July 3, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



17 



Flower Market Reports 



Last week's rei-ord was a 

 BOSTON bright one, considering 

 the season, and stock 

 found a fair market as a rule. This 

 week the summer dullness has settled 

 down with crushing weight and with 

 a suddenness unprecedented and un- 

 locked tor. There Is "nothing doing" 

 for the time being and it is fortunate 

 that the receipts are being reduced 

 from day to day in the wholesale es- 

 tablishments. Peonies are finished 

 and the rose and carnation growers 

 are sending in much reduced quanti- 

 ties. Carnations, however, are in im- 

 movable surplus and the quality is not 

 any too good. Sweet peas are very 

 fine. So are cattleyas, but they are 

 plentiful and nobody seems to want 

 them, which is unfortunate and much 

 to be regretted from many view- 

 points. The quality of the roses com- 

 ing In is excellent and the rose seems 

 to have at least as good an outlook 

 for the next few weeks as any other 

 item on the list. 



Quite a satisfactory 

 BUFFALO week's business was 



had the previous week. 

 Weddings, school commencements, 

 etc., greatly helped to swell the week's 

 receipts. The supply and quality of 

 flowers was good considering the se- 

 vere hot weather the growers had to 

 contend with. In the rose line My 

 Maryland was the leader and Shawyer 

 second and at times not enough of the 

 choice stock could be had. Killarney 

 is running small and of poor color. 

 Red Killarney is fair; Sunburst. Taft 

 and Ward excellent, and sales on all 

 roses has been exceptionally good. 

 Friday and Saturday saw a good clean- 

 ing up of carnations, although prices 

 were not high. Lilies are over abun- 

 dant. Some choice indoor America 

 gladioli are excellent; lily of the val- 

 ley and lots of outdoor and indoor 

 sweet peas have had a fair sale. 



Last week closed with 

 CHICAGO a little spurt of busi- 

 ness. Buyers were out 

 in force, keen to see bargains, and a 

 lot of stock moved out of the whole- 

 salers' way. Prices varied greatly, but 

 the average was low, the wholesalers 

 recognizing the fact that summer is 

 here and the retailer is taking chances 

 on selling again. The quality all 

 around is all that can Ije desired. No 

 extreme heat has reduced the vitality 

 of stock and a fair amount of sun- 

 shine has kept color good. Peonies 

 might be said to be all cut now, the 

 few that straggle in being poor, and 

 cold storage stock is showing \ip very 

 satisfactorily, evidently not having 

 been damaged to any extent by the 

 frost. Prices hold up the best on pe- 

 onies. American Beauties are of ex- 

 tra good quality and the long ones are 

 in excess of the short lengths. Of car- 

 nations and roses in general there is 

 any amount and the price (loi)ends 

 upon the quantity you want and how 

 good a talker you are. The miscel- 

 laneous stock is so large at present 

 that some consider it a detriment to 

 the market. 



The market is going 



CINCINNATI through the usually 



quiet spell for early 



summer. The call for stock is very 



weak and unsteady, while the supply, 



on the other hand, is large and com- 



ASTERS 



■4 



'^. For the first cuts of Asters 

 f the quality is unusually 

 )f good — all colors, pinks, 

 \ whites and purples, in any 



,/ ' quantity. 



Spwial $3.00 per 100 



Fam-j- 2.00 " 



Firht (short stems) 1.00 " " 



f; I, ADIOM $4.00 per 100 



.Xiii^rica 000 " 



VALLEY, Special $4.00 per 100 



Extra 3.00 " " 



CATTLEYAS 5500 per dozen 



WHITE ORCHIDS 50 per flower 



MIXED ORCHIDS (in 

 Uiiiited supply) . .$5.00 and $10.00 boxes 



S. S. PENNOCR-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NliW YORK. 117 W. 28ih Sr. 



PlillADELPBIA, 1608-1620 lodlow St. 



B.\LTIMORE. Frsntlin and Si. P.al Sw. 



WASBINGTON, 1216 H St., N. \V. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" '* Fancy and Extra. 



No. I 



Killarney, Richmond, Extra- 



Ordinary.. 

 Exi 



Hillingdon, Ward, Sunburst, Extra.... 



** " " Ordinary.. 

 Arenberg, Radiance, Taft, Extra 



" " '* Ordinary .. . 

 Russell, Hadley, Ophelia. Mock 



Carnations. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosun 



Lilies, Longif lorum • ■ 



Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley 



Daisies 



Stocks 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Sweet Peas • ■ ■ 



GardeQias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus PlumoBus. Strings (lOo). 

 " ** & Spren. (loo Bchs.l .. 



BOSTON 



July 



ST. LOUIS 



June 28 



ro.co to 



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■75 



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5.00 



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to 



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30.00 

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.50 



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PHILA. 



June aS 



12.50 to 



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 50.00 

 50.00 



prises heavy offerings of all seasonable 

 flowers, most of them of general high 

 quality. 



Business has practi- 



NEW YORK cally shut down with 

 the regular retail 

 trade of the city and what sales are 

 made are mainly to the small traders, 

 at prices fixed to fit the emergency 

 and the persuasive powers of the buy- 

 er. The situation is less embarrassing 

 than last week — not because sales are 

 more active but on account of the very 

 material shortening up of supplies, as 

 is usual at this date. It will require 

 a considerable reduction in the cuts, 

 however, before the proper balance be- 

 tween supply and demand will be re- 

 established. 



There was a 



PHILADELPHIA more cheerful at- 

 mosphere in the 

 wholesale cut flower centers here when 

 your correspondent made his weekly 

 Monday visits on the 28th. The over- 



supply of ihe previous two weeks was 

 not so pronounced and the depressing 

 fog was largely dissipated. Of course, 

 this is not saying much, as business 

 is slow, taking it all round. But the 

 season is advancing and the Fourth is 

 almost upon us. so a great deal can not 

 reasonably be expected in the way of 

 flower business. High grade roses 

 were not nearly so plentiful, the hulk 

 of the stock being short and under 

 standard. Carnations are getting 

 smaller, the supply less, and the ship- 

 ping quality of the stock is not very 

 good. Cattleyas have been in in- 

 creased supply and prices have fallen 

 considerably. Lily of the valley sells 

 well — better than usual for the season; 

 there seem to have been more indoor 

 weddings in late J\me this year, which 

 called for lots of this item. A marked 

 improvement is reported in the lily 

 situation. The glut is over and prices 

 1m' k again to nearly normal. Lonp- 



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