July 29, 1911 



HORT1CULTUKL 



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Flower Market Reports. 



A few cool nights this 

 BOSTON week have had the effect 

 of shortening up the sup- 

 ply, but not much influence yel in im- 

 proving the quality of stock ((lining 

 in. Roses are from young plants most- 

 ly and the buds and stems are of the 

 pee-wee order. Beauty roses are in 

 fair demand and normal supply. Car- 

 nations are very poor — hardly worth 

 making mention of them. Asters are 

 on the increase. The quality is not 

 bad considering the conditions, and 

 the blooms, although small, show that 

 they are mostly of the better types 

 and not the little runts that in years 

 past composed most of the early ship- 

 ments. Lily of the valley is in light 

 demand but some of it is superb in all 

 respects and well worthy of the top 

 price. Lilies of good quality are in 

 fair supply and excellent demand. 

 Gardenias are again in sight and will 

 be obtainable regularly throughout 

 the balance of the season. 



There is practically no 

 BUFFALO change in the market 

 conditions from previous 

 weeks, stock a little on the scarce 

 side, and at times certain material 

 hard to get. Asters and gladioli are 

 just coming on, but no large quanti- 

 ties are had as yet. The demand has 

 been good on roses though Beauties 

 have not moved as fast as wished for. 

 Killainey and other roses have been 

 fairly good, and sold very satisfactor- 

 ily. There are fine lilies in the market, 

 also lily of the valley, but the latter 

 are not overplentiful. Corn flowers 

 and a few other garden flowers, are 

 about the only thing received, and 

 have sold very well. 



Conditions have not 

 CHICAGO changed in the Chicago 

 cut flower market during 

 the past week except possibly in de- 

 gree. The scarcity of good stock at 

 this season is not unusual but it is 

 more scarce than in other years. The 

 temperature has taken a decided drop, 

 and for the past two weeks stock along 

 all lines has been greatly invigorated 

 but no increase in quantity. This is 

 especially noticeable in roses and some 

 very fair summer stock is now on the 

 counters. The general tendency is to 

 dispose of all stock each day; only a 

 small amount, if any, is left over. 

 Shipping trade is very lively showing 

 the scarcity of flowers to be general. 

 Asters are coming in this week much 

 more freely, and many of them are 

 good for the first of the season. Stems 

 are now reaching from eighteen to 

 twenty inches. Prospects are for a 

 good gladiolus season. The market has 

 this flower in all sizes and colors. 

 Beauties are gaining each week. Lilies 

 of several kinds; lily of the valley, 

 gypsophila and a few sweet peas all 

 tend to help out the summer supply. 



Summer flowers seem 

 CINCINNATI to be taking their 

 own sweet time about 

 coming into the market this season. 

 Where other summers at this time the 

 supply of asters and gladioli was easily 

 adequate or more than adequate, this 

 year they are just beginning to arrive 

 in any quantity at all. On Tuesday 

 of this week the first large shipments 

 of asters came in. The prices on all 

 stock is holding up in a way that must 

 be most gratifying to the growers. 

 Roses are now too plentiful and clean 



ASTERS 



For the early varieties, 

 good sized flowers with long 

 stems, splendid quality; pinks, 

 purples and whites. Orders 

 of any size can be taken care 

 of on short notice, our grow- 

 ers cutting in large quantities, 

 which reach us daily about 

 8 a. m. 



$1.00 to $2.00 per hundred 

 Extra choice $3.00 per hundred 



NOTE: 



This has been a trying season for Asters. Our 

 growers have been particularly fortunate, and our 

 qualities are therefor, above the average. The best 

 values going ! We take no credit for this. It is Fate. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE {^I#T S s A b E F PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 



109 W. 26th Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



WASHINGTON 



1212 New York Ave. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-™ 6 PR,c f Sixers only 



ROSES 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp i 25.00 



" Extra j 15.00 



No. 1 I 10.00 



Lower grades 8.00 



Richmond, Chatenay, Fan . & Spl • . ■ 5.00 



" Lower Grades 3.00 



Killarney, Maryland, Fan. & Spl... ; 5.00 



" Low. Grade*. 3.C0 



Bride, 'Maid, | 3.00 



Kaiser in, Carnot, 1 3.00 



CARNATIONS, First Quality | 3.00 



" Ordinary ! r.50 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattley as 



Liliea, Longifloruo... 



Lily of the Valley 



Gladioli 



Stocks 



Asters 



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DETROIT 



July 18 



BUFFALO 



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HP very readily. Longiflorum lilies, 

 auratums and rubrums sell well and 

 are always offered in more or less 

 quantity. Considerable feverfew and 

 hardy hydrangeas are also being util- 

 ized. As a whole the market is far 

 short of the amount of cut flowers it 

 might use at the time of the present 

 writing. The green goods market is 

 ample. 



Conditions here are ah- 

 DETROIT solutely unchanged. The 



rain which appeared a 

 week ago was of too short a duration 

 to be of any account, still we had a 

 nice cool week which was somewhat 

 refreshing to out-of-door crops. The 

 present high wind is annulling the 

 benefits of several heavy showers. Sev- 



(Contituied on pnge 14J) 



