September 8, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



289 



Flower Market Reports 



A very dejected condition 

 BOSTON prevails this week in the 

 wholesale market and to- 

 day, Sept. 6, is worse, if anything, 

 than any day thus far. Gladioli and 

 asters are the principal commodities 

 in sight but roses are also accumulat- 

 ing now and sales are reported at 

 figures that we should hesitate to 

 quote. Quality is good, as a rule, but 

 that doesn't seem to influence the sit- 

 uation at all. There are a good many 

 miscellaneous things in stock such as 

 cosmos, candytuft, coreopsis, etc., but 

 nobody seems to have any use for 

 them. Trading is at a complete stand- 

 still. 



Just a few more roses 

 CHICAGO are coming, easing up 



the market somewhat 

 and giving buyers a little more lee- 

 way in selecting stock. Some fine 

 asters are seen and stems 30 to 36 in. 

 are on the fancy ones. These sell 

 readily and so do the best mediums 

 but of the quantities of small ones 

 many are thrown away. As one 

 wholesaler remarked, "If the growers 

 of such" imperfect asters would de- 

 stroy them instead of sending them 

 into the market, the very sight of 

 which tends to lower prices on better 

 ones, it would save money and effort 

 to all concerned." This weeding out 

 of poor stock seems to have taken 

 place in a measure with gladioli 

 which average much better this sea- 

 son. Chrysanthemum season is fairly 

 open now, most of the stock being Gol- 

 den Glow, with a few Smith's Ad- 

 vance supplementing them, but in an- 

 other week there will be plenty of 

 white. Lily of the valley pips are be- 

 ing held back and a few only are used 

 as absolute demand calls for. Carna- 

 tions are from the young plants most- 

 ly and are on short stems. Demand is 

 light. Some very good home-grown 

 asparagus sprays are offered. 



Business is fair. 

 CINCINNATI. Roses are in a good 



supply. The best 

 ones find a good market. Asters are 

 plentiful and excellent. Gladioli are 

 still plentiful bvit they are approach- 

 ing the end of their season very rap- 

 idly and are not as good as they were. 

 Excellent lilies may be had. Other 

 offerings are some dahlias and cosmos. 



Most sluggish of all 

 NEW YORK the recent dull weeks 



the present week 

 would dishearten anybody except one 

 trained in the ways and fortunes of 

 the flower business in which hope 

 "springs eternal" and things are taken 

 philosophically no matter how they go. 

 Asters still hold the greater part of 

 the counter space and they are seen 

 in all grades from poor to superlative- 

 ly fine. The latter are the only ones 

 that sell and it is only a small propor- 

 tion, even then. Gladioli are still re- 

 dundant but are on the wane and the 

 dahlias are now pushing their way in 

 to fill the approaching vacancy. Koses 

 are plentiful and quality is daily im- 

 proving but sales are light and prices 

 very low. There is an abundance of 

 lilies. Chrysanthemums are beginning 

 to show up here and there. 



ASTERS 



:^ Asters of the better sort 

 " are now plentiful and the 

 r^)"^ quality top notch, superb 

 Semple, Crego, Victoria 

 and other first class varie- 

 ties and in all colors. 



Per 100, $2.00 and $3.00 

 extra choice, $4.00 



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PITTSBURG 

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Am. Beauty, Spedat 



*' " Fancy and Extra j 15.00 



*' " No. I and culls 8.00 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Camatioiu 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobiunn formosum 



Lilies, Lon^florum 12.50 



Lilies, Speciosuna to 



Lily of the Valley to 



SnapdraKon 3.00 to 



Gladioli 



Asters -- 



Chrysanthemums 

 Sweet Peas- 

 Marguerites 

 Gardenias 

 Adiantum 

 Smil 

 AsparaffiisPlu.&Spreil. (xooBhs.) 



Trade here has 

 PHILADELPHIA been pretty fair, 

 taking it all 

 through. The asters dominated the 

 market and the choicer qualities have 

 had a good sale, but there is a tre- 

 mendous lot of low-grade stock and 

 a great many of these are hard to dis- 

 pose of at any price. Gladioli are still 

 in moderate supply and of fair quality. 

 The market could stand more good 

 roses than it is getting. Still, the situ- 

 ation is not so serious, as the Beauties 

 are gradually improving and the Rus- 

 sels are holding up well. Not much 

 improvement in the Killarneys as yet. 



Very few Ophelias or Sunbursts to be 

 had and these, too, are greatly missed. 



There has been a 

 ROCHESTER slight improvement 



in business. The 

 market has an over-supply of stock. 

 Roses are coming in good in all vari- 

 eties but white, which are very scarce. 

 Lilies are plentiful. There are a few 

 chry.santhemums on the market but 

 the demand for them is small. Glad- 

 ioli are in abundance. Varieties such 

 as War, America, Francis King and 

 Halley sell well. The smaller varieties 

 drag. 



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