June 17, 1916 



HOBTICULTTJEE 



833 



Flower Market Reports 



This is tlie big week o£ 

 BOSTON graduations, commence- 

 ments and all sorts of 

 anniversary events, etc., connected 

 with the colleges, seminaries and 

 schools of lesser grade which abound 

 in New England. These affairs are 

 using up large quantities of flowers, 

 as usual, and the Boston wholesale 

 market has been to that extent rev- 

 elling in comfort and joy. Besides, 

 there have been lots of weddings, 

 which, supplied on outlet for choice 

 material appropriate for such occa- 

 sions. Whatever may come after- 

 wards another week of this sort of 

 business is reasonably assured and a 

 good market can be counted upon. 

 Prices run low, however, as there is 

 a heavy supply coming in still and 

 the demand, good as it is, has not 

 been sufficient to create famine condi- 

 tions sufficient to justify any boosting 

 of prices. Lily of the valley is the 

 only exception and the chances are 

 that it will be at high notch for a 

 long time to come. 



The previous week was 

 BUFFALO rather a hard one on 

 the wholesaler and 

 grower, especially the peony shipper 

 and the local carnation man. There 

 was an oversupply on these two 

 items though had there been any de- 

 mand the early part of the week the 

 balance of the week could easily have 

 taken care of itself. Peonies simply 

 would not move at any price and 

 when the time came for sales the 

 quality had failed. The same may be 

 said of carnations and the weather 

 naturally was the full cause. Roses, 

 Jaeauties. lilies and other stock are 

 also plentiful, though these items 

 have moved more freely. Since Mon- 

 day, the 12th, a better situation has 

 existed, more life in the buyers and 

 speculative buying more brisk, and it 

 looks like a more profitable week. 



In spite of handicaps 

 CHICAGO Chicago market is dis- 

 posing of a vast quantity 

 of stock daily. The weather has been 

 very conducive to soft stock and there 

 Is more or less coming that way, but 

 also there is much that is of higli 

 grade and all of this sells to good ad- 

 vantage. The poorer grades are 

 worked off for cheaper work and 

 special sales and curbstone business. 

 It is frequently asserted by men long 

 in the business that the year so far is 

 making as good a recoru in the sales 

 books as other years. Wedding orders 

 are coming in fast and using up much 

 of the best grade of stock, particularly 

 roses and peonies. Of lily of the val- 

 ley there is a shortage and as some is 

 included in nearly every wedding order 

 there is a lively skirmish to locate it. 

 There are plenty of short roses to meet 

 any demand but of the longer ones 

 there are more to spare. Some very 

 fine American licauties are now seen. 

 Pennies are incliuliug some that arc 

 soft but the greater part are counted 

 good stock and tliero will lie enough 

 in cold storage to last some time. Field 

 daisies with long stems are plentiful. 

 Sweet peas are inclined to be soft and 

 are not shipping particularly well. 



Business has become 



CINCINNATI quiet and stock is 



plentiful. Prices are 



RAMBLER SPRAYS 



The first cuts from Washing- 

 ton, then Baltimore, Philadel- 

 phia and New York. 



$5 to $25 per 100 tprays 



PEONIES, Unlimited quantities, 

 all the best decorative varieties. 

 $3, $4, $5, per 100. Special 

 J prices in large quantities. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of PhiUdelphia 

 PHILADELPHIA NE* YORK 



1608-1620 L..J10W St 117 W. 28th St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 



1216 H M.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^"^^ 



FfUCE5-P«r 100 



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Am. Beauty, Special .. 



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Killftrney, Richm'd, Hilfdon, Ward 

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Arenburg. Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 

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Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra . . - 

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Canutfona. Fancy 



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rather low. The rose supply is large 

 but only a part of it is of high quality. 

 Carnations have been affected by the 

 heat and but a few are really good. 

 Gladioli and lilies are plentiful. Some 

 good sweet peas may be had. Orchids 

 and lily of the valley have an excel- 

 lent demand. Snapdragon and water 

 lilies meet with a fair call. 



We record with much 

 NEW YORK satisfaction a decided 



change for the better 

 in this week's trading. The rose sup- 

 ply has been reduced and they as well 

 as carnations are moving nicely — the 

 latter at considerably better prices 

 Lily of the valley is particularly 

 strong. Peonies are abundant and 

 cheap but, as with everything else, 

 "there is always room at the top" and 

 it is surprising to see the avidity 

 with which some magnificent specially 

 cultured peony blooms now coming in 

 from one grower are taken up at 

 good i)rices. while large quantities of 

 ordinary quality remain unsold. It is 

 only fair to remark tiiat Henry Wes- 

 ton is the grower of these flowers 

 and John Young & Co. sell them — or, 

 rather, they sell themselves at John 

 Young & Co.*s! Lilies are down to 



the usual late spring prices. Cattle- 

 yas are superb and plenty of them 

 but. like the peonies above alluded 

 to. only the top-notchers bring a re- 

 spectable price. 



After a stroll 

 PHILADELPHIA around the cut 

 flower market 

 here your correspondent has come to 

 the conclusion that the eternal prin- 

 ciples (whatever they may be) of the 

 Republican party must be upheld, and 

 that if there had not been so many 

 peonies around things would not have 

 been so bad. and that the standard 

 bearers of the new crusade are a 

 polar bear and an icicle, and that 

 American Eeauty and other red roses 

 sold pretty well, but the horrible mess 

 Democracy has made in our foreign 

 l)olicy has demoralized the markets of 

 thd world and brought in too many 

 Kaster lilies at a time when they were 

 not wanted. While the carnations 

 are plentiful and of splendid quality 

 the horrible snub that Wanamaker 

 gave to Brumbaugh has put a damper 

 on the splendid demand that everyone 

 expected. Orchids would sell better 

 if the Seminole Indians down near 



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