AprU 29, 19U 



HORTICULTUKE 



60^ 



Flower Market Reports 



Easter week was a lively 

 BOSTON time for the plant grow- 

 ers, who found ready buy- 

 ers for all they had to offer and on 

 some lines could have done much more 

 if they had the goods to supply. As 

 a rule the stock was of very high qual- 

 ity and the variety was greater proba- 

 bly than on any former occasion. Lilies 

 were well sold out but at prices con- 

 siderably below earlier quotations. In 

 pFant form they cleaned up very well 

 in the stores but in cut form they 

 dragged badly and many were left 

 over unsold. Another flower which 

 was seemingly overdone was the Eng- 

 lish primrose, of which quite a lot of 

 cut blooms were still in wholesalers' 

 hands when Monday morning came. 

 The flower shipping trade was excel- 

 lent from Wednesday until Friday, 

 when it practically stopped and ma- 

 terial that came in on Friday and Sat- 

 urday fared rather badly as much of 

 it had been held back contrary to the 

 advice of the wholesale dealers and the 

 weather on Saturday was not condu- 

 cive to good business. The retailers 

 bought cautiously and Saturday mid- 

 night found considerable stuff unsal- 

 able at any price. Thursday was a 

 banner day and the market was full of 

 life. Lily of the valley was in light 

 supply all through and was a quick 

 seller. Violets also fared well, but 

 carnations had quite a slump and on 

 Saturday the rose market also fell off. 

 Red roses, however, sold all right at 

 any time. Bulbous stock was limited 

 in quantity. Sweet peas made a good 

 record. Smilax was and still is very 

 scarce. Although quiet as compared 

 with last week some brisk trading is 

 being done this week. The carnation 

 supply is shortening up and prices are 

 beginning to advance. Roses, while 

 not so limited in supply, are not too 

 plentiful and just about meet the de- 

 mand. Sweet peas are bringing aver- 

 age prices. Violets are no longer to be 

 had at any price. Spanish irises are 

 being purchased largely, especially the 

 longer stemmed blooms, some of which 

 are nearly three feet in length. Gard- 

 enias are stationary. Calendulas are ly- 

 ing uncalled for on many shelves. Prim- 

 roses are now scarce. The general con- 

 dition of this week's market may be 

 summed np by saying that demand and 

 supply are pretty well balanced. 



This has been a busy 

 CHICAGO Easter and the trade 

 generally is quite ready 

 to stop and take breath. From the 

 time shipping began on Wednesday till 

 the last order was taken care of on 

 Easter Sunday the wholesalers were 

 on the jump. Local trade came in 

 strong as the week neared the end and 

 stock poured in in an unceasing 

 stream. Of all kinds that go to make 

 up a normal late Easter supply there 

 was much, but of lilies there was more 

 than enough. There seemed to be no 

 end to the cut lilies and the stems 

 were all the way from short to long 

 and prices covered a good range. It 

 was, however, not a question of price. 

 There were simply more lilies than 

 the market could use. Of the flowers 

 in short supply at the week end sweet 

 peas proved to be the chief. The sup- 

 ply was large and a shortage had not 

 been looked for, but the demand was 

 so great that many wholesalers could 

 not fill their last orders. There were 



AMERICAN 

 BEAUTIES 



Fine large well colored buds, 

 in quantity, all lengths 



Per 100 



special $35.00 



Fancy SO.OO 



Extra 25,00 



First 15.00 



Second 10.00 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



Ttie Wbolesale Florists oi Fbiladelphia 



PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. 117 W. 28tli St. 



BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



Rotm 



Am. Beauty , Special 



•• " Fancy and Extra. 

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RuMcll, Hadley 



KilUniey, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra . . . 

 *' " " Ordinary 



CanutfoM. Fancy 



" Ordinal 



CAttloya* 



D«odrobium fnrwnaauta 



Lilies. Losviflorum 



Rubrum 



Calla. 



UIt of die Vkller 



Du»M 



Violet. 



Mignonette 



Snapdrm««B 



Daffodils 



Gladioli 



Tulips 



Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Calendulas 



Lilec fper bunch) 



Sweet Peaa 



Gardeniee 



Adiantam 



Smilax 



AsparejiisPlu. ASprqn- (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



April 17 



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TRADE PRICES — Per 100 

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CHICAGO 



April 24 



30.00 



90.00 



10.00 



6.00 



8.00 



3.00 



8.00 



3.00 



8.0a 



3.00 



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35.00 



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2.00 



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IS.OO 



95.00 



x.oo 

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BUFFALO 



April 24 



35.00 



25.00 

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4.00 



8.00 



5.00 

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3.00 

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33.00 

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40.00 to 



40.00 



35.00 



12.00 



10.00 



10.00 



6,00 



10,00 



6.00 



10.00 



6.00 



3.00 



3400 



50.00 



13.00 

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 13.00 



5.00 



1.50 



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5.00 



XOXO 



3.00 

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3.00 

 3.00 



3.00 



1.50 



3.00 



30.00 



1.35 

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60*00 



35.00 



28.00 



10.00 



4.00 



6.00 



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1.50 



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1.50 



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4.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 



35.00 



20.00 

 15.00 



15.00 



10.00 



4.00 

 10.00 



4.00 



13.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

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50.00 



10.00 



10.00 

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12.00 



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no violets, which tended to make 

 peas move still faster. The supply of 

 roses was very large but all good stock 

 cleaned up at good prices while poor 

 stock probably sold for all that it 

 was really worth. Spanish iris in yel- 

 low, purple and white were quite plen- 

 tiful and calendulas of large size and 

 good color sold well. Lilacs of the 

 choice as well as the common varieties 

 met with ready sale up to a certain 

 amount. The day after Easter was not 

 as quiet as that day frequently is but 

 good stock moved showing retailers 

 had disposed of their Easter supply. 

 The plant trade was certainly good 

 and ISaster emptied up many green- 

 houses in a way that made one wonder 

 what would become of the cut flower 

 business. Even those retailers who 

 placed heavy advance orders added to 

 them repeatedly up to Saturday after- 

 noon and even on Sunday morning de- 

 liveries were made. Lily plants were 

 mostl.v short-stemmed. Azaleas, rhodo- 

 dendrons, spirea and roses were the 

 principal other plants and to this stock 

 was added hyacinths, narcissus and 

 tulips in pans and pots. The late 

 Easter was no detriment to the plant 

 trade in general though there was 

 more or less stock too far open. 



Easter business was 

 CINCINNATI very good. The early 



part of the business 

 dragged somewhat but at the end on 

 Saturday the local buyers took up 

 nearly everything in the market. 

 Prices were fair. The cut of lilies was 

 excellent and the largest we ever have 

 had for Easter. At the close of busi- 

 ness quite a few were left over. Roses 

 and carnations cleaned up very read- 

 ily. Roses dragged somewhat at first 

 but cleaned up nicely toward the end 

 of the business. Narcissus poeticus 

 were plentiful and proved good prop- 

 erty but other bulbous stock was rath- 

 er scarce. Sweet peas met with a 

 good demand and more would have 

 been used had they been forthcoming. 

 Other offerings that sold well includ- 

 ed snapdragon, callas, lily of the val- 

 ley and violets. The plant business 

 was good. Blooming plants naturally 

 had the call but the foliage plant, too, 

 met with a pretty fair demand. 



As a general state- 

 NEW YORK ment it may be fairly 



said that New York's 

 Easter was a splendid success for the 

 florist trade. There were, of course, a 



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