April 35, 1914 



HORTICULTUBE 



645 



Flower Market Reports 



. Last week's market com- 

 BOSTON ments would suffice to 

 tell the story for this 

 week, for there has been no improve- 

 ment in conditions thus far and no 

 encouragement in sight to give any as- 

 surance of immediate revival. The 

 whole question with the wholesale 

 people and growers is how to move 

 the goods out and leave room for the 

 oncrowding succession but it is a 

 struggle against odds, somewhat like 

 that of the old lady who tried to sweep 

 back the incoming tide on the sea- 

 shore. All market staples are in prac- 

 tically the same predicament. Violets 

 and tulips are fast going off the stage. 

 The retail windows are interesting and 

 attractive with the display of things a 

 little out of the ordinary such as love- 

 ly Spanish irises, big yellow daisies, 

 sweet English primroses, brown-heart- 

 ed calendulas, nasturtiums and corn- 

 flowers. The flower fanciers like these 

 things but such trade is little help to 

 the growers of standard goods, whose 

 product finds its most active outlet 

 just now through the street and hole- 

 in-the-wall merchants. 



The past week has been 

 BUFFALO a quiet one for all; 

 practically nothing do- 

 ing throughout except on Saturday 

 which was unloading day and then 

 only a portion of the heavy receipts 

 could be moved. Roses are in extra 

 heavy supply also carnations, sweet 

 peas and every thing else. Lilies are 

 carried along from day to day. with 

 no demand; the same with tulips, 

 daffodils and snapdragons. 



The effects of an un- 

 CHICAGO usually busy Easter are 

 wearing away and trade 

 has now resumed its normal spring 

 pace. There was not the complete falling 

 off of business that often follows a lioli- 

 day and few retailers had enough 

 stock left on hand to carry them more 

 than a day or two. The prompt oc- 

 curence of the after Easter weddings, 

 some of which were quite elaborate af- 

 fairs, helped to prevent any accumula- 

 tion of stock and gave an outlet for 

 the quantity of American Beauties 

 that are now being cut, and served to 

 move the lily of the valley. Violet 

 season is regarded as about closed 

 though very good singles are still in 

 the market. Sweet peas are equal to 

 the demand and the quality is usually 

 good. The older common varieties are 

 hard to sell when placed beside the 

 butterflies, but this condition has pre- 

 vailed all the season. All kinds of 

 roses are inclined to be a little ahead 

 of the demand. Carnations are not 

 nearly so plentiful as roses; all good 

 stock is used up each day. There is 

 still a fair supply of daffodils, tulips 

 and miscellaneous flowers; lilies are 

 in excess of the demand. Ferns con- 

 tinue scarce with no prospect of a 

 change. 



The market seejns to 

 CINCINNATI be about due for its 

 first real glut of 1914. 

 The extra heavy cut of lilies is the di- 

 rect cause. Following Easter the flor- 

 ists were all overstocked with them, 

 while more were still arriving. The 

 result is that buyers' prices govern in 

 this line, while the prices in other 

 lines have also dropped. Carnations 

 are about the only flower sell- 

 ing up with any fair degree of regu- 



DAISIES 



For .1 week-end sale, either yel- 

 low or white Daisie.s; good large 

 flowers and long stems. 



$6.00 per 1000; 500 at same ratr. 



V.4I.I-EY— SpeoiMl, $4.00 per 100; 

 Extra. $:3.00 per 100. 



GAKHKNIA.^- -Special. J.S.OO per 

 dnz.. $20.00 per 1000; Extra, 

 $L'.00 per (loz., $12.50 per 

 IfKX). 



C.*TTLEYAS— Per doz. : Spe- 

 cials, .$0.00, $7.50: Medhim, 

 .$4.00: Mixed Orchids, $5.00, 

 $10.00, $15.00 boxes. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



The Wholesale Florists 

 of Philadelphia 



NEW YORK 



1 1 7 W. 28th Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



BALTIIVIORE 



Franklin and St. Paul Sts ^ 



WASHINGTON 



1216 H Street. N. W- 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS — 



TRADE PRICES — P«r 100 



TO DEALERS ONLY 



Roses 



Am. Beauty , Special 



*• " Fancy and Extra 



No. I 



Killarney, Extra 



" Ordinary '• 



Richmond, Hillingdon, Extra 



" " Ordinary 



Maryland, Ward, Taft, Sunburst, Extra . 



" " " *' Ordinary 



Russell, Shawycr 



Carnations, Fancy 



" Ordinary 



Cattleyas 



Lilies. Longiflonim . 



CalUs 



Lily of the Valley 



Wallflower 



Snapdragon 



Daffodils ^ 



Tulips 



Violets 



Pansies - - - • 



M ignonette 



Dasies, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas .... 



Lilacs, per bunch 



Gardenias 



Adianium 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings (loo) 



" '* & Spren, (loo Rchs.l 



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larity. Roses of every kind including 

 even American Beauties are plentiful. 

 The current week is the first time we 

 have had a really adequate supply of 

 good Beauties for quite a long time. 

 The cut of callas continues large and 

 they have at the best only a fair mar- 

 ket. Sweet peas are good, but are not 

 selling very fast. Lily of the valley 

 and snapdragons sell poorly. Outdoor 

 daffodils and Poeticus are in. Taking 

 the market as a whole we have a very 

 large supply. Prices are rather low, 

 but the sales are many and cause a 

 fair market condition. 



The cut flower mar- 

 NEW YORK ket here at the pres- 

 ent time is in a de- 

 plorable condition. There is an over- 

 whelming abundance of flowers com- 

 ing into the wholesale district and the 

 demand through established channels 

 has fallen off to almost nothing. This 

 cannot last long as growers will not 

 want to keep their houses running 

 along on unremunerative crops and 

 doubtless many will soon throw out 

 and replant. It is true that the quality 



of carnations and that of many of the 

 roses is very fine. Either one, how- 

 ever, can be bought in bulk, all grades 

 included, from $5.00 to $10.00 per 1,000. 

 Lily of the valley is not much over- 

 stocked and is about the only really 

 bright spot in the market. Bulb 

 stock, usually at the bottom of the list 

 at this season, is doing fairly well at 

 present. Smilax is scarce and pric^ 

 high. 



There was a good 

 PHILADELPHIA volume of busi- 

 ness for week 

 after Easter but far too many flowers. 

 The start was made Monday with 

 clean ice boxes but two days later they 

 were loaded up. Of course prices broke 

 badly, and sales were soon being made 

 at half or quarter or any old price. 

 Everything is in the redundant list ex- 

 cept perhaps lily of the valley and or- 

 chids. Roses are tremendously plenti- 

 ful, the clear weather bringing thera 

 along with a rush. Carnations have 

 also suffered In the general slump but 

 not quite so badly as roses. There la 



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