September 30, 1911 



Flower Market Reports. 



(Cfntinttsd from pa^r 4~~) 



Many extensive store dec- 

 DETROIT dial ions for fall open- 

 ings and weddings kept 

 most of the stores very busy and put 

 a more healthy price on cut flowers 

 It looks as though we may look for- 

 ward to a short supply for a few 

 weeks Ln the near future. A very en- 

 couraging report comes from Mt. 

 Clemens where the majority of our 

 wholesale glowers have some very up- 

 to-date ranges. 



The genial weather 

 NEW YORK continues to exercise 

 its uncongenial influ- 

 ence on the flower trade, and so long 

 as dray loads of dahlias, cosmos and 

 other garden products are a daily- 

 spectacle in the wholesale district noi 

 much change in conditions may be 

 looked for. The same warm autumn 

 sunlight which brings the dahlias into 

 bloom is also at work on the indoor 

 crops, and roses are responding to its 

 influence with an exuberance which 

 brings dismay to the man whose busi- 

 ness it is to find a purchaser for the 

 heaped up consignments. The cattle- 

 yas, likewise, are hurrying in on the 

 market and where, a couple of weeks 

 ago none were obtainable, today the 

 dealer is sorely puzzled as to how to 

 get rid of them. Violets have added 

 their quota to the general accumula- 

 tion. They are blooming more freely 

 than would be expected under the cir- 

 cumstances, but are very pale in color, 

 and there is very little demand for 

 them Carnation gradually improving 

 and chrysanthemums getting more in 

 evidence every day. Asters slackening 

 up and gladioli near their end. 



We are passing 

 PHILADELPHIA through a tr 



tion period a t 

 present. The summer doldrums are 

 over, of course, and the .-anguine 

 looked for the brisk fall business to 

 commence at once. But the brisk fall 

 business holds off. For a day or two. 

 off and on, we imagined that the brisk 

 "brown clad lad" was with us — and 

 then we awakened to the sad fact 

 that it was only a dream, due to the 

 wish being father to the thought. 

 Last week we had flowers to burn 

 and no takers. The past week was 

 only a sample of the condition. For 

 four days it was "nothing doing" — 

 then Friday and Saturday saw a pret- 

 ty good clean-up on everything except 

 roses. The latter, especially in pinks 

 and whites, went a-begging; a big 

 surplus. The red roses like Rich- 

 monds and Beauties fared better. 



HORTICULTURE 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH 



479 



WILLIAM H. KUEBLER 



Brooklyn's ForemoAt and Best 



WH0LE8ALE COMMISSION H0U8E 



A lint Class Market tar all CUT FLOWER* 



28 Willoufhby St., Brooklyn, H. T. 



Tel. *Cei Main 



William F. Kasting Co. 



Wholesal 

 383-387 ELLICOTT ST. 



lorists 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattloyas 



Lilies, Longtflorum 



Lily ol th. VaUey 



Chrysanthemums 



Qladloll 



Asters 



Daisies 



Dahlias 



Violets 



Harden las 



Mil. at u m 



•ml lax 



Asparagus Planteens, nriagi 



" ft Spien. doo bcht) 



Some blamed the weather but while 

 that was not ideal it was not so bad. 

 The demand simply was not there in 

 any department — that is all. The ma- 

 jority of the carnations are pretty 

 short-stemmed and such stock hangs 

 fire. Really good carnations meet 

 with ready sale, but these are few. 

 Dahlias are very plentiful and excel- 

 lent. All things considered it is sur- 

 prising how these clean up when tip- 

 enormous quantity coming in daily 

 have to find a market — or the dump. 

 Of course the prices on these are very 

 moderate and this has its effect on 

 all other flowers. Asters and gladioli 

 on the wane. Orchids more plentiful 

 and a big drop. The only chrysan- 

 themums arriving so far are early 

 yellows and these find a fairly good 

 market. 



The general toi 

 PROVIDENCE the "market during 



the past has shown 

 a slight Improvement and the tradi 

 in a very expectant mood. Outdo* 

 flowers are practically extinct and as 

 a consequence the hot-house prod 

 are in demand. The prospects for a 

 prosperous season appear very bright 

 Already many "corning outs" are 

 scheduled, society is planning for a 

 busy time this winter and man] enter- 

 tainments are cm the programme. 

 \\ iili ibis outlook the florists are feel- 

 ing jubilant and their only hope i- 

 that they can supply the demand I 

 nations are coming slew and the de- 

 mand far exceeds the supply. Th 

 quality is fair, but the stems are short 

 and the average price is $1.50. Chrys- 

 anthemums of a very fair quality are 

 on the market, bringing from $2 to i'.\ 

 pei da en al n noli sale with a good <i 

 mand Roses of a fine quality an- verj 

 plentiful, Many ol the florists 

 showing a fine crop of violets for this 

 time of the year and they are worth 

 a cent apiece at wholesale. Some very 

 fine cattleyas are available at $0 per 

 dozen. Asters an- running very poor. 

 there is little demand for them. 



During the past week 

 ST. LOUIS there was a great deal 

 of stock in at any of 

 the four markets with hardly enough 

 demand to dispose of it and the warm 

 days did no good to a left-over stock. 

 Prices have been very cheap all week 

 and in some cases the thousand-lot 

 prices were so very low that we will 

 not record them. A few chrysanthe- 

 mums are coming in, and sell well at 

 from $1.50 to $3 per dozen. These 

 from now on will become more plen- 

 tiful each week and stay with usMn 

 abundance for the next two months. 

 Next week we are looking forward 

 to as quite a busy one. The fall fes- 

 tivities begin with the Veiled 

 Prophets' Ball which generally uses up 

 a lot of extra Bne stock. There will 

 also be a lot of fall opening dec-ora- 

 tions to be made for the- large depart- 

 ment stores downtown 



The Jewish boli- 

 WASHINGTON day caused a little 



flurry in the mar- 

 ket Thursday and Friday last wet k 

 but Saturday was almost flat in com- 

 parison There was plenty of good 

 clean stock to cover all demands. 

 Roses are even more plentiful than the 

 week past. Lilies selling slow at $^ to 

 I ;>er hundred: lilies of the valley 

 are going fairly well at from $3 to $4 

 i undred; dahlias have been quite 

 plentiful at from 75 cents to $1.50. 

 There were probably more carnations 

 In the market last week than were 

 d. and they were sold at from 

 $1.00 to $1.50 per hundred. The pinks 

 and whites seem to go quite well, but 

 there is little demand for reds. Cat- 

 tleyas are more plentiful and arc of- 

 fered at $6 per dozen, with little de- 

 mand In some cases as low as $35 per 

 hundred. The above quotations apply 

 to first-class stock only, the poorer 

 grades being sold to street men at 

 much lower figures. There seems to 

 be an increased number of street men 

 and an increased demand for the class 

 of goods they carry 



