October 27, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



457 



Flower Market Reports 



This market has siidden- 

 BOSTON ly descended the busi- 

 ness ladder clear to the 

 bottom and the worst period of stag- 

 nation experienced this season is with 

 us, perhaps to stay until Thanks- 

 giving There is some consolation in 

 the fact that this sort of thing has 

 come to pass each year about this 

 date and so there is no good reason 

 for attributing it to other causes, lo- 

 cal or recent. Roses are, perhaps, the 

 greatest sufferers for they are coming 

 in very heavily and in splendid quality 

 hut there is no market for them. 

 Chrysanthemums are in more than 

 sufficient supply and so are violets and 

 lilies. These constitute the major 

 part of the material which stands idle 

 and forlorn in the wholesale marts. 

 There are other things, rare or com- 

 mon, in smaller quantities, and all are 

 in the same predicament. Cattleyas 

 labiata is now in good swing and the 

 blooms offered in this market are of 

 very nice grade as a rule. Carnations 

 are not yet much in evidence but they, 

 too. are down to about one-halt the 

 price for which they sold readily two 

 weeks ago. 



Trade is very quiet in 

 CHICAGO, the wholesale stores. It 



is well that the amount 

 of stock coming in is comparatively 

 small for were it not for shipping 

 trade to use it up, it could not be 

 handled to advantage. The chrysan- 

 themum question is a serious one. One 

 year ago the shipping of California 

 grown chrysanthemums to this market 

 was found to be possible and now the 

 home-grown ones have to meet this 

 competition, -with the result that the 

 tables are full of blooms and sales 

 lag. Roses are possibly coming a 

 little more freely but the change is 

 hardly perceptible. The same can be 

 said of carnations, and the dark cold 

 days are not very encouraging to the 

 carnation growers. Violets are here 

 again and it remains to be seen 

 whether they are to be received this 

 season with the apathy of the past two 

 years. Everything from out of doors 

 is. gone and at this writing the ground 

 is white and the air is full of falling 

 snow. 



''This market has 

 CLEVELAND been suffering con- 

 siderably from lack 

 of material. Today roses and chry- 

 anthemums are the mainstay of the 

 market and these have risen to excep- 

 tionally high prices. Lily of the val- 

 ley is scarce. A very few dahlias have 

 struggled through since the frost. 

 Carnations are still very hard to get. 

 Violets are coming in more normal 

 volume. Pompon chrysanthemums of 

 exceptional quality come in regularly. 



Business is good. The 

 CINCINNATI demand is strong 



wliile the suiiply lias 

 increase'd satisfactorily and sliipping 

 business is good. Roses have been 

 having an excellent market. Clirysan- 

 thomums generally are of the highest 

 quality. Carnation supply is hardly 

 any larger than it was a fortnight ago. 

 Longiflorum and Rubrum lilies are in 

 a fair supply. The first sweet peas of 

 the fall season were in the market this 

 week and they were excellent. 



OPHELIA 



Some of the most wonderful 

 quality we have ever received 

 so early in the season, in small 

 or large quantities at 



81'ECIAI. $10.00 per 100 



EXTRA 8.0O per 100 



riRST 6.0O per 100 



SECOND 3.00 per 100 



Extra long Specials at *12.00 per 100 



Ever.vthinsr in IXOWERS, PLANTS, 

 RIBBONS and SUPPLIES. 



Business Hours 

 7 A. M. to 5.30 P. M. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^t?i?f«n'/o, 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 6 H. St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



CINCINNATI 



Oct. 33 



Rosea 



Am, Beauty, Special 25.00 to 35.00 



" " Fancy and Ejctra 15.00 to 20.00 



*' " No. 1 and culls 8.00 to 12.00 



Russell, Eulcr, Mock 5.00 to 12.00 



Hadiey to 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 4.00 to 10.00 



Ward ; 4.00 to S.oo 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 3,00 to 8.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon ^,oq to lo.co 



Cmrnationa to 3.00 



Cattleyas • • • ■ tO 75.00 



Dendrobium f ormosuin to 



Lilies, Lon^ifloruni to 12.50 



Lilies, Speciosum to ' 



Lily of the Valley to 7.00 



Snapdragon 4.00 to 6.00 



Gladioli to 



Violets .50 to .75 



Chrysanthemunis 8.00 to 3.5.00 i 



Sweet Peaa ,73 to i.oo 



Marguerites to i .00 



Gardenias to 



Adiantum to i .00 



Smilax ■ to 15.00 



Asparagiis Plu. & Spren. (100 Bhs.) 25.00 to 35.00 



I CHICAGO 



I *.)Ct. 23 



25.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



3.00 



3.00 



3.00 



3.00 



60.00 



TRADE PRICES — Par 100 

 TO DEAXJJtS ONLY 



PITTSBURG 



Oct. 23 



15.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 



BUFFALO 



Oct. 22 



30.00 

 20.00 



XO.OO 



30.00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



la.oo 



10.00 

 12.00 

 6.00 

 75.00 



la.co 



t.oo 

 15.00 

 25.00 



1.50 



30.00 

 50.00 



25.00 



20.00 



3.00 



3.00 



5.00 



5.00 



3.00 



2 00 



3.00 



t.oo 

 50.00 



8.0c 

 3.00 



7.00 



1.00 



2. CO 



.60 



10.00 



I.OO 



15.00 



35.00 



30.00 

 25.00 

 g.oo 

 12.00 



lO.CO 



10.00 



s.oo 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 60.00 



20. CD 

 12. CO 

 8.00 

 6,00 



10 



to 



to 



to 



10.00 

 6.00 



8,00 



3.00 

 4. CO 

 to .75 

 to 20. CO 



to 



to 



to 



to 1.25 



to 20.00 



to 50,<X3 



4.00 

 4.00 



4.00 

 3.00 



•50 



10,00 



•75 



1.00 



•75 

 15.00 

 40.00 



10,00 



10.00 



lO.CX) 



4.00 

 75^00 



12.00 



3.00 



4.00 



•75 



40 .«o 



I.CX) 



4.00 



1.23 



20.00 



50.00 



The flower market 

 NEW YORK has experienced a 



very bad break-down 

 this _ week. It was not unexpected, 

 for it is an annual experience each 

 year as soon as the chrysanthemums 

 begin to come in heavily, and its ap- 

 proach was foreshadowed in the clos- 

 ing days of last week. Chrysanthe- 

 mums and roses are tlTe dominating 

 features. They are everywhere, in 

 enormous quantities and splendid 

 quality. The roses move a little now 

 and then, but the chrysanthemums 

 are "in bad." Last season Ogonto 

 made a fine record as an early white 

 and brought good returns. The in- 

 evitable has resulted— everybody put 

 in Ogonto for this season and Ogonto 

 is everywhere liy the thousands and 



of superb quality in every respect, but 

 the market is ruined. Then there are 

 all other types in hopeless abundance, 

 from tiny pompons up to enormous 

 specimen Japs, in manifold colors. 

 In roses Hadiey and Ophelia take the 

 lead with the buyers, but all varieties 

 are abundant and in excellent quality. 

 Cattleyas are in full or even excess 

 supply, mostly labiata, many of them 

 undersized and thin petalled and buy- 

 ers don't want them. A few very 

 nice dahlias are seen, also calendulas 

 of line quality, some lily of the valley, 

 l)lenty of violets of only medium 

 (luality, etc., but the variety of flow- 

 ers offered is not extensive and there 

 would be no trouble except for the 

 chrysanthemum drive. 



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Manufacturers and Importers 



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