January 3, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



23 



GEORGE B.HART 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 



Telephone 3800 Madison Square 



WOODROW & MARKETOS 



WHOLESALE 



Plantsmen and Florists 



41 West 28th Street, NEW YORK 



Flower Market Reports 



(CtMinucA from ptJge 21 ) 



sufficient stock on any line except 

 medium priced Richmond and Pink 

 Killarney. There were too many ot 

 the White Killarney of select grade 

 to secure the high mark price. A 

 fine lot of Bonsilene, Ward, Safrano, 

 Milady and corsage flowers such as 

 Tiolets. lily of the valley, Roman hya- 

 cinths, daisies, sweet peas, etc., sold 

 ■well. There was a slight shoitage in 

 colored carnations and an oversupply 

 ot white. 



Christmas business gen- 

 CHICAGO erally was better than 

 had been expected, espe- 

 cially in the city. The sunshine, early 

 in the week, brought out more flowers 

 than had seemed possible, and the city 

 trade responded better, some report, 

 than ever before. It was noticed, 

 however, that prices on roses and car- 

 nations lowered from previous quota- 

 tions and that stock, held back till the 

 last did not sell so well. The amount 

 of "pickled" stock was less than usual. 

 or else was in the hands of fewer 

 wholesalers, for it was not so much 

 In evidence as heretofore. The long- 

 stemmed American Beauties were 

 mostly splendid stock and prices held 

 up to the last, there being practically 

 no medium leneths to draw from. Kil- 

 larneys and Richmonds formed the 

 bulk "of the rose offerings, but there 

 proved to be so many that prices, as 

 quoted in advance, could not be main- 

 tained. As it is. the report still per- 

 sists that many ice boxes contained 

 quantities of roses after Christmas 

 trade was over. Prices continued to 

 decline till the end ot the week, and 

 the Monday after Christmas found the 

 market very quiet. It is estimated 

 that from two to three thousand 

 American Beautfes were shipped to 

 this market from the east during 

 Christmas week. Some arrived in 

 good condition and were sold to ad- 

 vantage, while othfrs were so bad as 

 to be refused and returned to the 

 shippers. One of the prominent re- 

 tailers refused all of his. while an- 

 other received Beauties which he says 

 ■were the equal of the home-grown 

 ones. On the whole, it is believed 

 that there is considerable risk in 

 handling eastern Beauties here. 



B. S. SUNN, JR. 

 \i I O LET 3 



CARNATIOKS, ROSES 



SS and 57 W. 26th St., New York 



Shipping Orders CarefuUr Filled 



EDWARD REID 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619-21 Raostead St., Philidelphia, Pa. 



CHOICE BEAUTIES, ORCHIDS, VALLEY, ROUS 

 and all Seasonable Varieties of Cut Flmrs 



William F. Kasting Co. 



NA/Holesal' 



383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



loris-ts 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Caltleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies, Longifiorum 



Callas ■ 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whites, Roman Hyacinths 



Freesias 



Violeta ■■ 



Daises 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Stnilax - 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



" *' & Spren (loo bunches). 



Last Half of Week 



ending Dec. 27 



1913 



First Half of Week 



beginning Dec. 29 



Xmas Prices 



20.00 

 I2.00 

 6.00 

 I2.00 

 3.00 

 I. 00 



.5° 



1. 00 



6.00 



20.00 



■5° 



6.00 



15.00 



' 10.00 



to 60.00 



to 15.00 



to 8.00 



to 15.00 

 to 4.00 

 to 2.00 

 to 



to X.25 

 to 2.00 

 to 8.00 

 to 60.00 

 •75 

 B.oo 

 25.00 

 25.00 



Christmas business 

 CINCINNATI proved to be very 



good— b e 1 1 e r than 

 even the most optimistic had hoped 

 for, when the business since Thanks- 

 giving was taljen into consideration. 

 The local call was equal to that of last 

 year, while shipping trade was very 

 good. Everything in roses sold read- 

 ily. Outside of Pink and White Kil- 

 larney the offerings were very limi- 

 ited, both reds and American Beauties 

 being away off crop. The cut of car- 

 nations was large and toward the close 

 of Christmas business prices weak- 

 ened considerably. The supply ot 

 white was more than equal to the de- 

 mand. Narcissi were so plentiful that 

 they yielded only a fair price. Their 

 prices since Christmas have been bet- 

 ter than at any time before or during 

 the Christmas rush. Violets sold so 

 well for Christmas that the supply 

 ran short of the demand. Poinsettias 

 sold well. 



As we predicted two 

 NEW YORK weeks ago. there was 



ample stock of all 

 kinds at Christmas time to satisfy all 

 demands— only more so. We will 

 mention first the flowers that brought 

 more than was expected. They were 

 "Beauties," the best realizing $.75 and 

 in a few isolated cases $1.00 each. 

 Violets, which were in only a moder- 

 ate supply, sold for $.75 and $1.00 per 

 100 and specials $1.25 and $1.50. Cat- 

 tlevas went well with $.60 for the top 

 with occasional sales at $.75, smaller 

 and poorer grades selling at $.20 to 

 $.35. Gardenias in sufficient supply to 

 satisfy all demands. $.60 for the lop 

 grades down to $.20. The disappoint- 

 ment was in the decreased demand 

 for red stock of any kind. Poinsettas 

 w-ere carried over everywhere and top 

 notch on scarlet carnations was about 

 $.10. Richmond roses of the smaller 

 grades sold fairly well and the top 

 grades would have gone better had the 



stock been good, but it was the old 

 story of "pickling" and there were 

 hundreds and hundreds of Richmonds 

 carried over which were so soft and 

 full blown that they were unsalable. 

 This was the case with some of the 

 top grades of the other varieties. 

 When! oh when! will the grower 

 learn the mistake of keeping up a 

 practice that is proving so injurious 

 to the florists' business at holiday 

 time? Carnations were plentiful and 

 other than red sold from $5.00 to $6.00 

 per hundred, but of course there were 

 inferior grades that sold for much 

 less. Lilies moved slowly, market 

 overstocked. Lily of the valley did 

 well. In roses, Killarneys, both white 

 and pink, arrived in great quantities; 

 smaller grades selling from $3 to $6, 

 and special from $10 to $15. Sun- 

 burst, Aaron Ward and Hillingdon 

 cleaned out nicely. French Trumpet 

 narcissi, a limited supply. Daphne 

 quite plentiful at $3.00 per dozen. As- 

 paragus sold out well as there was 

 very little Southern stock in evidence. 

 The retailers all claim to have had a 

 splendid business and to have sold out 

 of plants of which they all had a big 

 stock. Taken as a whole, the volume 

 of business was very large with prices 

 lower than previous years at the same 



time. 



The Christmas 



PHILADELPHIA cut flower market 

 in this city this 

 vear was all in favor of the retailer. 

 The growers and their agents started 

 out with a bold front and managed to 

 get last year's prices in the early 

 stages but later the situation changed 

 and it was a hard fight for the grow- 

 ers to get anything like a decent 

 price. The weather and all other con- 

 ditions were such that the market was 

 swamped with fine stock and the re- 

 tailers took immediate advantage and 

 beat down the prices. Top grade 



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