June 9, 1917 



HOKTICULTURE 



743 



Flower Market Reports 



This market seems to 

 BOSTON have come to a dead 

 stop and doubled up on 

 itself until it is piled high with its 

 debris. Carnations and roses have 

 met a stunner of a rebuff and every- 

 body is as badly puzzled to account for 

 it as they are to foresee where it is 

 going to end. It is not a pleasant 

 prospect to contemplate and there is 

 but little that we can say concerning 

 it that will be of either interest or 

 value just now. Nothing to do but 

 "grin and bear it?" 



Following the big days 

 CHICAGO of the week that in- 

 cluded Memorial Day, 

 when business houses knew no hours 

 of rest, trade today seems very quiet 

 by comparison. The month of May es- 

 tablished a new record for many, if not 

 all of the large houses, and no one is 

 so widely optimistic as to expect such 

 a condition to continue all summer. 

 Saturday was a .good day. showing 

 that because people bought flowers for 

 Wednesday it did not necessarily fol- 

 low that none would be used for Sun- 

 day. The reaction, however, came on 

 Monday, when trade was very dull and 

 the market was well filled with all 

 kinds of stock. Peonies suffered with 

 the rest and were sold at any price 

 that would move them. Carnations, 

 that four days before had met eager 

 buyers at five and six cents, now lay 

 on the counters unwanted at any price. 

 There was little shipping trade and 

 local buyers were few for the demand 

 had practically ceased. Weather con- 

 ditions are not favorable to social 

 affairs and a glut seems inevitable un- 

 less something changes conditions 

 within two days. The June com- 

 mencements and weddings are ex- 

 pected to take care of stock in another 

 week so the depressed condition of 

 the market which exists just now may 

 entirely disappear by the time this is 

 in print. 



Business is at a stand- 

 NEW YORK still. All the cus- 

 tomary stock is com- 

 ing in heavily, and on top of this is 

 the Pennsylvania peony crop, but 

 there is almost no sale for anything 

 and as to standard price "there aint 

 no such thing." The outlook is not 

 very encouraging for a resumption of 

 "business as usual" until there is a 

 let-up in the avalanche of material 

 that is sent in to the market daily re- 

 gardless of whether it can be dis- 

 posed of. 



Memorial week 

 PHILADELPHIA opened quite 



promising and the 

 shipping trade did a lively business on 

 Monday, but the uncongenial weather 

 Tuesday checked buying and in purely 

 city trade the situation was disappoint- 

 ing, all reporting very poor business. 



FOR THE JUNE GIRL 



A Pcdiiy decoration for her, showy, 

 brMutiful and attractive, all colors; 

 <li-Iit';itc iiinlis, wliitcs. retis and the 

 'hirkur sliailcs »'f pinlc. wonderfully 

 clKiioe quality. 



$30, $40, $50 per lOOQ 

 $4, $5, $6 per 100 



Special prii'i-N in iitiiintity. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^"fKr.^, PHILADEIPHIA 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA 



1 17 W. 28th St. 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



BALTIMORE 



Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 



1216HSt..N.W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^Rad^ 



CINCINNATI I 



Roses May 28 | 



Am. Beauty, Special 40.00 10 



" " Fancy and Extra 25.00 10 



" " No, I and culls 6.00 to 



Russell, Euler, Mock 4.00 to 



Haaley 4.C0 to 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 4.00 Iv 



Ward j .CO 10 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 3.00 to 



' 'phelia. Sunburst, Hillingdon 3,00 to 



Key ' to 



Carnations I 2 00 to 



Cattleyas [ to 



Dendrobium formosum -•■■ to 



Lilies, LongiFlorum 1 10.00 to 



Lilies, Speciosum ' to 



Lily of the Valley , to 



Snapdragon 6 00 to 



Peonies ; ^^ 



Gladioli. I to 



Calendulas 2.00 



CHICAGO 



June 4 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Flu. &SpreB. (xooBhs.) 



• 35 to 



25.00 to 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO D EALERS ONLY 



I BUFFALO I PITTSBURG 



1^ June 4 I J une 4 , J % 



40.00 

 ^5.00 

 12.00 

 25.00 



12.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



4.00 

 75.00 



6.00 

 6,co 



3.00 

 1.50 



so .CO 



1.00 

 20.00 

 50.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 ).oo 



3.00 



5.00 



4.00 

 3.00 



2 00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 40.00 



4.00 

 6,00 



.50 

 15.00 

 25.00 



i.oo .75 

 20.00 20. CO t< 

 J5.00 30.00 to 



I.S5 

 75.00 

 50.C0 



nothing like what had been expected 

 To malve up tor this, things improved 

 Friday and Saturday and the clean-up 

 was excellent, althought at very mod- 

 erate prices. Weather is more con- 

 genial now. Plenty of peonies. 



Flowers are becom- 

 PITTSBURGH ing more plentiful 



again and business 

 so far continues to keep apace witli 

 prices corresponding. Lilacs and gi- 

 ganteum lilies especially are coming 

 in better. Peonies coming from over 

 eastern Pennsylvania promise to glut 

 the market and bring prices away 

 down in a day or two. Good green 

 stuff is a little short, Asparagus plu- 

 mosus and sprengeri especially. 



The market has been 

 ROCHESTER fairly active during 



tl;e past week. Me- 

 morial Day trade was very good but 

 owing to the liad weather considerable 

 business was spoiled. May ;^Oth was 

 an ideal day and a fair amount of 

 Inisiness was done even at t!ie late 

 hour. The month of June has opened 

 up well and the calls for wedding 

 work has been considerable Quanti- 

 ties of out door lily of the vallov i, 

 on the market and sells well. Ro-e?, 

 including American Beauties, arf in 

 pood suiiply and sell well. Receipts of 

 yellow daisies meet about all demands 

 at present. Lilies are plentif'.il. Very 

 good Darwin tulips are in and clear 

 easy. Sweet peas, pink and white 



i^ConttMued i}ti page ~4S) 



For the Retailer or for the Grower 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



IN CHICAGO 



B. B. KENNICOTT. Pr..ldenl. 



J E. POllWOKTB. S«c"y aad Gen'l Mtfr 



