December 1, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



581 



Flower Market Reports 



This market has been 

 BOSTON almost bare of certain 

 flowers for the past few 

 days and prices on carnations and 

 roses have taken a big flight sky- 

 ward. Tuesday saw the apex of the 

 wave, however, and today^ Wednes- 

 day, sees a considerable breakdown in 

 values due in part to heavier receipts 

 and also to a rather vicious snow 

 storm which followed in the wake of 

 the cold spell. There are too many 

 white carnations in the market and 

 most of the returns are liable to be 

 at the minimum quotation. Roses are 

 decidedly less in number than they 

 ■were and there are no bargains in 

 sight for the low-price buyer. Of 

 chrysanthemums there are heavy 

 shipments but they were strongly to 

 yellow. Major Bonnaffon holding the 

 most of the line. Red is the color 

 demanded in roses and carnations and. 

 if good, these are salable at top 

 figures. 



The early part of last 

 CHICAGO week jvas very quiet 

 and local florists paid 

 few visits to the wholesale houses. 

 There was little stock coming in 

 and all that was not needed at 

 home was used up in filling out of 

 town orders. But week trade bright- 

 ened up later on and the week ended 

 with a brisk demand for all kinds of 

 stock. Instead of the quiet Monday 

 that has been the rule for several 

 weeks, today has been busy and local 

 florists have been securing their 

 Thanksgiving stock, which is wise, for 

 there is no possibility of there being 

 enough to go around. There may be 

 more chrysanthemums to come than is 

 anticipated but it is sure there is a 

 shortage of roses and carnations. 

 Orders for Thanksgiving already on 

 the books have been cut down by many 

 of the large houses and it is the rule 

 to serve old customers to the exclu- 

 sion of others. Fine American Beauty 

 roses are to be had. Violets are offered 

 in singles and doubles. Lilies are 

 plentiful. Lily of the valley is brought 

 on just fast enough to supply a limited 

 demand, Smilax and asparagus are 

 fine and in considerable quantity. 



As Thanksgiving ap- 

 CINCINNATI proached conditions 

 became much better. 

 At the end of last week the market 

 was pretty well cleaned up and the 

 first of this week brought a good ac- 

 tive demand with light receipts. Roses 

 and carnations are in good supply and 

 at this time meet with a good market. 

 Lilies and callas may be had in fair 

 quantities, ("hrysantbeniuras are still 

 plentiful. Other offerings are narcis- 

 cus, stevia, single violet, lily of the 

 valley, orchids and sweet peas. 



Demand for flowers 



CLEVELAND is not more than 



normal, but stock is 



' a little scarce and dealers as a rule 



have some trouble getting the stock 



they desire. Chrysanthemum season 



is about at an end, the supply having 



fallen off noticeably. Although in 



limited quantities practically every 



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BEAUTIES 



Wonderfully Choice Quality 



Doz. 100 



Special $5.00 $35.00 



Fancy 4.00 30.00 



Extra 3.00 25.00 



First 2.50 20.00 



Second 2.00 15.00 



A splendid outlook for Christ- 

 mas of very choice stock. 

 Write us for quotations 



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.\. M. to 5.30 V. M. 



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 ■ RIBBONS and SUPPLIES. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^t?i?r5lrof Philadelphia 



NE>V YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA ^ ^f^^V^Po^.t at. 



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W ASHINCTON, 1 2 1 6 H. St., N. W^ 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ™^^ 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



CINCINNATI 



Nov. 26 



Rottea ^^^ 



Am. Beauty, Special 20.00 to 30.00 30.00 



" " Fancy and Extra 15.00 to so.oo 20.00 



" " No. I and culls 3.00 to 10.00 6.00 



RusseU, Euler, Mock 5 .00 to 20.00 6.00 



Hadley to 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 4.00 to 12.00 4.00 



Ward 4.00 to 8.00 4.00 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 4.00 to 10.00 4.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 4.00 to 15.CO 4.00 



CaniBtioiu 2.00 to 4.00 3.00 



Cattleyas to 75.00 60.00 



Dendrobium formosum to i 



Lilies. Longiflorum to 12.50 ] 10.0c 



Lilies, Speciosum to 



Lily of the Valley to 7.00 400 



Snapdragon to 4.00 



Bouvardia to 



Violets , .75 to i.oo i.oo 



Chrysanthemums 8.00 to 25.00 



Sweet Peas to 1.00 1.00 



Marguerites to i.oo 



Gardenias to 



Adiantnm to i .00 ! 



Smilax | to 15.00 ' 15.00 



Asparagus Pin. & Spreo. (looBhs.) 1 25.00 to 35*00 25.00 



CHICAGO 



Nov. 26 



BUFFALO 



Nov. 26 



PITTSBURG 



Nov. 26 



to 



to 

 to 



40.00 

 30.00 



10.00 

 30.00 



15.00 



12.00 



12.00 

 15,00 

 6.00 



75-00 

 75.00 

 12.00 



6.00 



6.C0 



1.50 



I. CO 



I.oo 



20.00 

 50.00 



40.00 



30.00 



6.00 



3.00 



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5.00 



3.00 



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3.00 



2.50 



60.00 



to 



6.0c 

 3.00 



6.00 to 



3.00 to 



3.00 to 



.75 w 



6.00 to 



to 



1.00 to 



50.00 

 40.00 

 15. oc 

 12.00 



lO.CO 



10.00 



to 5.00 



to 8.00 



to 8.00 



to 5.00 



to 75.00 



to 



to 10.00 



to 



12.00 



35.00 



4.00 



8.00 

 5.00 



4.C0 



I.oo 

 25. CO 



1.50 



I.oe 

 15.00 

 50 00 



6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 50.CO 



10.00 



3.00 



to 

 to 

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 to 

 to 

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to 



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20.00 to 



I.oo to 



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1 5 .00 to 

 40.00 to 



10.00 

 10.00 

 J 2.00 

 4.00 



75.00 



13. 00 



4.00 

 1.50 



40.00 

 2.00 



1.50 



•75 

 20.00 

 50. CO 



seasonable flower is on the market. 

 Snapdragons have put in an appear- 

 ance, the first examples showing ex- 

 cellent quality. 



These notes will be 

 NEW YORK read alter the 



Thanksgiving Day 

 reoorfl has passed into history and 

 our readers will, therefore, know what 

 we do not know now for we have no 

 gift of prophesy and we long ago 

 learned that forecasting a flower mar- 

 ket is a very precarious presumption. 

 All we can say here and now is that 

 two days before the holiday, with ex- 

 tremely low temperature, flower re- 

 ceipts were lit;ht and some shipments 



frozen in transit, prices have doubled 

 up, almost "in a twinkling," but 

 whether they will remain this way is 

 a question. On general principles our 

 judgment would be that the supply 

 will take care of the demand. All 

 green goods are very abundant and 

 there is, at least, an excessive supply 

 of paper 'white narcissi. Cattleyas 

 are making a gratifying run, cleaning 

 up nicely. Of other stock we shall be 

 better qualified to talk next week but 

 can say now with entire confidence 

 that the situation and the outlook in 

 this market are much brighter than 

 was anticipated a week ago. 



{Contt'nufd .^ti fiagf^S^) 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 Arch'St. PHILADElPHrA, PA. 



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