April 18, 1914 



H R T I C U L T U B E 



613-- 



Flower Market Reports 



A very satisfactory Easter 

 BOSTON business kept everyljody 



busy for the latter half of 

 last week, but there was an over- 

 whelming influx of flowers of all kinds 

 and no scarcity was experienced on 

 any line, although the cut flower de- 

 partment of many stores far exceeded 

 the plant department in interest and 

 sales. Flowers sold better than plants 

 — the first time in many Easters. 

 Carnations dragged somewhat and 

 lilies were badly congested, there 

 being veritable forests of them, of 

 which only a proportion were sold, the 

 rest remaining to overload the present 

 week. Lily plants were grown in 'too 

 large a quantity for the normal outlets 

 of this market and many found their 

 way to dry goods stores and provision 

 markets, where they were offered at 

 retail much below the regular whole- 

 sale quotations. Violets and sweet 

 peas had a grand sale, as was also true 

 of Cardinal, Richmond and all deep- 

 colored roses. American Beauty en- 

 joyed a good sale. So also did single 

 daffodils and cattleyas. Snapdragon 

 did fairly well. Many azaleas, rambler 

 roses and other planis are left over in 

 retailers' hands. The wholesale mar- 

 kets are loaded down with flowers of 

 all kinds, the present week being the 

 deadest experienced here this season. 

 The public evidently exhausted either 

 their pocketbooks or their flower fancy 

 last week and things look very blue at 

 present writing. Such a change! 



The great so-called 

 BUFFALO Easter rush is over and 

 all are satisfied. The 

 ending was good and much better than 

 was expected considering what the 

 florists-at-large had to contend with. 

 From Monday till Saturday snow was 

 most plentiful and the temperature 

 was freezing. Friday was the mildest 

 day of the week and a large volume 

 of business was done, especially in 

 the plant line. The supply of plants 

 was the largest ever handled during 

 any Easter, though this does not apply 

 to the wholesaler alone, but the grow- 

 ers who have retail stores connected 

 and those that cater to the public 

 market, where the bulk of the ordinary 

 quality of stuff is disposed of. The 

 retail merchants made excellent dis- 

 plays, the stores utilizing every inch 

 of space, and the quality of the stock 

 was never seen better than at this 

 Easter, which was largely due to the 

 two weeks of cold weather previous to 

 Easter. Azaleas were plentiful in afl 

 grades and sizes, prices, etc.. to meet 

 any purchaser; also rhododendrons, 

 hydrangeas, lilacs and pans ot tulips, 

 daffodils and other bulbous stock. 

 Lilies were plentiful, though again too 

 many short plants. 



There was practically nothing doing 

 in the cut flower line until .Thursday. 

 Advance orders were coming in lightly, 

 there was no spectacular buying and it 

 was keeping the retailer as well as the 

 wholesaler guessing as to what the 

 end of the week would bring forth. 

 Carnations were good and cleaned up 



SWEET PEAS 



In all shades, delicate pinks, 

 lavenders, whites, American 

 Beauty and pink, including the 

 beautiful Spencers in their many 

 wonderful colors. 



Medium $S per 1000 

 Long $10 per lOOO 

 Spencers $15 to $20 per ICOO 



Quality the best in any quantity 



EVERYTHING IN RIBBONS— We 



carry one of the larjiest :inil most t.i- 

 i-ied stooks in Ribbons pertiiining to 

 the tiorist business of any house in 

 the country. If you have not received 

 one of our new catalogues advise us 

 anct we will mail you one at once. 



S. S. PENNOCKMEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



90v^U»-V** 



HIL.4DEI.PHI.V 



1008-1030 Ludlow Street 



NEW YORK 



t\', West 38tli .Street 



WASHINGTON 



1216 H Street, N. W. 



BALTIMORE 



Franklin anil St. Paul Streets 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS 



TRADE 



PRICES — Per 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



'< *' Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Extra 



*' Ordinary 



Richmond, HiUingdon, Extra 



*» " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra . 



" •' *' *' Ordinary 



Russell, Shawyer 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflorum • - • • 



Cailas 



Lily of the Valley 



Wallflower 



Snapdrogon ■ 



Daffodils 



Tulips ■ 



Violets ■ 



Pansit;^ 



Mignonette 



Dasies. white and yellow 



Sweet Peas 



Lilacs, per hunch 



Gardenias 



Adianium .■ 



Smilax • 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (lOo) 



" " & Spren. (loo Bchs.) 



BOSTON I 



April 16 I 



ST. LOUIS 



April 13 



20.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 

 6.00 

 1.00 

 6.00 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 1. 00 

 20.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 1 .00 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 2.00 

 ■50 



2.00 

 ■ 50 

 .40 



25.00 



15.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



15.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 



40.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



2. 00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



•75 

 1. 00 

 4.00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



40.00 

 20.00 



15.00 



6.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 S-oo 

 6.00 

 3.00 



4.00 

 2.00 

 40.00 



J2.00 



10.00 

 3.00 



50.00 



25.00 

 18.OD 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 



5.00 

 3.00 

 50.00 

 15.00 

 12. 00 

 4.00 



1.25 



15.00 

 50.00 

 25.00 



PHILA. 



April 13 



20.00 

 12.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 6.00 



2. 00 



6.00 



2.00 



500 



3.00 



1. 00 



40.00 



8.00 



8.00 



3.00 



4.00 



6,00 



'J .00 



2.00 



•25 



•50 



2,00 



1.00 



.50 



1. 00 



5.00 



1. 00 



15.00 



35.00 



35.00 



25.00 



15.00 

 8.00 



♦ .00 



8.00 



4.00 



15.00 



4.00 



2.00 



60.00 



12.00 



10.00 



4.00 



6.00 



I2.0C^ 



3.00 



4.00 



•50 



•75 

 4.00 

 1.50 

 1^50 



1.50- 



2O.0O 



1.50 



30.00 



So.t 

 50.C 



quite satisfactorily. There was a good 

 supply of roses, violets, sweet peas, 

 lily of the valley, cut lilies. Beauties 

 (only of the long grades), and all 

 corsafre flowers, all of which shared 

 in the demand. Snapdragon was in 

 good siii)i)Iy. but did not take well. 

 Bulbous stock was too plentiful and 

 very little sale. 



Chicago florists, footing 

 CHICAGO up Easter sales, almost 

 unanimously declare it 

 to be one ot the best on record. Pre- 

 dictions in most case were verified re- 

 garding stock and roses proved plenti- 

 ful and carnations in short supply 

 while lilies proved to be in just about 

 sufficient quantity to go around. Prices 

 generally were maintained close to 

 quotations except in extremely large 

 orders. Killarney, Richmond and Sun- 



burst were all in enormous quantity 

 and after shipping orders were filled, 

 the end of the week found no lack of 

 good stock for local trade. Carnations 

 generally were off crop, and there is 

 no question but many more could 

 have been disposed ot had the cut been 

 larger. Lilies appeared to be in excess 

 of demand at first, but after the pot- 

 ted lilies ran out, purchasers fell back 

 on cut ones, and with a few exceptions, 

 wholesalers sold the bulk of their 

 stock. American Beauties, never in 

 heavy Easter demand, were sufficient 

 for customers and at this writing there 

 arc plenty coming in. Sweet peas were 

 cut so close for Easter that they are 

 short now. Iris meets a fair demand. 

 Lily of the valley is needed, as the 

 wedding season has already begun. 

 There is still an abundance of bulbous 

 stock. 



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