July 29, 1916 



HOETICULTUEE 



149 



Flower Market Reports 



Very dull indeed as com- 

 BOSTON pared with the old-style 



July is the tluwer trade 

 of Boston this week. The writer has 

 recently seen the rose product else- 

 where and can safely say that the 

 roses in this market at the present 

 time are distinctly superior, a fact due 

 no doubt in part to the summer resort 

 demand which in years past has got 

 the Boston grower into the habit of 

 trying to turn out a presentable sum- 

 mer product. But, thus far, their in- 

 dustry this year in that respect meets 

 with little appreciation, although it is 

 high time the beaches began to make 

 a noise like an order occasionally. 

 Carnations are, naturally, of low qual- 

 ity just now, but there are at least 

 two varieties that are producing cred- 

 itable flowers — Morning Glow and The 

 Queen. Gladioli are beginning to 

 come along rapidly and values are 

 downward tending. Asters are not 

 yet up to those seen in other markets 

 farther south, but they look promis- 

 ing. Lily of of the valley from New- 

 port is uncommonly fine for a sum- 

 mer crop. In the present dearth of 

 business a good many clerks are tak- 

 ing a few holidays as well as the pro- 

 prietors. They will hardly be missed 

 while things remain as they are. 



Summers of other years 

 CHICAGO have had their records 

 for heat broken the past 

 week, and stock has, of course, suf- 

 fered. The demand is comparatively 

 light. Carnations are showing the 

 mid-summer size and further dimin- 

 ishing week by week. Among the deep 

 pink, Ward is keeping its size and 

 color well. Roses are getting soft and 

 losing color and even Mrs. Russell, 

 wliich till now has been so bright, is 

 getting more or less off color. There 

 are some very good asters coming now 

 but more that are small. Gladioli are 

 in fair demand and there is a good 

 supply to choose from. Good sweet peas 

 are scarce. There is a good supply of 

 cattleyas and lilies and lily of the 

 valley. 



For July business 

 CINCINNATI business is very good. 

 Receipts are not very 

 large and generally are taken up very 

 readily. Shipping business is fair. 

 Early asters are coming in strong. 

 Gladioli are in a fair supply but more 

 of the lighter shades might lie used. 

 Roses are in a fair supply but the 

 larger part are very short stemmed. 

 Other offerings include lilies, which 

 are in good supply, Snapdra;.;on and 

 water lilies. 



Those who have been 

 NEW YORK hoping for -an early 



improvement in flow- 

 er market conditions are not likely to 

 find anything in the situation this 

 week to encourage them in their iiopes. 

 The actual sales of flowers in the 

 wholesale district have probably ag- 

 gregated smaller this w-eek than in any 

 similar period during the present sea- 

 son. The midsummer pinch of '' >rmer 

 times, due to the scarcity of ro-'S. car- 

 nations and a few other stapl'-s. is no 

 longer possible since the growers have 

 taken to outdoor catch crops to fill in 

 the gap, and the retailer whn manages 

 to capture a good substanti il summer 

 order finds no longer any diiliculty in 



EASTER LILIES 



One of the summer flowers 

 that we can recommend and 

 one of the summer flowers 

 that we are strong on, splen- 

 did quality, good stems. 



$1.50 per dozen 

 $8.00 per 100 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



TUC Wholesale 

 I nil FlorUls 



„f PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th Si. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H St., N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^•^■^""'="-T''o'D'liLERsoNLv 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra. 

 No. I 



BUFFALO 



25.00 



20X>0 

 12.00 



Russell, Hadley 



Hadley 



KilUrney, Richm'd, Hill'don, Ward 



" Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



" Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Extra ... 



" " '* Ordinary 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas • 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lilies 



Uly of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plu.&Spren. (100 Bhs.) 



securing abundant material with which 

 to fill it acceptably. So the stores buy 

 in driblets, "from hand to mouth," and 

 wholesalers are glad to get even that. 

 The principal buying, as well as the 

 principal haranguing and pleading on 

 prices is done by the Greek florists, 

 who somehow manage to hook up a 

 sale for considerable stock every day. 

 Roses are minute as to flower, short 

 as to stem and brief as to life. Lily of 

 the valley is generally of the lowest 

 tyije. Longiflorum lilies run of miser- 

 able quality. Carnations have van- 

 ished. Cattleyas are not plentiful but 

 even the best gigas flowers are not 

 wanted at any price. Gladioli are com- 

 ing in very heavy and asters of ex- 

 cellent quality are heaped high on the 

 sale tables. Other garden stuff seen on 

 all sides includes hydrangeas, gail- 

 lardias. coreopsis, cornflowers, mari- 

 golds, scabiosa, zinnias, annual and 

 perennial larkspurs, and many other 

 things which florists in former times 

 seldom troubled themselves about. 

 Even the dahlia crop has already be- 

 gun to materialize and some very good 

 blooms are seen. 



There is nothing 

 PHILADELPHIA new to report on 

 the cut flower 

 market here since our last week's re- 

 sume. Tlie tide ebbs lower and lower 

 and one half of the standard bearers 

 are off on vacation. There's a bit of a 

 stir every morning up to 10 A. M. out 

 after that the lone holders of the forts 

 stand around and swap stories. In 

 most of the places one half the re- 

 duced forces are allowed the after- 

 noon off. These lads ought to consider 

 themselves lucky. If they were work- 

 ing for dry goods houses, department 

 stores and such places they'd .get 

 "fired "—and hired back again (maybe) 

 when business picked up. 



Business continues 

 PITTSBURGH really remarkably 



good for the mid- 

 summer season and the majority of 

 stock is just about what could be ex- 

 pected during a two weeks' period of 

 blazing skies. Roses and carnations 

 are most inferior, while both lilies and 

 gladioli ai-e pronounced "fine." Asters, 

 too, are of very good quality and 



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