. 

 CINCINNATI Last week's business 

 finish was excellent. 

 A brisk demand took up a good sup- 

 ply. Roses and carnations are fairly 

 plentiful. Lilies are abundant and 

 excellent. Plenty of .good bulb stock 

 is coming in. Callas and Robrum lilies 

 have a fair sale. 



Business continues 



NEW YORK dull and irregular. 



Unquestionably the 



perturbed condition and anxiety over 



Rosa 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* '* Fancy and Extra... 

 *' " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenbcrg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



t>phclia. Sunburst, Hillingdon. . . 



Key 



Carnations 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies, Longif lorum 



Lilies, Speciosum ■ 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Daffodils 



Narcissi, Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Tulips 



Calendulas 



SweetPeas 



Violets 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



AdiaDtum 



Smilax . -, 



AsparaKUsPlu.&SpreD. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI I 

 Mar. 19 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALE RS ONLY 



PrrTSBURG 



Mar. 19 



CHICAGO 



Mar. 19 



BUFFALO 

 Mar. 19 



45.00 to 50.00 



30.00 to 40.00 



8.00 to 20.00 



6.00 to 



5.00 to 



4.00 to 



6.00 to 15.00 



15.00 

 B.oo 

 10.00 



2,00 to 4.00 



to 75.00 



to 15.00 



40.00 

 30.00 

 6.00 



8.00 to 

 to 



6.00 to 

 3.00 to 

 to 



2.00 to 



2,00 to 



3.00 to 



3.00 to 



75 to 



.50 to 



•75 to 



to 



...;.. to 



10.00 

 7.00 



la.oo 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 J. 00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 ■75 



I. CO 



1. 00 



to 15.00 



25.00 to 50.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



1.00 

 40.00 



10.00 

 5.00 



30.00 

 40.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 



12.00 

 12.00 



I2.00 



4.00 

 50.00 



12.50 

 6.00 



12.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1.00 



1.25 



ao.oo 



35.00 to 



8.00 to 



6.00 to 



6.00 to 



6.00 to 



4.00 to 



B.oo to 



5.00 to 



3.C0 

 40.00 



4.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.50 

 3.00 

 •75 

 •30 

 z.oo 



1. 00 



25.00 



60.00 

 40.00 

 15.0c 



8.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



6.CO 

 12.00 

 10.00 



3.00 

 50.00 



50.00 

 30.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



to 75.00 



to 40.00 

 to 20.00 

 15.00 



12.00 

 6.00 



12.00 

 6.00 

 B.oo 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



■30 

 1.50 



1.25 

 15.00 

 50.00 



4.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



50.00 



. to 

 . to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



10.00 

 13.00 

 13.00 



4.00 



75.00 



20.C0 to 25,00 



to X5.00 

 to 



to 

 to 



4.00 



4.00 to 

 3.00 to 

 3.00 to 

 to 



3.00 to 

 9.00 to 

 2.00 to 

 .50 to 

 • 35 to 

 2.00 to 

 to 



.75 



30.00 



to 



6.00 



13. 00 



3.00 



3.00 



6.00 



J. 00 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 •50 

 3.00 



1.35 



15.00 



40. CO 



the entire country getting more and 

 more acute daily has an adverse effect 

 on the flower business, and this fact 

 might as well be reckoned with. The 

 people who figure so largely in putting 

 money in circulation in a place such 

 as New York is, are uneasy and cau- 

 tious and the flower business is natu- 

 rally one of the first to feel the influ- 

 ence. This week the flower show 

 dominates all, and the usual stir and 

 bustle incident to the season in the 

 wholesale districts is missing. As in 

 previous weeks the overstock on cer- 

 tain lines of staple goods in heavy and 

 sales in quantity are made only at a 

 considerable sacrifice. The prices ob- 

 tained for bulb flowers such as tulips 

 and the various narcissi would scarce- 

 ly pay for the cost of the bare bulbs. 

 Carnations, callas, sweet peas, lilies 

 and some of the roses are also on the 

 bad side of the market, with a burden- 

 some surplus and not all of the best 

 quality. Many of the Formosum lilies 

 are badly split and ragged. Cattleyas 

 are now getting on the scarce side and 

 if any lively call should materialize 

 the demand would be filled with diffi- 

 culty. Of anemones, calendulas, myo- 

 sotis, pansies, daisies, cornflowers and 

 other promiscuous material there is a 



surfeit. Smilax is scarce and the de- 

 mand for nice asparagus sometimes 

 exceeds the available stock. Large 

 quantities of trailing arbutus are com- 

 ing in daily from southern points. 



The- march- to-the 

 PHILADELPHIA grave funeral 

 spirit does not 

 seem so pronounced among the grow- 

 ers' agents this morning. From what 

 little I can gather they are having a 

 fairly good inning. While prices have 

 ruled rather low on most of the staples 

 the accumulations of the past week 

 found a market, and by Saturday night 

 ".Terry" had come out better than I 

 thought he would. "Jerry" only comes 

 out decent after all the others have got 

 theirs. And not even then it the retail- 

 ers happen to get a suspicion of it. 

 •Jerry" happens to be the small 

 grower who has to take a back seat 

 in the big operations of the big dealers. 

 It's only when things are a little 

 scarce that "Jerry" gets a show. 

 Daffodils were far too plentiful. 

 The same may be said of 

 gardenias. We saw nice fresh gar- 

 denia flowers being offered on Chest- 

 nut street, Saturday night at two for a 



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