April 28, 1917 



H irn C U L T U R E 



563 



Flower Market Reports 



We seem to have struck 

 BOSTON squarely into the season 



of low spring prices with- 

 out the customary accompaniment of 

 low spring quality. There has been 

 no period of enervating heat thus far 

 which probably accounts for the high 

 quality maintained in so large a pro- 

 portion of the flower receipts. The 

 conditions here as above outlined are 

 not much different from those preva- 

 lent in important markets elsewhere, 

 judging from the reports received. 

 Things which are most sluggish are 

 lilies and bulb stock generally, roses, 

 carnations, pansies, snapdragons and 

 sweet peas. Snapdragons have been a 

 drag all through the spring season al- 

 though they are in most cases very 

 fine. Street fakir trade has) "come 

 into its own" for the past two weeks. 



Trade is very satisfac- 

 CHICAGO tory. Even with the 



check which a return to 

 cold weather has put upon the incom- 

 ing stock, there is far too much to 

 meet the demand. Very fine American 

 Beauty roses are offered and the old 

 question of how to get Beauties to 

 bloom when they are wanted and not 

 when the season is over, is again re- 

 vived. Wholesalers say there seems 

 to be a distinct time in the year when 

 Beauties are wanted and too often that 

 proves to be the time when they can- 

 not be had. as has been the case this 

 year. Darwin tulips are still with us 

 and are fine but daffodils are about 

 gone. Calendulas have been constant- 

 ly on the counters for months and the 

 stock offered today is very large. 

 Snapdragons are hard to move at 

 prices growers desire. All kinds of 

 roses are much in evidence and the 

 buyer with the persuasive tongue can 

 get away with an armful for a small 

 sum of monev. The carnation grower 

 hopes, with Mothers' Day just ahead, 

 to do something to speed up the sales 

 that have dragged discouragingly all 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^'^"'"^^to'dealers cm y 



I CHICAGO I BUFFALO 1 PITTSBUKG 



I April 23 I April 33 | April 16 



CINCINNATI 



April 23 



4. CXI 



3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



2.00 

 90.00 



Rotes 



Am. Beauty, Special | 23.00 



" " Fancy and Extra 20.00 



" " No, I and culls i 5.00 



Russell, Euler, Mock 4.00 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



KiUarney, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon, 



Key , 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formoaum to 



Lilies, Longiflorum I S.oo to 



Lilies, SpecioBUtn I to 



Callas I 6.00 to 



Lily of the Valley ! to 



Snapdragon ' 6.00 to 



Daffodils 1 to 



Narcissi. Paper White to 



Roman Hyacinths | to 



Freesia . • • 



Tulips 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



Violets 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu. & Spren. (100 Bhs.) 



to 3 5 -oo 



to 25.00 



to 13.00 



to 12.50 



to 



to 10.00 



to 8 00 



to 8.00 



to 10.00 



3.00 

 60.00 



to.oo 



8.00 



6.00 

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2.00 



1. 00 

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3. CO 



■50 



25,00 to 



3.00 

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15.00 

 50.00 



20.00 

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3.00 



2.00 

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 3.00 



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1.50 

 75.00 



4.00 

 6.00 



3.00 

 .50 



.50 

 15.00 



15.00 

 25.00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



25.00 

 20.00 

 6.00 

 25.00 

 1 3.00 



8.00 



8.00 



8.00 



10.00 



lO.CO 



3.00 

 to 100.00 

 to 



to 12.CO 



to 



to lO.CO 



to 6.00 



lO.CO 



4.00 1 



2.00 



1. 00 



1. 00 

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1. 00 

 25.00 

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20.00 

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8.00 

 4.00 



3.00 



2.00 

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 3.00 

 6.00 



I. CO 



40.00 



8.00 



3.00 



6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

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3.00 



1. 00 

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.30 



1. 00 

 10.00 



6.C0 

 6.00 

 6.00 



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2.50 

 50.00 



to.oo 

 4.00 



10.00 

 7.00 



8.00 



a.oo 



3. 00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 

 ■50 

 1.50 



15.00 , 

 1. 00 



15.00 



35-00 



4.00 



4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



2.00 

 60.00 

 20.00 



6.1- o 



4.00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 .50 

 • 25 



2.00 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 20.00 



12.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



4.00 

 75.00 

 30.00 

 10.00 



6,00 

 6,00 



4.00 

 2.00 



.75 

 3>oo 



t.25 



20.00 

 50.CO 



the season through. There are sweet 

 peas enough and to spare. In fact 

 there is an excess of almost every- 

 thing except cattleyas and lily of the 

 valley. AH the wholesale houses re- 

 port many inquiries for flowers for 

 Mothers' Day. Though carnations are 

 in the lead, all kinds of flowers will 

 undoubtedly be used as was the case 

 last year. 



Since Easter the New 

 NEW YORK York flower market 



has shown very little 

 in the way of enlightenment as ro how 

 the spring opening might finally de- 



velop. Dealers and growers alike, 

 realizing the unusual conditions which 

 confront us. are solicitously "watch- 

 ing the boards" from day to day and 

 for so far. there is nothing in sight to 

 indicate any material change from 

 the drift which set in with the first of 

 April, downward tending and continu- 

 ing so with vexatious regularity. As 

 compared with previous years the 

 values received for standard stock 

 show up quite favorably, we think, but 

 the cost of producing the goods has 

 probably been somewhat heavier. The 

 quality of the material has been the 



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For the Retailer or for the Grower 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Gut Flowers 



IN CHICAGO 



H. B. KEN^'ICOTT. PresiJem. 



I E. POllWORTH. SecV and Gen'l Mar 



