November 24, 1917 



HORTICULTUBE 



557 



Flower Market Reports 



Plenty of flowers but 

 BOSTON few buyers is the con- 

 dition still existing here. 

 Just a little stiffening up in the rose 

 situation is apparent for the past two 

 or three days but beyond this fact 

 nothing can be detected that would in- 

 dicate the proximity of Thanksgiving 

 Day which has usually marked the 

 recovery from the depressed values of 

 the chrysanthemum period. This, 

 however, may take on a different as- 

 pect on the opening days of next week 

 and is confidently expected to trans- 

 pire by some of the old heads in the 

 wholesale business. Narcissus paper 

 w^lte is coming in freely and already 

 is seen in the daily unsold stock in 

 the market. Stevia has also arrived. 

 Carnations are abundant and very 

 good. 



The market was a trifle 

 CHICAGO more steady this week. 

 Every day saw stock 

 pretty well cleaned up with the excep- 

 tion of chrysanthemums, which are 

 being hurried on by the warm sunny 

 days. And there is no glut of these, 

 for knowing the uselessness of letting 

 them accumulate they have been 

 moved at low prices. Splendid Amer- 

 ican Beauties are now in crop. Of 

 other roses the supply is decidedly 

 small and should there he much de- 

 mand for Thanksgiving there will be 

 some chance of last minute orders be- 

 ing refused. Carnations are coming 

 on a little more freely, but there is 

 nothing like a large quantity in the 

 market. Sweet peas are seen now in 

 the fancy types and sell readily. 

 Violets are meeting with moderate 

 demand. There are plenty of both 

 callas and lilies. Few miscellaneous 

 flowers are to be had. There is a good 

 supply of green. 



Supply of stock is 

 CINCINNATI large and the de- 

 mand is not strong 

 enough to take up all the receipts. 

 Prices, as a whole, are very reason- 

 able. Chrysanthemums are in a large 

 supply and pompons meet with an ex- 

 cellent demand. Roses of all kinds, 

 also single violets, are plentiful. Car- 

 nations are much better than they 

 have been. Paper white narcissus are 

 now in. Other offerings are callas, or- 

 chids, lily of the valley and sweet peas. 

 The flower business 

 CLEVELAND is keeping up but 

 that's about all. Stock 

 is coming in a little better, but the 

 demand is a bit off. Violets are com- 

 ing in fairly well but haven't hit their 

 stride so far as retail demand is con- 

 cerned. Carnations are coming in a 

 little better but are far below normal 

 and they continue at high prices. It 

 is the belief of retailers that the pub- 

 lic is holding back for Thanksgiving 

 and that the market is due to improve 

 at that time. 



There was a little ac- 

 NEW YORK tivity for a brief time 

 on Monday morning, 

 but the fact is that the flower trade, 

 retail and wholesale, and the supply 

 auxiliaries, is in a very stagnant con- 

 dition. All lines are practically at a 

 standstill this week and the continued 

 heavy receipts of chrysanthemums of 



BOXWOOD 



Order now, today, 

 is not too soon, as 

 WG Qon't know 

 how soon the ex- 

 press compauies 

 may become con- 

 gested again. 



J3oxwood placed in 

 water and put iu a 

 cool place will be 

 wonderfully iui- 

 proved, really an 

 advantage to have 

 it ahead of time. 



Splendid stock, no 

 surplus wood. 



$15 per 100 lbs. 



POM PONS for Thanksgiving, .fS.OO, $4.00 per doz. bunches ; extra size bunches 

 at $5.00 per doz. 



LYCOPODIDM, the best we have ever offered, $10.00 per 100 ibs. 



EVERYTHING IN FLOWERS, PLANTS, RIBBONS AND SCPPUES. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The 



Wholesale 

 Florists of 



Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1 60S- 1 620 Ludlow St. 

 WASHINGTON. 1 2 1 6 H. St, N. ^V 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ™^= 



Rmet 



Am. Beauty, Special. 



CINCINNATI 



Nov. 19 



CHICAGO 



Nov. 19 



to 



I 30.00 to 



Fancy and Extra < 2 5,00 to 



** '* No, I and culls I 8.00 to 



Russell, Euler, Mock 5.00 to 



Hadley \ to 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 1 4.00 to 



Ward 4.00 



Killamey , Radiance, Taft | 4.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hiilingdon 4.00 



Carnations | 3*0° 



Cattleyas 1 



Dendrobium formotum 1 



Lilies, Longiflorum ■ ■ 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Bouvardia 



Violets I .50 



Chrysanthemums 8.00 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



AdiaDtum 



Smilax I 



AsparavasPla.ftSpren. (100 Bhs.) I 25.00 



35.00 ; 

 30.00 j 

 20.00 

 20.00 



12,00 

 8.00 

 10.00 



1 2. CO 



4.00 

 75,00 



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15.00 to 



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10.00 

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75.00 



12.50 

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PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



I BUFFALO I PITTSBURG 



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to 25.00 



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13.00 



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25.00 

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3.00 



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30.00 

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75.00 



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1,00 to 1,50 



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4.00 

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13.00 



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•75 



35.00 



X.25 

 30.00 

 50,00 



all classes makes the problem all the 

 more difficult for the wholesale deal- 

 ers. The modern type of single- 

 flowered chrysanthemums are moving 

 as well as anything else. Menza, 

 white, Yellow Menza and Godfrey, 

 pink, are worthily popular in the sin- 

 gles, while among the pompons Mary, 

 white, Klondyke, yellow, Glorina, 

 bronze, and Wilcox, loose petalled 

 bronze, are among the favorites. 

 Among the newer arrivals are paper 

 white narcissi in quantity, Roman hya- 

 cinths just starting in, pink sweet 



peas and callas. There are a few 

 Soliel d'Or narcissi which bring good 

 figures. Stevia is also among the new 

 arrivals. Calendulas are abundant and 

 good. Roses continue as last reported, 

 very plentiful and uniformly good, and 

 carnations continue to improve from 

 day to day. 



There is a more 

 PHILADELPHIA cheerful tone to 



the market this 

 week. Business was more active than 

 it has been for several weeks. This 



{Ceniinucd on fiag€ jS'^) 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 Archest. PHILADM-PHrA, PA. 



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