March 18, 1916 



HOETICULTURE 



381 



Flower Market Reports 



Bad weather has made 

 BOSTON business in this market 



very bad although flow- 

 ers being a little scarce helps out the 

 situation a little and prevents price 

 slaughtering. Carnations have short- 

 ened up considerably which tends to 

 make the bulb stock go fairly well. 

 Bulb stock is coming in in large quan- 

 tity and ot good quality. looses are 

 being received in fair quantity but 

 move slowly. Lilies also move slowly 

 but callas sell well. Sweet peas are 

 over-stocked with the best Spencers 

 selling very cheap. 



The market continues 

 CHICAGO to have a very large 

 supply of almost every 

 kind of seasonable stock with the ex- 

 ception of American Beauties and lily 

 of the valley. The Beauty situation 

 varies more or less but, on the whole, 

 it has not been satisfactory for a long 

 time and many think the growing of 

 American Beauties in large quantities 

 has ceased to be a good commercial 

 proposition. Other roses are so plen- 

 tiful that we are very near a slump 

 at this writing. Trade has been light- 

 er the past week and this refers to 

 shipping as well as local orders. The 

 fad for the little roses continues and 

 they often sell when the larger popu- 

 lar varieties of a couple of years ago 

 are left on the counters. The great 

 quantity of bright colored bulbous 

 flowers is also a factor in the rose 

 question for they meet the demand for 

 spring suggestions and are so very at- 

 tractive in their various make-ups. 

 Carnations are in very large supply 

 and white ones were in demand for 

 coloring green for St. Patrick's Day, 

 a fancy that still finds a certain 

 amount of favor. There are plenty of 

 lilies and a good variety of miscella- 

 neous flowers to choose from. 



The bad storm of the 

 NEW YORK past few days has 

 been a great handicap 

 to business. Traffic has been held up 

 and shipments greatly delayed. Trade 

 is otherwise about as usual for the 

 first week of Lent. There is a heavy 

 supply of bulbous flowers with demand 

 weak. Lily of the valley even is mov- 

 ing slowly. Lilies are exceedingly 

 plentiful and sales are accomplished 

 only at low figures. Roses are of 

 splendid quality, more than enough for 

 absolute needs but not sufficient thus 

 far to make any very serious smash. 

 The same is true of carnations. Vio- 

 lets are listless, only the sipgles hav- 

 ing any chance. 



Considering that 

 PHILADELPHIA it was the first 

 week in Lent, 

 business here the past few days has 

 been very good — in fact better than 

 was expected and much better than 

 it has been for the same period in 

 previous years. This may be in part 

 due to a change in the people but not 

 entirely. The cold dark weather has 

 held crops back so that there was no 

 overstock and everything sold out 

 clean at good prices. In the rose mar- 

 ket everything sold right up all along 

 the line. There is a scarcity in the 

 longer-stemmed American Beauties 

 but the medium grades are more plen- 

 tiful. In carnations the demand is 

 good and the cut not extra large so 



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March 25th to April 2nd 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florist* of Philadelphia 



■^PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK BALTIMORE 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. 117 W. 28th Si. Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 

 ^OaLi"^** WASHINGTON. 1216 Hit, N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ™^^ 



PRICES — Per 100 

 TO DEALEf tS OHLY 



Ro«M 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



No.i 



Ruascll, Hadley 



KilUrncy, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



.. Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra ... 



" " " Ordinary 



Camattotu, Fancy 



'* Ordinary 



Cattleya* 



Dttnclrobtuni foniKXMim 



Lilifts, Lonsiflorum 



Rubrum 



Callas 



Uly of the Valley 



Dai*e« 



Violeto 



Mignonette 



Snapdrason 



Daffodils 



Gladioli 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Lilac (per bunch) 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu. & Spren. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



March 13 



40.00 

 30.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 .50 

 4. CO 

 6.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



.50 to 



to 



to 



12.50 



35.00 



50.00 



35-00 



25.00 



15.00 



8.00 



6.00 



8.00 



6.00 



10.00 



6.00 



3.00 



1.50 



90.00 



8.00 

 10,00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



4.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 1.50 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 50.00 



CHICAGO 



March 6 



35.00 

 25.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 30.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



10.00 

 3.00 



8. 00 



.40 



4. CO 



8.00. 

 2.00 



2.00 



2. CO 



1.50 



25.00 



I. GO 



12.00 



25.00 



50,00 



35-00 



13. OD 



25.00 



10.00 



6.00 



10.00 



6,00 



10.00 



6.00 



3.00 



2.00 



40.00 



50.00 



15,00 



B.oo 

 12.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 



•75 

 8.00 



1 2. CO 



3.C0 



4.0P 



4.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



3.00 



30.00 



15.00 



50.00 



BUFFALO 



March 13 

 60.00 to 75.00 



30,00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



12.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 2.50 



1.50 

 40.00 



10.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 • 50 

 3.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



2. CO 

 3. CO 

 2.CO 



•50 



25.00 

 1. 00 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



40.00 , to 



50JOO 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



6.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 10.00 



6.00 



3.00 



2.X)0 



50.00 



12.00 

 6.00 



12.00 

 5.00 



i.<;o 

 5-00 



lOJXi 



3.00 



3. CO 



3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



1.50 



9.00 

 30.00 



1-25 



15,00 

 60,00 



that these also clean up very well. 

 The market on sweet peas is brisk 

 but at rather lower figures on account 

 of increased supply. In orchids there 

 is rather more activity. Cattleya 

 Schroederae is just commencing. The 

 mainstay is still Trianae. Gardenias 

 are of better quality and more of them 

 — prices receding. Lily of the valley 

 rather on the scarce side but for some 

 reason demand has switched on to 

 something else for the time being. 

 Single violets have sold better; the 

 doubles remain a little draggy. Snap- 

 dragon has greatly improved in qual- 

 ity and quantity and meets with ready 

 sale. Daffodils, daisies, mignonette, 

 and other minor items are all fine and 

 plentiful and bringing good prices. 

 Double tulips go well but there is a 

 slump and a glut in poor quality sin- 

 gles. White lilac is in splendid form. 

 In greens the only item that seems to 

 have changed recently is the dagger 

 fern, which is scarcer and higher. 



The wholesale market 

 ST. LOUIS has been running along 



as usual the past week. 

 Stock has been coming in quite heavy 



of late while the demand has not been 

 as good as a few weeks ago. The re- 

 tailers claim that prices have been too 

 high for this time of the year and es- 

 pecially when stock is coming in so 

 heavily. Sweet peas are in great 

 abundance. Violets are down very 

 low. Roses hold up well in price with 

 no oversupply of late, also carnations 

 are high in price. Lily of the valley 

 is scarce but other bulb stock Is In 

 plenty and reasonable in price. 



The pre-Easter lull 

 WASHINGTON is on in this local- 

 ity and whole- 

 salers and commission house men are 

 hard put to move the large quantities 

 of stock which are finding their way 

 into this market. There is no scarcity 

 except of locally-grown orchids and 

 the demand is being taken care of with- 

 consignments from other places. Car- 

 nations, which have been very scarce, 

 are now in sufficient supply. Violets 

 ar€ going off the market but their pass- 

 ing is not being felt because of the 

 heavy production of sweet peas. The 

 price on the latter has dropped to as 



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