August 4, 1917 



HOKTICULTURE 



129 



Fiowa* Market Reports 



All trade is about at a 

 BOSTON standstill in the whole- 

 sale markets this week. 

 It is. all in all. probably the smallest 

 week in aggregate sales that this mar- 

 ket has experienced in years. There 

 is little in sight except lilies, astors, 

 small roses and gladioli. The latter 

 are received in quantities without 

 limit and few sales average over .$1.00 

 a hundred. Lilies are still over- 

 stocked but they are real good. As- 

 ters are also of good quality, but 

 prices has fallen sharply since last 

 week. 



July closed with the 

 CHICAGO government thermome- 

 ter registering at 98 

 and a hot wind from the southwest 

 taking all the lite out of both flowers 

 and business. Every one who can do 

 so is taking a vacation and those who 

 can not are working as little as pos- 

 sible. Trade came to a sudden stand 

 still after the week end. sales having 

 been a small fraction of what they 

 generally are on Saturday. Beauties 

 are coniing on nicely and it is regret- 

 ted that there is not a better demand 

 for them as their keeping qualities are 

 superior now to those of some other 

 roses just now popular. Lilies are 

 more in evidence than usual in mid- 

 summer and quality is good. Like all 

 other flowers lilies are being sold at 

 considerable reduction from the quot- 

 ed prices to the buyer on the spot. 

 Carnations are seen in the market that 

 look all right, but it is noticeable that 

 some of the heaviest shippers are cut- 

 ting them off their lists. Cattleyas 

 are getting scarce. Lily of the valley 

 just about equals demand. Gladioli 

 are coming more rapidly and some 

 fine stock ■ is offered especially of 

 Francis King. America and Chicago 

 White are not quite so much in evi- 

 dence. Shipping trade holds up re- 

 markably well for the season. 



Business is s o m e- 

 CINCINNATI what quiet. Shipping 

 business, except in 

 greens is only fair. Roses are in a 

 heavy supply but only a few are long 

 and of a high quality. A few excellent 

 Maman Cochet are coming in. T^lies 

 are more than enough to go around. 

 Excellent Auratums and Rubrums 

 come into the wholesale houses. Gla- 

 dioli and ast?rs are plentiful and a 

 substantial iiroportion of each are of 

 the highest quality. 



Market notes at this 

 NEW YORK time of the year and 

 in this year especial- 

 ly, are of very little use to anybody, 

 so far as we can see. Whatever small 

 desultory trading had been .going on 

 previously was pretty well petered out 

 when this week's unprecedented torrid 

 wave struck the city. Flowers are be- 

 ing shipped in daily by growers and 

 are cared for to the best of the deal- 

 ers' ability but much of the stock Is 

 scarcely worth the trouble when re- 

 ceived and buyers are but few and far 

 between. Asters have practically re- 

 placed carnations now. Roses are 

 nrostly of the very small grades and 

 generally poor, but the American 

 Beauty, Mrs. Russell and Ophelia are 

 "making good" as keepers even under 



GLADIOLI 



Splendid quality, good long 

 well flowered spikes, all colors. 



$25.00, $30.00 per 1,000 

 $3.00, $4.00 per 100 



ASTERS 



Choice quality assorted colors. 

 $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per 100 



S.S.PENNOCKCO. 



THE *1:tr1.t„f PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YOBK PHILADELPHIA 



117 W. 38th St. 1608-1630 Ludlow St. 



I5.\LTIMORE WASHINGTON 



Franklin & St. Paul St«. 1216 H. St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - 



TRADE 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



** " Fancy and Extra 



*' " No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosicr Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Carnation* 



Cattley aa 



Dendrobium formoaum 



Lilies, Longif lorxim 



Lilies, Speciosum 



LUy of the Valley 



Snap<lra||on 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peaa 



Marguerites 



Gardeniaa 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Aaparasus PIu. & Spren. (loo Bhs.) 



the test of this week's great broil. 

 Many of the familiar faces about 28th 

 street and vicinity are missing, either 

 on vacation or holiday or gone to camp 

 duty. 



Asters have 

 PHILADELPHIA greatly improved 

 both in quality 

 and quantity and the supply of gladioli 

 is also much better. The best sellers 

 are Mrs. Francis King, l^anama, Am- 

 erica, and Augusta. The old and popu- 

 lar nrenchleyensis has had to take 

 a back seat althought it is still in the 

 running. Some new crop American 

 Beauty roses are now arriving and 

 add a little interest to the situation. 

 Russells are still good— so are Ophelias 

 and Sunbursts. We have at present a 

 fine assortment of lilies, among them 

 being regale, longiflorum, rubrum, 

 album, auratum, and tigrinum. 



On the whole, the 

 PITTSBURGH July business has 

 been fairly good. 

 There are quantities of flowers, but, 

 with the exception of gladioli, practi- 

 cally all are of inferior quality. These 



PRICES -Per 100 „„ „„ „ 

 TO DEAL E RS ONLY 



BUFFALO I PITTSBURG 



Jul y 30 I July '3 _ 



30.00 to 25.00 20.00 to 25.00 



15.00 to ao.oo 12.50 to 18.00 



2.00 to 3.00 3.00 to 8.00 



2.00 to 5.00 8.00 to 15.00 



3.00 to 5.00 to 



3.00 to 5.00 to ••••■• 



2.00 to 4.CO 3.00 to 8.00 



2.00 to 6.00 to 



2.00 to 6.00 3.00 to 10.00 



.50 to 1.50 1.00 to 2.00 



40.00 to 50.00 25.00 to 50.00 



to to 



6.0c to 10.00 6.00 to 10.00 



3.00 to 5.00 to 



to to 



2.00 to 3.00 1.00 to 1.00 



a.co to 5.00 3.00 to 8.00 



1,00 to 2.50 i.oo to j.oo 



.20 to .75 to 



.50 to I. CO to 



to to 



1.00 to 1. 25 .75 to i.as 



15.00 to 30.00 to 15.00 



35.00 to 50.00 30.00 to 90.00 



are exceptionally attractive this sea- 

 son, but the scorching skies of the past 

 two weeks have so rapidly developed 

 the asters that they are in miserable 

 shape. There are a few dahlias, as well, 

 to which the same description applies. 

 The wholesale dealers are refusing 

 some of the "softer " blooms, sweet 

 peas, for instance. Of roses and lilies, 

 there are scarcely enough to supply the 

 markets hereabouts. 



Enormous quantities 

 ROCHESTER of outdoor flowers 

 are seen in the mar- 

 kets and many go to waste. Thou- 

 sands of sweet peas arrive daily. 

 They are very soft this season and do 

 not last at all good. Carnations are 

 very plentiful and are being sold on 

 the streets at 15 cents per dozen. 

 There is a good supply of Harrlsli 

 lilies, but they are not selling at all 

 well. Asters are arriving slowly. Out- 

 door gladioli— chiefly reds— are mak- 

 ing their appearance and sell pretty 

 well. Candytuft and achlUea is used 

 a lot for baskets. Bachelor buttons,. 



(Coittmutd on fagr 131) 



