January 10, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



53- 



Flower Market Reports 



Boston faces a dull mar- 

 BOSTON ket this week.. "General 

 Apathy" is in control ap- 

 parently. Stock is excellent in quality 

 as a general thing and fortunately 

 there is no excessive supply of any- 

 thing. Roses are decidedly better in 

 color than they were a week ago. 

 Carnations are in fair supply and the 

 white varieties now have the better 

 hold on the market. White roses, 

 however, are very abundant and act 

 as a check on any upward tendency 

 in price. Beauty roses are shy now 

 and probably will be so for some 

 weeks. A very insistent demand is 

 experienced in the flower stores for 

 uncommon things, such as calendulas, 

 cornflowers, English primroses, etc. 

 All violets are scarce but singles 

 bring nearly twice the price that 

 doubles attain. 



The balance of the old 

 BUFFALO year ended quite satis- 

 factorily to the trade 

 though the volume of business was no 

 larger than the year previtjus. The 

 supply of stock was sufflcient to fill 

 the wants and there was no scarcity 

 on any item except possibly some cor- 

 sage material, such as daisies and good 

 peas. Beauties were in good supply 

 and the quality excellent, especially 

 the top grades, and the sales were sat- 

 isfactory. Two bank openings on Mon- 

 day last helped to consume a good 

 quantity of Beauties, plants and bas- 

 kets, and together with other social 

 functions kept the trade busy for at 

 least a day. The carnation supply is 

 increasing daily and no shortage ex- 

 ists.- The quality is not as good as 

 could be wished. S,tems weak and too 

 many split blooms; there are also too 

 many whites. Roses, especially Killar- 

 ney, Richmond and Sunburst, are fine, 

 though there are not many shorts. All 

 other varieties have sold well. There 

 is a good supply of promiscuous stock 

 of all kinds. 



Trade seems quiet and 



CHICAGO is generally reported so, 



but all first-class stock 



is moved off at good prices, so it 



would" seem that the dullness is partly 



in comparison with the holiday rush. 



Long stems, well flowered, of splendid quality and in quan- 

 tity. Whites, Lavenders, Pinks and a limited number of winter 

 llowering Orchid varieties, the latter at 



$2.00 per 100; others .75, $1.00 and $1.50 



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S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON 



1608-20 Ludlow St. 117 West 28th St. 1216 H. St., N. W. 



BALTIMORE, Franklin and St. Paul St*. 



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WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — ^•^■^"^'^^^/o'DV^iLERs only 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'« *' Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hillingdon, Extra . 



'* " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra . 

 ** ** " *' Ordinary ... . 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



BOSTON 



January 8 



ST. LOUIS 



January 5 



PHILA. 



January' 5 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies. Longiflorum . 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



Paper Whites, Roman Hyacinths ... 



Freesias 



Violets 



Daisies 



Sweet Peas 



t jardenias 



AdiaDLum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100) . 

 '* " & Spren. (100 Bchs.) . 



40.00 



20.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 15.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 



40.00 



6.00 



2.00 



1.00 



2.00 



•50 



■75 

 25.00 



75 

 12.00 

 35-00 

 10.00 



60.00 

 30.00 

 15.00 



12.00 

 6.00 



12.00 

 6.00 



12.00 

 6.00 



30.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



50.00 

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 12.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 3, CO 



1.25 



2.00 

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35.00 



1. 00 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



35.00 



15.00 

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 6.00 

 3.00 

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3.00 

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50.00 

 25.00 

 12.50 



8.00 



5.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



4.00 

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40.00 to 50.00 



10.00 

 10.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



■75 



■75 



1. 00 

 12.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 



12.50 

 12 50 

 4.00 

 4.00 



1.00 



1. 00 



1.25 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



50.00 

 35.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 2.50 



3.00 

 2.50 



■75 



2.00 



•75 



12.50 



1.00 



12.50 



35.00 



35.00 



60.00 

 40.00 

 25.00 

 12.00 



8.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 12.00 



8.00 

 20,00 



5.00 



3.00 



60.00 

 15.00 

 12.50 

 12.50 

 4.00 

 3.00 



1.00 

 3.00 



1.50 

 25.00 



1.50 

 15.00 

 50.00 

 50.00- 



Carnations, always slower to show the 

 effects of unfavorable weather condi- 

 tions, are said by some of the large 

 growers to be now suffering from the 

 warm damp weather of November and 

 early December, and the result is, 

 there are many weak-stemmed and 

 split canations on the market. With 

 many, the crop of American Beauties 

 is on the wane so a lessening of the 

 demands for them is not serious. 

 Roses are very scarce and those whose 

 stock was not in crop at Christmas 

 are getting their share of the returns 

 now. The e.xtreme scarcity of roses 

 in general may be said to be the fea- 

 ture of the market condition of the 

 first week of .January. Single violets 

 are almost an impossibility and the 

 supply of doubles is not too large to 

 meet the demand. Gardenias are also 

 scarce and some of the retailers se- 

 cure their supply from the East. Lily 

 of the valley is coming steadily, but 

 sweet peas are scarcely seen. A few 

 Roman hyacinths and a fair supply of 

 lilies, callas, stevia and papeV white 

 help out. All kinds of green are 

 plentiful. 



The post-h o 1 i d a y 

 market is somewhat 

 different this year 

 generally the rule. 



CINCINNATI 



from what is 



Usually as soon as the new ye.'ir has 



begun there is a large influx of flow- 

 ers that have cropped a little too late 

 for the yuletide holidays. This year, 

 however, the cloudy weather has kept 

 the cut at a low point and with a 

 good demand the market is cleaning 

 up in a satisfactory manner each day. 

 The call from out of town is good. 

 Last week the taking of office by the 

 incoming administration used very 

 many flowers at the City Hall. Every 

 office had its full share of flowers, 

 tokens of esteem and congratulation 

 from friends and constituents to the 

 successful candidates for office. The 

 rose supply is rather short. Only Pink 

 and White Killarney are offered in 

 anything like quantity. It will prob- 

 ably be two or three weeks before the 

 supply of American Beauties will 

 again be sufficient. Carnations are in 

 a good supply. L,ilies are plentiful 

 and have helped nicely to take care 

 of the general demand. The influx of 

 narcissus has let up very considerably 

 and the wholesalers are now able to 

 obtain a fair price for this flower. Vio- 

 lets and lily of the valley are selling 

 well. The weather is against sweet 

 peas. They are rotting and dropping 

 off by the thousands and there will 

 be no relief for them until we have 

 bright weather. 



{Contimted on page 55) 



