March 6, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



317 



Flower Market Reports 



Business? There isn't 

 BOSTON any! That is the concise 



and illuminating report 

 of all branches of the trade this week. 

 The weather is clear and sunny, the 

 air filled with that intangible snap that 

 heralds the approach of spring and 

 stock is excellent and none too plenti- 

 ful; but the retailers will not buy and 

 therein is contained the whole story. 

 The full effects of Lent are being felt, 

 intensified by the general business de- 

 pression. Violets, especially, are hard 

 hit, cleaning up each day only through 

 the good graces of the street boys. 

 Their quality is good and should fetch 

 better prices, certainly more than the 

 25c. to 30c. per 100 now secured with 

 difficulty. Carnations were selling 

 fairly well at the beginning of the 

 week, but at the present writing even 

 the best varieties of the best growers 

 hardly earn $3.50 per 100. Roses are 

 plentiful and suffer with other kinds 

 of flowers. The only stock really sell- 

 ing easily is yellow jonquils and potted 

 tulips. These are being sold at "popu- 

 lar prices" all over the city. 



Conditions are about 

 CHICAGO normal. A fair amount 

 of trade is coming to the 

 ■wholesaler and a fair amount of stock 

 is at his disposal. Lent has not cut 

 into sales very materially, neither has 

 a stormy week cuilailed sales and the 

 average florist wears a smile this week. 

 Carnations are considered scarce and 

 particularly in white, even "splits" be- 

 ing eagerly bought up. Roses are still 

 off crop but the supply is increasing a 

 little each week. The first shipments 

 of southern jonquils have arrived, 

 small and single, but in good condition 

 and as the market was not flooded 

 ■with home-grown ones, they sold read- 

 ily, bringing 60c. and 75e. per 100. 

 ■Violets still are bringing small returns 

 and sell slowly. Tulips are doing very 

 well. Sales continue to use up prac- 

 tically all that come each day. Ameri- 

 can Beauties are still scarce and no 

 change is in sight. Southern Aspara- 

 gus sprengeri arrives in fine condition 

 and is put up in both large and small 

 bunches. 



Business taken as a 

 CINCINNATI whole is pretty good. 

 Besides the usual de- 

 mand for flowers there is a demand 

 occasioned by the opening of new 

 stores and the early spring openings 

 in the retail shopping district. The 

 call from out of town is very strong. 

 The rose supply is now about equal to 

 requirements. Carnations still clean 

 up very readily and their supply has 

 increased somewhat. Bulbous stock is 

 in a good steady supply and meets 

 with a fair market. Lilies and callas 

 are plentiful. The sweet pea cut is 

 very large and includes many fancy 

 blooms. Lily of the valley and vio- 

 lets move rather slowly. 



The sales for 

 NEW BEDFORD Valentine's Day 



and Washington's 

 Birthday were unusually good, exceed- 

 ing all expectations. Violets especially 

 were in great demand. This appeared 

 to be the result of a very small amount 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'* '* Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killamcy, Richmond, Extra ■ 



" " Ordinary. 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra.... 

 *' '* " Ordinary.. 



Maryland, Kadiadi^^c, Taft, Extra 



«' " " Ordinary .. . 



Russell, Hadlcy, Ophelia, Mock 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longinorutn 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley 



Daises • 



Violets 



Snapdragon 



Narcisiu, Paper White 



FreesiaS' 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo)... 

 ** '* & Spren. (loo Bchs.l ..•• 



BOSTON 



March 4 



30.00 



12. 00 



4,00 



3.^0 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 1. 00 

 20.00 

 8.00 



35-00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 12.00 



5.00 

 12.00 



6.00 

 12.00 



4.00 

 16.00 



3-50 



2.00 

 30.00 

 10.00 



3.00 to 4.00 



.25 

 3.00 

 1. 00 



1. 00 

 1. 00 



■75 

 ■5" 



20.00 



■5" 



8.00 



25.00 



2S.OO 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



.40 



4.00 



1.50 



2.00 



3-00 



2.00 



1.50 



.75 

 35.00 



1. 00 

 12.00 

 40.00 



35.00 



ST. LOUIS 



March I 



PHILA. 



March 2 



25.00 



18.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 40.00 

 10.00 



40.00 



20.00 



15.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 



10.00 

 5-00 



10.00 



5.00 



12.00 

 3.00 



1.50 

 50.00 

 12.50 



3.00 to 4.00 



.50 



4.00 



3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



1. 00 



3.00 

 2.00 



2. 00 



2.00 



3.00 



-30 



1. 00 

 10.00 



35-00 

 15.00 



1.25 

 12.50 

 50.00 

 25.00 



40.00 

 25.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 

 35 -oo 

 8.00 



3.00 



•30 

 8.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



2.00 



8.00 



1,00 



10.00 



35-00 

 35-00 



50.00. 



35.00 



15.00 



6.00 



3.00 



6.00 



3.00 



6.00 



3.00 



20.00 



3.00 



2.00 



50.00 



10.00 



4.00 



•SO 

 12.00 

 3.00 

 3-00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



2.00 



2.00 



20.00 



1.50 



15.00 

 50.00 



50.00 



of judicious advertising. It seems 

 probable that if another year this line 

 should be followed up the result might 

 be greatly to the advantage of the 

 trade. Since the continued dark weath- 

 er of the middle and last of February 

 seems at last to have come to an end, 

 stock in general is rapidly picking up. 

 Tulips and hyacinths are very fine, 

 though many of the Dutch narcissus 

 bulbs are blind. 



Roses are still high and much in de- 

 mand. Carnations are selling well, 

 and the sale of violets is exceptionally 

 good. 



The usual mid-lent 



NEW YORK conditions are appar- 

 ent on all sides in the 

 wholesale districts. In the case of 



some things the stagnation is not only 

 as usual but greatly aggravated and, 

 when we consider the extremely low 

 ebb of business among the leading re- 

 tail stores, it is an object for thankful- 

 ness that the situation is no worse 

 than it is. The worst problem is the 

 disposal of bulbous stock and violets. 

 Roses have managed to move fairly 

 well, taken all in all. and carnations 

 might be much harder hit than they 

 have been thus far. It is a little early 

 to mention Easter prospects but we 

 should not be surprised to see a very 

 heavy crop generally of all regular 

 specialties at that time. The rather 

 moderate production since January 

 has been a good thing for the market. 



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