August 11, 1917 



H If T I C U L T r K E 



157 



Flower Market Reports 



Lilies, asters and gladi- 

 BOSTON oli are in full control of 

 the market tliis week. 

 Longiflorum, lilies are of splendid qual- 

 ity — never better and they sell a trifle 

 better than they did last week. Asters 

 are seen in enormous quantities. Qual- 

 ity runs from medium to extra good 

 and prices are in accordance but a 

 large proportion of the stock stands 

 unsold. Gladioli are of all grades, 

 some of them of gigantic size and 

 really superb. Roses are in very poor 

 shape. Cattleyas are scarce and those 

 that come in bring a big figure. Of 

 miscellaneous stock very little is seen 

 at present, the recent hot weather hav- 

 ing scorched up most of this material 

 for the time being. Business has been 

 somewhat better this week than at last 

 report. 



The quietest part of the 

 CHICAGO year is undoubtedly at 

 hand. Anyone who has 

 summered and wintered many times 

 in the florists' business is in no way 

 disgruntled but is using the quiet time 

 for making new plans for another sea- 

 son and for rest. Those who have not 

 been long in the work and expected 

 such a busy season as last summer 

 are disappointed. Stock has been re- 

 duced in quantity to not much more 

 than the regular trade requirements 

 and the surplus is being handled by 

 the special sales at the department 

 stores and the regular flower counters 

 of the ten-cent stores. At the latter, 

 roses are moving quite freely at ten 

 cents per half dozen and that for wide- 

 open stock. Some hint of the stock 

 conditions may be had from the scarci- 

 ty of the street corner venders this 

 summer. The coming of asters in such 

 quantities, if it continues, will have an 

 effect on the balance of the August 

 business. The counters are full of 

 them and while prices are not quoted 

 below one cent, it is acknowledged 

 that large sales are made at five dol- 

 lars per thousand. For a large sub- 

 stantial window fiower the gladiolus is 

 having a strong lead. America is in 

 great favor but the supply is limited. 

 In all other varieties there seems to be 

 plenty, and as in the case of asters, the 

 shrewd buyer is able to make his 

 money go a long way. Some whole- 

 sale houses, strong on summer roses, 

 are offering excellent stock of medium 

 length but they are mostly growers of 

 their own and can better handle out-of- 

 town orders at this time. :Miscella- 

 neous stock still covers quite a range 

 but is narrowing with the mid-summer 

 weather. 



Business is rather 



CINCINNATI quiet and stock of 



all kinds is greatly. 



in excess of the present requirements 



BEAUTIES 



Our Eastern stock (Rhode Island Reds), 

 are commg in, in quantity, quality very 

 i-Iioiee, much better than the local stock. 



Special per doz S3.00 



I ancy "■'"' 



Extra " " 2-<M' 



First " " ISO 



Second " " l'"" 



S.S.PENNOCKCO. 



THE ^1.tru^-of PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK PHIL.\DELPHIA 



117 AV. 28th St. 1608-1620 Ladlow St. 



B.4LTIMORE WASHINGTON 



FranUlin & St. Paul St9. 1216 H. St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE PLOWER MARKETS - ^'^"■"^"To^p'g^LERs only 



— - - PITTSBUWG 



Aug. 7 



i CINCINNATI I 



Rotes j Aug.J |_ 



Am. Beauty , Special to 25 .00 



** " Fancy and Extra ! 13.00 to 20.00 



" " No. I and culls 8.00 to it.oo 



Russell, Euler, Mock , 3.00 to 8.00 



Hadley | to 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 1 3.00 to 8.00 



Ward 3.00 to 6.00 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 3,00 to 6.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon , 3.00 to S.co 



