October 16, 1915 



H R T I C U L T U K E 



517 



Flower Market Reports 



There are eviden<es to 

 BOSTON . show that the brief fam- 

 ine for flowers in this 

 market is nearly over. Warm June- 

 like weather is driving the chrysan- 

 themums along rapidly and the car- 

 nations are also coming in better and 

 more numerous. Roses are letting 

 down a little in price altliough it is 

 true that some of the largest growers 

 are off crop for the time being. Amer- 

 ican Beauty has difficulty in main- 

 taining top figures. The quality of 

 roses generally is very good. A few 

 violets are in but they are inferior yet. 

 The first sweet peas of the new crop 

 are coming in, grandiflora varieties 

 only. 



The past week proved to 

 BUFFALO be one that seldom oc- 

 curs at this time of the 

 season. White roses are about equal 

 to the demand, there being a cleanup 

 on these daily and so on with every- 

 thing along the line. Chrysanthemums 

 have been coming in fair supply, also 

 dahlias, cosmos, asters and everything 

 sell out before the day is over. There 

 has been a heavy demand for wedding 

 flowers which used considerable carna- 

 tions, roses, lily of the valley and lilies. 

 Business is really brisk and it is hoped 

 that same will continue. 



A general scarcity of 

 CHICAGO stock prevails. With 



the coming of the first 

 frosts and the shortening up of prac- 

 tically all staples in cut flowers, Chi- 

 cago florists have had a week of new 

 experiences. The "25c. a dozen" signs 

 disappeared from the sidewalks, and 

 the stores that attract by sensational 

 prices are not heard from now. The 

 retailer who has a large trade in 

 cheap funeral designs is hit the worst 

 for he cannot raise materially on his 

 prices without offending customers 

 and there is really no cheap stock to 

 be had. Asters are gone, chrysanthe- 

 mums just coming and not enough 

 carnations to bring the price within 

 the design limit. The counters look 

 very empty and only some bright sun- 

 shine can bring along the flowers. The 

 early chrysanthemums are about over. 

 Those who lost out on their Golden 

 Glow will soon have the midseason 

 varieties to offer. So far the crop is 

 backward but with favorable weather 

 there will be no lack of the big favor- 

 ites later. A good supply of all kinds 

 of green, including southern smilax, 

 helps out. 



The short supply of 

 NEW YORK flowers which at the 



present time exists in 

 all sections of the country has had a 

 most exhilarating effect on the whole- 

 sale district here. The hard times of 

 the recent summer season are all ap- 

 parently forgotten and every denizen 

 of the wholesale establishment seems 

 charged with some of the ginger of the 

 "good old times." The loquacious buy- 

 ers who have had things all their own 

 way ever since last spring are discom- 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The better varieties are now 

 coming in, splendid well grown 

 flowers in whites, pinks and yel- 

 low, far superior to the early 

 sorts. 



$12.50. $15.00 and S30.00 per 100. 



With some extra clioiee 



at $30.00 per 104). 



S.S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 La<llo» St. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



117 W. 28ihSt. Ft.oklin .nd St. P.al St.. 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



BOSTON 



Oct. 14 



12.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I 



Russell, Hadley 



Killaroey, Kichmond, Hilliogdon, Ward, Extra 



" " " " Ordinary. 



.Orenburg: Radiance, Taft, Key, Extra i 4-00 



" •' '* " Ordinary ' i.oo 



Ophelia, Mock, Snnburst, Extra : 4.oo 



•• " " Ordinary 1.00 



CBmations, Fancy 2.oo 



" Ordinary 1.00 



Cattleyu '°°° 



DendrobiutD f ormosum o'*' 



Lilies, Longi/lorum °<°° 



Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley 3 «> 



DaUies 50 



Violets 



Snap<lraBOn 



Gladioli 



Asters ,- 



Chrysanthemums °-°° '° 



Sweet Peas '^ 



Gardeaias "S"" '° 



Adiantum '° 



Smilax "■°° '° 



Asparasus PlumosiM, Strinn (lOo) »5-oo to 



•• & Spren. (100 Bchs.1 a5.°o «" 



ST. LOUIS 

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PHOA. 



Oct. II 



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 2.00 

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35.00 

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 50.00 



fited. as they realize that arg\iments. 

 pleadings and expostulations will avail 

 them nothing while present conditions 

 prevail, and they are only too glad to 

 crowd around the crates of dahlias, 

 once dispised, but now a centre of at- 

 traction as soon as received. We might 

 here mention that specimen dahlia 

 blooms cut with long stalks and prop- 

 erly packed and shipped by W. .A. Man- 

 da to .lohn Young have been selling for 

 six and eight dollars a hundred. Chry- 

 santhemums have already reached that 

 stage of quality where they have their 

 flowers hooded in tissue paper and are 

 carried heads down with great care. 

 Roses are better each day and carna- 

 tions show a slow but steady improve- 

 ment. Violets of exceptionally good 

 quality for so early a date are now in 

 evidence. 



What they call 

 PHILADELPHIA the "wind-up" of 



the week — the 

 Friday-Saturday sales — were especial- 

 ly good here. October 8 and 9, accen- 



tuating the upward tendency of prices 

 which has been noticeable for some 

 time back. Roses were scarce and 

 went up fully ten per cent. Carna- 

 tions were more plentiful and also 

 went up fully thirty per cent. As a 

 rule when supply increases prices go 

 down, but that did not happen in this 

 carnation situation this time. Senator 

 Heacock is a great exponent of the 

 law of supply and demand being in- 

 fallible. Someone would better ask 

 him to explain this. Pahlias are over, 

 except In a few protected spots. The 

 chrysanthemum is much more of a 

 factor now. The finer varieties are 

 arriving and show better class and 

 finish than anything we have had so 

 far and also gives us greater selection 

 to choose from. Altogether it has 

 been a very satisfactory week since 

 last report, and the "stabbed-to-the- 

 heart" buyer has to take a back seat 

 for the minute. 



(CetrtintnJ k» fagr s'9) 



