January 17, 1914 



HOETICULTUEE 



8? 



Flower Market Reports 



The flower shipping busi- 

 BOSTON ness has gone through a 

 hard experience in the 

 past few days. Boxes incoming from 

 growers or outgoing to out-of-town 

 buyers have been received by the ex- 

 press companies, only as subject to de- 

 lay, and much loss has been sustained 

 by the many delays at stations and 

 on trains, as well as by freezing, many 

 lots coming to market last Monday and 

 Tuesday frozen beyond redemption. 

 The demand is not very active on any- 

 thing. Roses are really scarce, but 

 this occasions no privation as there 

 are so many other things in sufiicient 

 quantity for every need. Carnations 

 are abundant, the whites being in 

 larger demand than the colored ones. 

 In bulb material the supply is large 

 and now includes excellent daffodils, 

 which bring four and five dollars per 

 hundred. Fine mignonette is now 

 plentiful, selling from two to six dol- 

 lars. Cattleyas are over-stocked. Vio- 

 lets in very light demand. 



There has not been 

 BUFFALO much change in mar- 

 ket conditions the past 

 week. Business is very much on the 

 quiet side and enough stock to meet 

 all demands. The rose supply is nor- 

 mal, though select and fancy stock 

 are more plentiful than the shorts. 

 Carnations have come on quite plenti- 

 ful, but too many of the ordtaary 

 quality and more white are seen than 

 colored. Lilies move quite satisfac- 

 torily. Beauties are in normal supply, 

 but demand lacking. Tulips, daffodils 

 and freesia are now added to the list 

 and so far have had good sales. There 

 is a nice supply of all miscellaneous 

 material. A revival is looked for soon 

 as wedding decorations and other 

 social gaieties will be at their height. 

 Business is compar- 

 CHICAGO atively quiet. The re- 

 action from the holi- 

 day season is not yet over and while 

 some wholesalers are inclined to feel 

 depressed the greater number regard 

 business as about normal for Jan., 

 with the exception of the loss caused 

 by the extreme shortage of roses. The 

 scarcity of roses reported in last 

 week's issue, is still more marked this 

 ■week and all good stock brings the 

 top price. On the other hand, Ameri- 

 can Beauties are coming in quite free- 

 ly though practically all are in long 

 lengths and the demand is good. 

 There are plenty of carnations and 

 only strictly fancy will bring quoted 

 figures while the great bulk of good 

 stock sells lower. There are more 

 weak stems seen than usual in carna- 

 tions in mid-winter, owing to the 

 warm December-^ Sweet peas are 

 again on the counters and the supply 

 is fair in quantity and quality. There 

 is also a steady supply of lily of the 

 valley and sufficient demand to use it 

 to advantage. Tulips are appearing 

 in larger quantity each day and sell 

 readily. Lilies are in fair supply and 

 all kinds of green can be had in any 

 amount. 



Market conditions 

 CINCINNATI are fair for the sup- 

 ply is fully adequate 

 in nearly all lines. The demand while 

 good is not as large or active as it 



SPECIAL KILLARNEYS 



Our grower.s will be strong for the next few weeks with a splendid 

 crop of the choicest pink and white Killarneys, all lengths, particu- 

 larly specials. 



SPECIALS, 

 EXTRA, - 



$12.00 

 : 8.00 



FANCY, 

 FIRSTS, 



$1000 

 - 6.00 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES-Many new "patterns in exclusive 

 ribbons. If you have not received one of our new catalogues, 

 advise us at once and we will mail you a copy. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON 



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

 BALTIMORE, Franklin and St. Paul Sts. 



90Ai.it-* 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



" " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killnrney, Extra 



" Ordinary 



Richmond, Hillitigdon, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra . 

 " '* " *• Ordinary .... 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



BOSTON 



January 15 



ST. LOUIS 



January 12 



PHOA. 



January 12 



to 50.00 35.00 to 50.00 j 50.00 to 60.00 



Cattleyas 



Cypripediums 



Lilies. LongiHorum 



Callas .... 



Lily of the Valley , 



Paper Whiles, Roman Hyacinths ... 



Freesias 



Violets , 



Daisies , 



Sweet Peas .... 



Gardenias , 



Adianuim , 



Smilax , 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (100) . 

 '* '* & Spren. (100 Bchs.) • 



40.00 



20.00 



10.00 



8.00 



5.00 



8.00 



5.00 



8.00 to 



4.00 

 15.00 to 25.00 



2.00 to 3.00 



1.50 to 2.00 



to 



to 



30.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 



6,00 

 12.00 



6,00 

 12.00 



6.00 



15.00 to 25.00 35.00 to 40.00 



10.00 to 12.50 15.00 to 20.00 



15.00 



3.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



8.00 



5.00 

 10.00 

 5.00 



8.00 



4.00 



25.00 

 6.00 



to 



2.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 



■50 



•75 

 25.00 



75 

 12,00 

 35-00 

 10.00 



50.00 



15.00 



8.00 



12.00 



4.00 



2.00 



3.C0 



i.cb 



2.00 



1. 00 



35.00 



1. 00 



15.00 



50.00 



25.00 



5.00 to 



15.00 to 



8.00 to 



8.00 to 



6.00 to 

 to 20.00 



4.00 to 5.00 



2.50 to 3.00 



30.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 8.00 



1. 00 

 12.00 

 3S.0O 

 15.00 



1. 25 



15.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



35.00 



15.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



■75 

 2.00 



8.00 



1. 00 



12.50 



35.00 



25.00 



to 



to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 

 to 



60.00 

 iS.oo 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 



1. 00 



3.00 

 1.50 



20.00 



1.50 



15.00 

 50.00 



35.00 



might be and prices as a result are 

 beginning to slip downward. The sup- 

 ply of most of the roses is sufficient 

 to take care of all demands upon it. 

 American Beauties are still oft crop 

 as far as this market is concerned. 

 Carnations are coming in strong and 

 the larger part of the offerings are of 

 excellent quality. Buyers are begin- 

 ning to have a thing or two to say 

 about the prices again. These have 

 dropped a little as far as local busi- 

 ness is concerned since the last writ- 

 ing. There are plenty of lilies and 

 all other bulb stock. Violets are sell- 

 ing well but the price has dropped. 

 Orchids and lily of valley sell fairly 

 well. Good sweet peas are in demand. 



Last week was 

 PHILADELPHIA better than ex- 

 pected, consider- 

 ing that we are now going through the 

 usual after-the-holidays dullness. The 

 shorter grades of roses seem to be 

 the best sellers, although they are not 

 quite up to the standard as to quality. 



The pink roses sold better than the 

 whites and the reds best of all, as 

 they were scarcer — most of them be- 

 ing in a cut-out state after the Christ- 

 mas week. Carnations are moving 

 out fairly at moderate prices, the pink 

 varieties rather better than the white. 

 The quality of course is par excel- 

 lence. Orchids are a little too plenti- 

 ful at present, especially cattleyas, 

 and this condition is reflected in the 

 prices. Some of the cattleyas are un- 

 der grade as to quality and that is 

 especially true of Percivaliana. There 

 are some nice spray orchids and very 

 good Dendrobium formosum. Cypri- 

 pediums are nearly over. Gardenias 

 are in over-supply at present, quality 

 very good. Violets are selling well, 

 especially the singles, Lady Campbell 

 being the leader. Lily of the valley 

 fairly active. Quality shows quite 

 some improvement. Minor items are 

 selling well, especially daisies, forget- 

 me-nots and mignonette. 



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