July 15. 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



85 



Flower Market Reports 



Boston like all the other 

 BOSTON flower centres is doing 

 practically nothing 

 worth dignifying by the name of busi- 

 ness. It should not be very long, 

 however, before the tide will begin to 

 turn. The belated hot weather which 

 is now on with a vengeance will start 

 things up at all the beach resorts and 

 should induce flower buying. There 

 is not much in the way of noticeable 

 stock in sight. The sudden heat has 

 affected everything unfavorably and 

 the material offered is far from the 

 standard. There is no set value on 

 anything. The main ambition is to 

 ■ get a customer. Price is a secondary 

 consideration — get all you can but 

 make the sale at all hazards. 



Business has fallen oft 

 CHICAGO greatly in the past week. 

 Warm weather has sent 

 many flower buyers out of the city and 

 hurried on the out-of-doors blooms, so 

 between them there is a marked de- 

 crease in sales. Stock is olTered at 

 very low prices to stimulate city trade 

 and even so roses and carnations are 

 accumulating. Were it not for ship- 

 ping trade it would be much worse, 

 but most wholesalers report out-of- 

 town orders as coming in well for 

 July. Early asters made their ap- 

 pearance this week, rather small and 

 with short stems, but they add an- 

 other flower to the already overloaded 

 market. Among the novelties are the 

 pink cornflowers, in light and dark 

 shades and very pretty. Roses are 

 causing comment by their good color 

 and so far have retained their fresh 

 bright color of the earlier season. 

 Lilies the abundant. Cattleyas are 

 much more plentiful and quality is 

 good. All kinds of out-door flowers in 

 season are to be had and the cold 

 spring has kept them strong and fresh. 

 Peonies are of the past and no one 

 regrets it. Very low prices on almost 

 all kinds of stock are quoted to the 

 buyer on the spot. 



Conditions are 



PHILADELPHIA fairly good for 

 the season, which 

 is not saying a whole lot. In other 

 words, there is very little business and 

 many more flowers both inside and 

 outside grown than the market can ab- 

 sorb. Carnations have been especial- 

 ly plentiful and they are hard to move 

 as their quality and keeping capacity 

 is at low ebb and most of them might 

 as well have been kept at home. An- 

 other conspicuous item is the outdoor 

 gladioli from the South. They are 

 splendid stuff, and a large proportion 

 of that magnificent pink "America" 

 cut with all its foliage. It is a pity to 

 see any of those beautiful things go 

 to waste. 



Summer conditions 



PITTSBURGH are here after an 

 exceptionally pros- 

 perous early season. Each day sees a 

 fresh supply of flowers, those of the 

 previous morning more than supplying 

 the demand for the day. Asters are once 

 more on the market and the supply of 

 gladioli — of very flne quality — is daily 

 increasing. Carnations and roses are 

 still coming in plentifully, while lilies 

 of the valley and sweet peas are fall- 

 ing off. Cattleyas of fine quality are 

 in generous supply. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES -Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Rose* 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" '* Fancy and Extra 



No.i 



Russell, Hadley 



Killamey, Ricnm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Tail, Key, Ex. 



" Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra . . . 



'■ " '* Ordinary 



Carnations. Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium f ormosum 



Lilies 



Lily of the Vallejr 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu. & Spren. (locBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



July JO 



20.00 



15.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 



CHICAGO 



J"'y 3 



BUFFALO 



July 10 



prrrsBURG 



July 10 



to 

 10 

 to 



3.00 

 6.00 

 3. CO 

 6.00 

 3.00 to 

 1.50 to 



50.00 

 8.00 



to 



to 



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3.00 



4.00 



25.00 

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 12.00 



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8.00 

 5. 00 



8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 



2.00 



1.00 



60.00 



10.00 



5.00 

 5.00 

 6.00 



15.00 

 10.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



6.0 



2.00 



1.50 



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1. 00 

 15. CO 



35.00 



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 to 

 to 

 50.00 to 



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8.00 to 

 4.00 to 

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20.00 ( 

 15.00 

 10.00 1 

 20.00 1 



8.00 

 5.00 



8.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 60.00 



10.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 



15.00 

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25.00 

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12.00 



.50 to 1.50 



1. 00 

 12.00 

 25.00 



to 

 to 

 to 



1.25 



20.00 

 50.00 



5.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 5.00 



3.00 

 1.50 



1. 00 

 50.00 



8.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 



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25.00 



1.00 



15.00 



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 6.00 



4.00 



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60.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



6.00 

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 30.00 



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 50.00 



15.00 

 10.00 

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 6.00 

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 10.00 to 

 35.00 to 



10.00 



6.00 

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 8.00 

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1.25 

 15.00 

 40.00 



The wholesale market 

 ST. LOUIS is very dull and stock 

 of all kinds is extreme- 

 ly poor. The only good seller now is 

 gladioli. These are coming daily in 

 large lots from our local growers. 

 America, King and Augusta are in best 

 demand. Pink Beauty, too, has a largo 

 call. Roses come in poor and the bulk 

 of them are sold very cheap. Carna- 

 tions and sweet peas sell well and big 

 lots come in daily. Lily of the valley 

 still has a good call and lilies have 

 daily demand. 



With very hot 

 WASHINGTON weather at hand 

 the usual summer 

 conditions are prevailing. There has 

 been a decrease in the quantity of 

 stock coming in but there is enough 

 and more to supply all demands. There 

 has not yet come the heavy slump lud 

 large supply that causes the employ- 

 ment of wagons to carry unsalable 

 flowers to the ash heap. Funeral work 

 has been heavy and has used up a 

 great deal of stock. The exchanges 

 are now o';sorving summer hour^ and 

 are closing early. Dahlias are among 

 the new arrivals and look good. Glad- 



ioli are more plentiful and the price 

 has dropped. There are some very 

 good roses obtainable, but the carna- 

 tions offered are too small to be of 

 value. The demand for lily of the 

 valley has decreased. 



EARLY CLOSING IS POPULAR 



HoRTicri.riRE Publishing Co., 



Gentlemen: — I note by a copy of 

 HoKTicrLTiRE just received that a great 

 deal of mention is made about early 

 closing during the summer months. 

 It might be of interest to you to know 

 that we are following our plan of last 

 year and at our Philadelphia offlce we 

 will be closed all day Saturday during 

 July and August. 



Howard M. E.\rl, 

 Manager, W. Atlee Burpee & C-o., Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Kditor Horticulture, 



Dear Sir:— I highly agree with 

 you about the early closing in July 

 and August, 5 o'clock week days and 

 2 P. M. Saturdays and 3 P. M. Wed- 

 nesdays. 



Hexrt R. Comlet. 



Boston. 



