August 3, 1912 



HORTICULTUEE 



157 



Flower Market Reports 



The noticeable features 

 BOSTON of this market at present 



are the rapidly increasing 

 asters and gladioli, the insignificant 

 place held by the carnation in the gen- 

 eral output and the low quality of most 

 of the roses coming in. Beauties run 

 fairly good and there is no scarcity. 

 Of the other roses little can be said for 

 there is a big lot of rubbish from 

 young stock coming in daily. Carnot 

 is, however, grand and Taft is not far 

 behind. Chrysanthemum Golden Glow 

 is already in evidence and our versa- 

 tile friend, Bob. McGorum, is the guil- 

 ty party. The price $1.50 per doz. is 

 far too low for such fine goods. 



A decided change came 

 BUFFALO in the tone of the mar- 

 ket the past week and 

 for the betterment of the trade in gen- 

 eral. Carnations which a week previ- 

 ous were overplentiful and lacking in 

 demand were on the short supply side 

 as were also roses. Asters have not 

 come on heavy and there practically 

 was not much stock in the market 

 other than a few gladioli and lilies. 

 Trade has improved somewhat. The 

 outlook for the early crop of asters is 

 not promising though recent rains 

 have helped the late crops the first 

 picking of which are expected about 

 Aug. 15. There are plenty of greens to 

 be had. 



A feature of the market 

 CHICAGO now is the presence of 

 new American Beauties, 

 with stems about two feet long but 

 the rapid growth they are making will 

 soon increase the length. There are 

 also a few old Beauties left, the stems 

 of which are much longer but the 

 flowers not so good as on the young 

 stock. In miscellaneous roses, the 

 demand is largely for the new varieties, 

 and among them Sunburst seems to be 

 very popular and its appearance now 

 indicates that it is proving a very suc- 

 cessful summer rose. Maryland, if cut 

 tight, is also showing up well now, and 

 Rhea Reid and the ever faithful 

 Kaiserin have places on many counters 

 piling up the dollars during the hot 

 weather. The two Killarneys and 

 Richmond are in seclusion somewhere 

 with carnations waiting for cooler 

 days to come. Cold storage lilies are 

 in good demand but prices are low 

 even for summer. Large quantities of 

 asters are coming in, the better grades 

 selling most rapidly. Lily of the valley 

 is rather slow in moving now. The 

 usual out-door flowers are in and of 

 good quality. Plenty of green adds its 

 share to the market. Water lilies are 

 centers of attraction in the florists' 

 windows, their rich coloring and 

 graceful foim making them ideal sum- 

 mer flowers and their lasting qualit es 

 are good. Sales also are satisfactory 

 and several shipments per week have 

 been received by some of the retailers 

 regularly to supply their trade in 

 these "Egyptian" lilies. 



Demand is fairly ac- 

 CINCINNATI five, but not active 



enough to maintain 

 stiff prices in any line. All choice 

 stock moves quickly while the shorter 

 sells languidly. A brief resume of 

 this month shows that at all times 

 there was easily a sufliciency of stock. 



A MAGNIFICENT LOT OF FIELD GROWN 



CARNATION PLANTS 



We are uuw bookinj; orders for im- 

 mediate delivery from stock seleited 

 aud grown especially for us. which is 

 in extra fine shape. Our guarantee 

 Koes with every Carnation Plant we 

 send out, thus insuring to you the 

 very best of ipiality and satisfaction. 



100 1000 



COMFORT .$8.00 $75.00 



BE.4CON 8.00 7."i.00 



H.^BLOU'ARDEN 6.00 50.00 



VK'TORY 6.00 50.00 



WHITE ENCHANTRESS 8.00 75.00 



WHITE PERFECTION... 8.00 75.00 



WHITE WONDER 10.00 90.00 



MRS. C. W. WARD S.OO 75.00 



WA.SHINGTON 10.00 90.00 



ENCHANTRESS 7.00 60.00 



PRINCESS CHARMING.. 7.00 60.00 



WINSOR 7.00 60.00 



DOROTHY GORDON 7.00 60.00 



WINONA 7.00 60.00 



GI.ORIOSA 10.00 90.00 



Some very fine stock; guaranteed good healthy plants. A special lot. 



10(1 lOOO 100 1000 



OWN ROOT, 3 inch: OWN ROOT, 2V2 inch: 



White Kiimrnev $8.00 $70.00 Double White Killarney .$15.00 $12.5.(10 



Doul>le Piuk Killaruey. 8.00 70.00 'white Klilarney' 12.00 100.00 



Pink Killaruey 8.00 70.00 Pink ICillarney 12.00 lOO.Od 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES. Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us for 



prices on these and on Supplies. 



During July and Auguit ur« uill close at 5 P. M. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE ™/ioR?sTs OF PHILADELPHIA 



Si 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



NEW YORK 



1 17 W. 28th St. 



WASHINGTON 

 1212 New York Ave. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



ROSES 



CINCIINNAll 



July 30 



DhTROIT 



July23^ 



BUFFALO 



July 30 



I PITTSBURGH 

 I July 30 



Am. Beauty, Fancy and Special. . . 



" " Extra 



No. I 



" " Lower Grades 



Richmond, ( hatenay. Fan. &Spl.. 



" Lower Grades 



Kiliarney, Maryland, Fan. & Spl.. 

 " *' Low. Grades. 



Bride, 'Maid 



Taft, Hillingdon, Ward 



Kniserin, Cr^irnOt .. 



CARNATIONS, First Quality 

 " Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflorum . 

 Lily of the Valley. 



Asters 



Gladioli 

 Daises . 

 Sweet Peas . 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smila.\ 



Asparagus Plumous, Strings (100) 

 " " & Spren. (100 bchs.) 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10,00 

 4.00 



6.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 



2.00 

 1. 00 



25.00 15.00 to 

 20.00 10.00 to 

 15.00 6.00 to 



10.00 



8.00 



6.00 



8.00 



6.00 



8.00 



3.00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 



2. 00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



1. 00 

 ■75 



40.00 

 7.00 

 3.00 



•50 

 4.00 



40.00 

 25.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



50.00 



10.00 



4.00 



2.00 



5.00 



■50 



1.50 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



20.00 

 12.00 

 6,oo 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 



25.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



2.00 



■50 



4.00 



25.00 

 25,00 



50.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 

 i.oa 



1.25 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



Only once was the market tight and 

 that lasted scarcely a week. During 

 the early days the large cuts of carna- 

 tions kept down average pi'ices and 

 hardly before they ceased to be an im- 

 portant factor asters and gladioli were 

 arriving. The corresponding month 

 last year was vastly different ; the 



supply was short, demand very good 



and usually high prices ruled. There 

 was liardly a dull day during the en- 

 tire month. Right now all seasonable 

 flowers can be had in quantity. Prac- 

 tically all the gladioli offerings are 

 those of the large choice varieties. 



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