September 22, 1917 



HOETICULTUEB 



337 



Flower Market Reports 



Tables and ice boxes in 

 BOSTON the wholesale district 



are. almost bare and the 

 first impression on the observer is 

 that business is rushing and has 

 cleaned up all the stock. But the ex- 

 act reverse is the real truth. Busi- 

 ness is defunct and with the excep- 

 tion of roses which are coming along 

 in increasing numbers, the daily re- 

 ceipts are negligible. Gladioli and 

 asters are greatly reduced in quantity. 

 A few good calendulas are now being 

 received. Dealers and growers gen- 

 erally are rather disturbed over the 

 almost entire absence of any demand 

 for stock of any kind this week. 



The quiet condition of 

 CHICAGO last week remains un- 

 changed and whole- 

 salers report business as very slow. 

 This is not unusual for September, 

 for home gardens are yielding quite 

 an assortment of outdoor flowers dur- 

 ing this month, and it is not a popu- 

 lar time for social affairs that require 

 high-class flowers. Shipping trade is 

 reported by some of the large houses 

 to exceed local sales. Stock has in- 

 creased during the week, the supply 

 both of roses and chrysanthemums 

 being considerably larger. The asters 

 are still coming in in enormous quan- 

 tities and there seems no limit to the 

 small ones, most of which should 

 never have left the fields. Lilies are 

 also far too many for demand in most 

 houses. Retailers say their sales are 

 mostly conflned to funeral work 

 where the large flat, fluffy asters are 

 much in demand. There are few 

 good carnations as yet. Gladioli are 

 very plentiful and the stock is in 

 good condition, having long stems 

 and the flowers of fine color. 



Business i s better 

 t. CINCINNATI than It was, but not 



good enough t o 

 cause any material stiffening of 

 prices. Many fall openings are creat- 

 "ing a large demand for flowers. Roses 

 are more plentiful and generally of 

 better quality. Asters continue in a 

 large supply. Carnations are coming 

 in but not very plentifully as yet. 

 ;l.llies are plentiful. The cut of dahlias 

 Ss large and the blooms excellent. 



The frost of last week 

 NEW YORK reduced the quantity 

 of garden flowers com- 

 ing in and they have been also short- 

 ened up by the progress of the season 

 but there is a compensating increase 

 in the receipts of chrysanthemums, 

 roses and carnations and, as there is 

 no apparent expanding of the demand, 

 the situation cannot be said to have 

 improved in the least over the unsat- 

 isfactory conditions reported weekly 

 for the past two months. Roses are 

 getting well up to cold weather 

 standard. Among the more recent 

 additions to the daily stock are onci- 

 diums and tuberoses. As the re- 

 ceipts of chrysanthemums increase 

 the standard of prices decreases. 

 Gladioli are well on the wane. 



FOR FALL 

 DECORATIONS 



We can furnish from now on 

 abundance of good stock Hj*- 

 drangeas, Tritomas, Dahlias, 

 Auratum and Rubrum Lilies, 

 Early Chrysanthemums, and 

 other seasonable stock. 



Write us for quotations. 



Business Hours 

 7 A. M. to 5 P. M. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^t?i«rs"t'/of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 

 1 1 7 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 



' 1 608- 1 620 Ludlow St Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON. 1 2 1 8 H. St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — "^""^/o-d'^Xlers onlt 



35.00 



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CINCINNATI I CHICAGO 



Ro«ea Sep t. 1 7 | Sept. 17 



Am. Beauty, Special 25.00 to 



" " Fancy and Extra 15.00 to 



** " No. I and culls 6.00 to 



Russell, Euler, Mock 3.00 to 



Hadley to 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 3 .00 to 



Ward 3.00 to 



Kitlamey, Radiance, Taft 3.00 to 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 3,00 to 



Carnations | i .00 to 



CaHleyas | to 



Dendrobium formotum | to 



Lilies, Longiflorum 10.00 to 



Lilies, Speciosum to 



Uly of the Valley to 



Snaptirason 3.00 to 



Gladioli 2.00 to 



Asters i .00 to 



Chrysanthemums ao.oo to 



Sweet Peas to 



Marguerites to 



Gardenias 1 to 



Adiantum tp i.oo 



Smilax • ' to 15.00 



Asparagus Pin. ASpren. (xooBhs.) 35.00 to 35.00 



BUFFALO 



Sept. 17 



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Conditions have 

 PHILADELPHIA improved here 

 very considerably 

 during the past week and are now 

 about as good as could be expected 

 tor the season. Roses have cleaned 

 up very well, and there was a good 

 demand for dahlias and asters. In 

 asters the supply has slackened up a 

 little, especially in the finer grades. 

 No carnations yet. Very few chrysan- 

 themums. Usually by this time the 

 October Frost and Golden Glow made 

 their appearance, but only a few of the 

 white ones, and none of the yellow, 

 so far, are to be seen. The great 



worry with the commission men now 

 is the express delays. For three days 

 last week, no .service at all on the 

 American. What will it be by Thanks- 

 giving £^nd Ch'ristmas? 



Carnations are im- 

 ST. LOUIS proving • and stock in 



roses looking better. 

 Violets have arrived but blooms are 

 small. Greens are plentiful. Dahlias 

 are coming in larger quantities. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Salt Lake City, U.— Thomas Hob- 

 day, florist; assets $103, liabilities 



$4,5a4. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



fll29 Arch St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Fall Novelties Now On Display New Show Rooms Added 



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