Carnation* i.oo to 2,00 



Cattleyas to 75.00 



Dendrobium formosum to 



Lilies, Longiflorum 1 10.00 to 12.50 



Lilies. Speciosum ' to 



Lily of the Valley to 7.00 



Snapdragon 3.00 to 5.00 



Gladioli 3.00 to 6.00 



Asters 2.00 to 3.00 



Sweet Peas 35 to .50 



Marguerites to i ,00 



Gardenias to 



Adiantum to i.oo 



Snkilax , to 1 5.00 20.00 



Asparagus Pla. & Spren* (zooBhs.) so.oo to 25.00 25,00 



CHICAGO 



Aug. 6 



BUFFALO 



Aug, 6 



20,00 

 15.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



2.00 



2. 00 



2.00 



2.00 



.50 



60.00 



25.00 

 20.00 I 

 10.00 I 

 20,00 I 



8.00 ' 

 8.00 j 

 6.00 I 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 75.00 



5.0c to 8, 



CO 



4.00 



3.00 



a. 00 



• 50 



6,00 



6. CO 

 6. CO 

 3.00 



■ 75 



25.00 

 50.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 3-00 

 3,00 



2. 00 



2 00 



2.00 



.50 



40.00 



6.0c 

 3.00 



2.00 



2. CO 



1,00 



.23 



.50 



I.OO 

 15.00 



>5.oo 



to 

 to . 



25.00 



20.00 



3.0c 



5.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 



4. CO 



6.00 

 fi.oo 



1.5c 

 50.00 



10.00 



5.00 



3.00 



5. CO 

 2.50 



.75 



I. CO 



'•25 



20.00 

 50.00 



15.00 to 

 8.00 to 

 2.00 to 

 4.00 to 



to 



to 



3.00 to 

 2,00 to 

 3.00 to 

 I.oo to 



40.00 to 



20.. 00 

 12.00 



6.0Q 



12.00 



8.00 



10.00 

 xo.oo 

 2.00 



75.00 



• 75 

 10.00 

 30.00 



1.15 

 15.00 

 50.00 



of the market. As a result prices are 

 lower than usual at this time of the 

 year. Choice and long roses are very 

 limited as far as quantity is con- 

 cerned. Lilies are fairly plentiful. 

 Gladioli are in so heavy that it almost 

 amounts to a glut. Asters are plenti- 

 ful and generally of a high guality. 

 Some good hardy hydrangea is com- 

 ing in. 



Asters dominate the 

 NEW YORK market now. They 



are conspicuous In 

 all the wholesale marts in great 

 quantity, wide variety of color and 

 varying quality, many being very jioor 

 and a tew very good. The selling 

 price is fixed accordingly. Longi- 

 florum liles are selling better than 

 they did last week and much of the 

 stock offered is of very fine quality. 

 There are large quantities of rubrum 

 liles, more than can be disposed of 

 and as they do not keep well many are 

 lost. Roses run very diminutive, only 

 a few of acceptable size being seen. 

 Carnations have about disappeared al- 

 together. Cattleyas are scarce and 

 are bringing high figures, even Gaskel- 

 lianas selling at 75 cents to $1.00 

 apiece. Dahlias are seen already in 

 considerable quantities, many badly 

 damaged by bad packing. A few yel- 



low chrysanthemums here and there 

 and masses of golden rod in the wild 

 goods stores remind us that autumn 

 will not be long in getting here. An 

 unusual quantity of zinnia blooms are 

 seen in the windows, some of them of 

 very good strain. Their good keeping 

 quality is in their favor and they are 

 worthy of more care in selection than 

 they usually get. Some very good 

 mignonette for outdoor grown is in 

 sight. Gladioli are everywhere, some 

 superb and plenty of the other kind. 

 The weather cooled off at the end of 

 last week and business braced up 

 nicely on Saturday as a result. Since 

 then it has been fair for the season. 



The week of July 

 PHILADELPHIA 30 to August 4 



was one of the 

 hottest we have experienced in this 

 city for some time. The weather 

 bureau says the hottest in sixteen 

 years. Of course this had its effect on 

 Howers both in the quality and the de- 

 mand. The asters were plentiful, but 

 the great bulk of them were under 

 grade. Really good asters sold well 

 and more of them could have been 

 used The poor ones were a glut. 

 Gladioli also a little too plentiful. The 

 rose market held up very well except 

 perhaps in Beauties which were rather 



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