September 16, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



389 



Flower MarketReports 



All business in the wiiole- 

 BOSTON sale district drags most 

 depressingly this week. 

 Receipts are not very heavy but such 

 as they are there are very few cus- 

 tomers for any line and prices on all 

 sides have dropped materially from 

 those demanded a week ago. Gladioli 

 are not seen in the quantity displayed 

 heretofore and the main crop is evi- 

 dently on the wane. Asters have not 

 increased in volume since last week 

 and the quality seems to have gone 

 backward. The aster crop, taken as 

 a whole for the season, has been very 

 far from successful but the prices ob- 

 tained for them, regardless of quality 

 of flowers, have been the highest ever 

 known in this market and the growers 

 cannot reasonably complain. Altiiough 

 in the very centre of the best dahlia 

 growing section of the country. Bos- 

 ton has never developed any keen de- 

 mand for the flowers for florists' use 

 and even now at the height of the 

 blooming season they are rarely seen 

 in the wholesale markets in any no- 

 ticeable quantity. Lily of the valley 

 would be scarce if anybody wanted 

 it but there is at present no call for 

 it and it stands around unsought and 

 often shop-worn before it is disposed 

 of. 



Since last report the 

 BUFFALO market has taken a de- 

 cided change through- 

 out. The beginning of the week saw a 

 liberal supply of good and poor qual- 

 ity of asters, gladioli, lilies, roses, 

 Beauties and everything along the line 

 was plentiful. Roses In particular are 

 coming in heavy, and asters have im- 

 proved. Business has been quite sat- 

 isfactory with the merchants. Since 

 the beginning of September many 

 weddings have been heard from. It 

 looks like a good autumn trade. 



Trade conditions do not 

 CHICAGO show any marked 



change. There is a 

 gradual increase in the supply of the 

 best grades of roses and orders can 

 usually be filled without much diffi- 

 culty. It has been a summer without 

 a glut, and the average florist has had 

 to pay higher prices for his flowers, 

 but also he is nearer to making ex- 

 penses than in the summers of the 

 past. Carnations are still counted as 

 of little importance. Chrysanthemums 

 are confined to Golden Glow, which no 

 great quantity have yet appeared. As- 

 ters are nearin.^ the close of a season 

 that has been unusual. The proportion 

 of good ones though small has prob- 

 ably brought the returns up to aver- 

 age, however. Cattleyas are still very 

 scarce. Lily of the valley is both 



BEAUTIES 



Growers are cutting from the 

 young plants — fine color, good 

 full flowers, good value from 

 $1.00 to $3.00 per dozen. 



DAHLIAS 



This popular fall flower is 

 improving every day. Price 

 from $15.00 to $30.00 per 100. 



Store closes daily 5 P. M. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^VlVuL-of PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin & St. Paul St». 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 

 WASHINGTON 

 1216 HSt.. N. W. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS Q^LY 



Rosea 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



" " No. I and culls 



Russell, Hadley 



Killarney, Hiltingdon, Ward, Extra 



Ord. 



Arenburg, Radiance, Taft, Key, Ex. 



" Ord. 



Ophelia, Mock, Sunburst, Euler, Ex 



*' Ord. 



Caraations 



Cattleyaa 



Dendrobium f ormosum 



Lilies 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Dahlias 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



AsparaffuaPlu. &SpreD. (looBhs.) 



CINCINNATI 



bepr 



30.00 



15.00 



4.00 



6.00 



4.00 



3.00 



4.00 



3.00 



4.00 



3.00 



1. 00 



50.00 



ember 11 



8.00 

 5.00 



25.00 

 20.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 60.00 



lO.CO 



6.00 



3.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



15.00 

 25.00 



to .• 



to 



to 



to 



to .. 



to I .00 



to 30.00 



to 35.00 



5.00 

 4.00 



4.qo 



CHICAGO 



September 11 



20.OO 



10.00 



5.00 



3.00 



6.00 



2.00 to 4. 

 to .... 



25.00 

 «5.oo 

 10.00 

 ao.oo 

 8.00 



0.00 

 2.00 



•»5 



50.00 



to . 



8.00 to 



3.00 to 



to 



3.00 to 



I. 00 to 



10.00 



4.00 



z.x>o 

 75 -oo 



12,00 

 S-oo 



4.00 

 5.00 



15.00 

 25.00 



1. 00 

 18.00 



50.00 



BUFFALO I PITTSBURG 



September 11 | September 11 



20.00 



I2.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



50.00 



8.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



to 

 — . to 



.50 to 



to 25.00 



to XSJOO 



to 10.00 



to 



to 8.00 



to 4.00 



to lO.CO 



to 4. GO 



to 8.00 



to 5.00 



to 



to 6p.oo 



to 



to 12.00 



to 6.00 



to 6.00 



to 4.00 



3.00 



3.00 



1. 00 



15.00 



3S.OO 



to 



15.00 to 



2.00 to 



2.00 to 



6.00 to 



23.00 

 90.00 

 8.00 

 8.ao 

 8.00 



4.00 



2.00 to xo.oo 



scarcer and small. Gladioli are not 

 quite so much in evidence. Ferns, wild 

 smilax and other greens are in abund- 

 ance. 



While business is 

 CINCINNATI fair the receipts are 



coming in heavier 

 than for some time and there is a 

 tendency for stock to crowd up in the 

 wholesale houses. The rose cut is 

 much better in quality and quantity. 

 Lilies again are plentiful. The re- 

 ceipts of asters are very heavy. Glad- 

 ioli are still plentiful but are not as 

 good as they were. Dahlias and 

 cosmos are fairly plentiful and each 

 has a pretty good market. 



The quality of the 

 NEW YORK product coming to 



this market is vastly 

 improved. Roses are particularly 

 good. Asters are seen in abundance 

 in all grades but some are very fine. 

 Golden Glow chrysanthemums are 

 quite common and give a fallish tone 



to the situation. But all this is of 

 little use in the disarrangement 

 caused by the street car men's strike 

 and there is no business. It is an 

 embarrassing and altogether un- 

 fortunate opening for an otherwise 

 l)roniisiiig season. 



Stock has been 

 PHILADELPHIA coming in a little 

 more freely while 

 the demand has remained about 

 even so that on the whole prices have 

 sagged a little except on some specie! 

 items such as cattleyas, lily of the 

 valley, lilies and white roses. The 

 aster growers explain their poor show- 

 ing this year by the season being too 

 wet in June and July. They also ex- 

 plain it further by saying it was too 

 dry in August and September. "You 

 pays your money and you takes your 

 choice." Chrysanthemums are here. 

 The early one Golden Glow is seen 

 in moderate quantity. School 'and 



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