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H R T I C U L T U H K 



April 10. 1916 



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Easter Market Reports 



tliis resourceful operator tlie loss to 

 growers and dealers on plants and 

 flowers would have been much larger 

 than it was. 



There was more than enough of 

 praitically everything in the entire 

 list of flowers, even if the weather had 

 been ideal for transient trade, and also 

 no end to the variety of things forced 

 into bloom for the Easter buyer — even 

 to sunflowers, lupines and larkspurs. 

 On carnations there was just a sug- 

 gestion of short supply Saturday morn- 

 ing but, as one wholesaler expressed 

 it — "All we have to do is to put the 

 price up a cent and they'll then stand 

 still." American Beauty roses of the 

 higher grades were unsaleable. Cat- 

 tleya Schroederae was in the same 

 straits. There were many more lilies 

 than could be disposed of and these, in 

 plant form or cut, crowded most of 

 the florists' windows on the .Monday 

 following. All the stores wholesale 

 and retail, kept open through Satur- 

 day night. Towards morning and 

 through Sunday forenoon when it l)e- 

 came evident that Sunday was to be 

 an ideal day, there was more or less 

 activity especially on flowers for street 

 wear. For this purpose violets, lily of 

 the valley, gardenias, orchids and 

 roses seemed to be most popular, in 

 the order named. Very few sweet 

 peas and no carnations whatever were 

 seen on the fashionable Haster parade 

 on Fifth avenue on Sunday afternoon. 



The most abundant plant was the 

 azalea. Among the most popular was 

 the Tausendschoen rose. Large plains 

 were the exception in all lines and 

 the large baskets of mixed plants so 

 much in vogue in other years in the 

 more pretentious stores were conspicu- 

 ously absent. Retrenchment and mod- 

 erate display were on all sides, the 

 manifestation of the wave of economy 

 which the exigencies of this relentless 

 season has forced upon all classes. 



Easter week of 

 PHILADELPHIA 191.5 in this city 

 was all right un- 

 til the blizzard struck us on Easter 



.Saturday. If it had not been for that, 

 cut flowers would have cleaned up 

 in good shape. As it was. a good many 

 were left unsold, and that makes a big 

 difference on the average for the 

 week's returns. Prices this year were 

 very reasonable on all lines, there be- 

 ing but a very moderate advance over 

 regular rates. The growers and their 

 representatives — the commission men 

 — had evidently adjusted the balance 

 between supply and demand with ex- 

 cellent judgment, so Uiat they neither 

 overshot nor undershot the mark. 

 Supplies were large on almost every- 

 thing and as a rule the quality was 

 never better. Cattleyas were about the 

 only scarce item on the list, especially 

 the dark shades. A few choice dark 

 cattleyas brought as high as a dollar 

 each, although six to nine dollars a 

 dozen was about the regular market. 

 American Beauty roses were in fine 

 form and popular, but as the supply 

 was large prices ruled moderate. 

 And such Shawyers! Never have we 

 had such perfection in this one before 

 at this date. The Hadley was also very 

 fine indeed — color, form, fragrance, all 

 perfect. A glorified Gen. .laiqueniinot 

 it truly is in color, but that is the only 

 comparison. Some of the Killarneys 

 were a little pale, but as a rule they 

 held their own very well, (,'arnations 

 good and lower in price than usual. 

 The idea seemed to be to sell clean, 

 and not to crowd the price to the limit. 

 The bulk of the sweet pea crop was of 

 medium grade and sold very well. 

 Violets were in better demand than 

 expected, and the supply being cur- 

 tailed from previous experience, better 

 prices were obtained. There were a 

 good many cut Easter lilies left over 

 and more coming. 



The Easter season 

 PITTSBURGH here was successful 

 far beyond antici- 

 pation, and If the comparative Christ- 

 mas and Easter sales have any signifi- 

 cance as to general conditions, the 

 three months intervening show a de- 

 cided improvement in trade. The 

 same strain of optimism is noticeable 

 in the fashionable shops and in the 

 market house stands, which are a big 



factor in supplying the flower lovers 

 of Pittsburgh. 



The Easter business 

 ST. LOUIS with the St. Louis flor- 

 ists was as good as any 

 Easter and in some respects even bet- 

 ter. This is taken from the various re- 

 ports from the leading retailers in all 

 parts of the city, who say that the 

 plant trade grows heavier each year. 

 On an inspection trip throughout the 

 West End, one could see the great 

 preparations made along this line. 

 Easter lilies, which were reported 

 short in supply, ten days ago were 

 much in evidence at all stores and 

 seemed to have the call over other 

 plants. These were followed in de- 

 mand by azaleas, hydrangeas, rhodo- 

 dendrons, crimson ramlilers, spirseas, 

 IJutch hyacinths and tulips. All 

 these seem to have had an excel- 

 lent demand. As to cut flowers, the 

 sale was as great as in any year, with 

 bulbous stock in great favor. Violets 

 and sweet peas sold well at all times, 

 but roses and carnations did not have 

 the call of other cut flowers. Easter 

 demand at the wholesale markets was 

 very brisk on Friday and Saturday, 

 and between the five wholesale houses 

 they had an immense stock. The local 

 retail trade bought heavily this year, 

 as prices were reasonable and quality 

 extra good. Roses were in quite heavy 

 and cleaned up well. Snapdragons 

 and daisies sold well and all of this 

 stock was of high quality. Taking all 

 the reports of the Easter business, it 

 must have been a good Easter for 

 growers, wholesalers and retailers all 

 together. 



Local florists en- 

 WASHINGTON joyed what was 



perhaps the most 

 successful Easter business in recent 

 years regardless of the fact that an 

 enormous quantity of stock, particular- 

 ly of potted plants, wa.s left over after 

 the rush had been taken care of. 

 although the miniature l)lizzard made 

 deliveries very diflicult. The stores in 

 the uptown sections did exceptionally 

 well and this is accounted for on the 

 groimd that the snowstorm prevented 

 the people to a large extent from go- 

 ing into the shopping district to make 



