February 22, 1919 



HOETI CULTURE 



187 



Flower Market Reports 



Business has been excel- 

 BOSTON lent before and since 

 Valentine's day with a 

 general buoyancy all along the line. 

 Roses are of fine quality, and while 

 large shipments of carnations are re- 

 ceived, prices hold firm. Violets move 

 slowly but sweet peas clean up easily. 

 Lilies are not over abundant and lily 

 of the valley is also scarce but of im- 

 proved quality. 



The market felt the ef- 

 CHICAGO feet of the biggest St. 



Valentine's Day in its 

 history, during the past week. The 

 demand for stock, especially for vio- 

 lets, orchids, freesias and small roses, 

 was greater than could be met, and 

 customers were glad to take any 

 available flowers to fill out their sup- 

 ply. Out of town orders were cut and 

 the last minute customers were 

 doomed to disappointment. The long 

 stemmed roses and carnations were 

 not so much desired for Valentine of- 

 ferings, but the usual demand for 

 funeral flowers helped to clean the 

 market completely. The week end 

 found prices firm and on roses and 

 carnations a little in advance of those 

 earlier in the week. 



A brisk demand 

 CLEVELAND slightly superior to 



receipts of stock 

 mirrors well the condition of the mar- 

 ket St. Valentine's trade was fully 

 up to expectations, reports from both 

 wholesale and retail sources agreeing 

 on this point. The supply was liberal, 

 excepting roses, more of which rould 

 have been sold. Violets from New 

 York arrived in good condition, al- 

 though some shipments were a day 

 late but demand was not up to stand- 

 ard. Bulbous stock was abundant, ex- 

 cept tulips. Carnations were in good 

 supply and marketed at good prices. 

 Plants figured largely in the retail 

 sales but supply inadequate. Primroses 

 were the leaders, with cyclamens, 

 heathers, hyacinths and a few azaleas 

 and various ferns. Lilies are still 

 scarce. A number of the smaller mis- 

 cellaneous flowers are to be had such 

 as daisies, forgetmenots, calendulas 

 and mignonettes. Lily of the valley 

 Is very scarce and the supply of cat- 

 tleyas is erratic. Asparagus is weak 

 in supply and adiantum is scarce. 



Conditions are but 

 NEW YORK very little different 



from last week. The 

 tendency of prices is downward owing 

 to a lighter demand. The limited sup- 

 ply of Beauties keeps the price on 

 them firm but the general run of roses 

 average lower. Carnations are in 



The Chicago Flower Growers Association 

 WHOLESALE GROWERS of CUT FLOWERS and PLANTS 



L. D. Phone Randolph 631 



182 N. Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - TRADE ««a-p«jog 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Rote* 



Am . Beauty , Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



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Russell 



Hadley 



Euler, Mock 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward, HiUingdon 



Ktllamey, Key, Taft 



Ophelia, Sunburst 



Carnations 



Cattloyma- - - 



Lilies, Longiflorum 



LUi«s, Speciosam 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Violets 



Narcissus 



Calendula 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Phi. ASpren. dooBhs.) 



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somewhat lighter supply with small 

 price changes. There are few large 

 flowers in the market but an increas- 

 ing number of tulips and narcissus, 

 the quotations on which hold up well. 

 Lily of the valley is plentiful and 

 cheaper than most anything else. 

 There is no surplus of good cattleyas 

 and gardenias. Calendulas are going 

 slow. Asparagus and smilax are both 

 in good demand. 



Roses continue 

 PHILADELPHIA on the scarce 



side and are still 

 bringing high prices with American 

 Beauty heading the list around the 

 hundred mark. A good many of the 

 rose men are making cuttings lately 

 and the shorts will probably predomi- 

 nate for some time to come. Carna- 

 tions are more plentiful and prices 

 have dropped considerably. Miscel- 

 laneous stock like sweet peas, daffo- 

 dils, freesias, paper whites, snap- 

 dragon also very much more in evi- 

 dence and at more moderate figures. 

 Lots of violets. Cattleya trianae still 

 the leader in the orchid market al- 

 though a few nice Schroederae are to 

 be seen around. Lilies and callas are 

 in smaller demand and are going a 

 bit slow. 



The latter half of 

 ROCHESTER this week has been 



a decided boost in 

 business. Stock is more plentiful and 

 prices a trifle easier. Long stemmed 

 stock is fairly abundant and enough 

 to go around. A decided shortage 

 of lilies is noticed. Violets have 

 been in good demand. Carnations are 



in abundance and some good snap- 

 dragon sell well. Calendulas are popu- 

 lar and are on the short side- 

 Valentine business in- 

 ST. LOUIS fluenced the market 

 greatly during the en- 

 tire week and stiff prices prevailed es- 

 pecially in carnations and roses. Vio- 

 lets held well but shipments from 

 California caused a big drop on the 

 afternoon of the 14th. Sweet peas 

 were in good demand and cattleyas 

 and bulbous stock were in good sup- 

 ply. All greens sold well. 



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