December 22, 1917 



HOirnCULTURE 



665 



Flower Market Reports 



The oldest inhabitant is 

 BOSTON as much disconcerted and 

 helpless when it comes to 

 Christmas predictions as the "veriest 

 tyro" 'this year. Xobody has any line 

 on the outlook and all are "at sea," 

 and generally timorous about putting 

 a price on what they have to sell 

 or may want to buy. It is true that 

 shipping orders from out-of-town are 

 coming to the wholesalers in about the 

 usual pre-holiday bulk but locally there 

 is an evident tendency to hold back. 

 The worst stock in the week's sales 

 as well as in the advance calls for 

 next week is the special grades of 

 roses. The demand is closely limited 

 to the medium class of buds — say 9-12- 

 15-inch stems. The 4-5 ft. exhibition 

 giants find no buyers. Carnations are 

 in sufficient supply for ordinary use 

 but the red varieties are in the dia- 

 mond class with nowhere near the 

 number that will be taken up even at 

 prices trebled for holiday delivery. In 

 our price tables we quote rates as pre- 

 vailing five days ahead of Christmas. 

 On the average the prices demanded 

 for Monday delivery by the wholesale 

 dealers run at an advance of about 

 fifty per cent on these values. 



Business is hardly 

 CINCINNATI fair. The sup- 

 ply, however, has 

 shortened so greatly that there is 

 , not enough to go around and good 

 prices prevail. The outlook tor Christ- 

 mas is not encouraging at all and un- 

 less receipts become heavy there will 

 be a great shortage at Christmas 

 time. Roses are only fairly plentiful 

 and generally sell on sight. Carna- 

 tions are meeting with a good market. 

 The chrysanthemum season is about 

 over but still a few late ones may be 

 had. Lilies and callas sell pretty well. 

 Snapdragon^ are again coming in. 

 Stevia finds a good sale. Narcissus 

 may be had in limited quantities. 



Flowers continue 

 CLEVELAND scarce on account of 



the extended cold 

 weather and so far as cut flowers are 

 concerned indications do not point to 

 a big Christmas. Growers are getting 

 coal a little at a time and manage to 

 keep going. Traffic conditions have 

 the most important effect on the 

 market, the embargo affecting both the 

 supply to -this market and distribution 

 to the smaller towns in this section. 



The cut-flower do- 

 NEW YORK niand is never brisk 

 the week before 

 Christmas, as we all know, but that 

 is not all the reason tor the listless 

 market we have now for there has 

 been no activity to it for some weeks. 

 The supply of stock is not large for 

 the weather conditions have kept it 

 down. Everything drags and there is 

 no one thing that is in particular de- 



LILAC 



j^J^^t* The first cuts are now reach- 

 *■ ■ -V ing us. Unusually choice 



quality, 

 heads. 



large, 



well-grown 



$2 per bunch 



S. S. PENNOCK CO. 



MWholeaale 

 Florists of 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28ili St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



FHI1.4DBIPHIA 

 1608-1620 Udlon St. 



BALTIMORE 



FrinkliD & St. Paul Stl. 



WASBIVGION 

 I2I6 B St.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^^^^^''^^^^To'DgiLERsoNty 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" '* Fancy and Extra 



*' ** No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey, Radiance, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst, HilHngdon 



Carnations 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobiuin formosum 



Lilies, Longiflorunn 



Lilies, Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdr «90n 



Bouvardia 



Violets 



Chrysanthemums 



Narcis. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Stevia 



Sweet Peas 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum - 



Smilax ■ 



Asparagus Flu. A Spren. (looBhs.) 



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niand. There are enough American 

 Beauty roses to meet demands and 

 the teas are moving very slowly, par- 

 ticularly long stock, which is and has 

 been selling proportionately cheap 

 compared with short grades. Lily of 

 the valley and orchids are held at high 

 figures but do not find a ready sale. 

 Tlie supply of violets is light. Chrys- 

 anthemums are not yet finished but 

 little interest in them is shown by 

 buyers. There are no indications at 

 present of a heavy crop of either roses 

 or carnations for Christmas, and it 

 may be that an agreeable surprise 

 may await the retailer in (he way of 

 good business. Of yellow and white 

 narcissi there is abundance. Christ- 

 mas holly seems to be scarce. 



An average cut of 

 PITTSBU RGH roses, carnations 

 and other staples 

 is expected for the Christmas trade. 

 Quality promises to be excellent on 

 all lines, but high prices will prevail, 

 l;eyond any question. The Pittsburgh 

 Cut Klower Company is sending out 

 with all its quotations, etc., a state- 

 ment that all prices are subject to 

 change without notice and, further, 

 that they cannot guarantee the ship- 

 nient of any order to reach its desti- 

 nation on any certain train. Will 

 make delivery to the express company 



{CofUinued on Page OO?) 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



1129 ArchSt. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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