October 7, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



509 



Flower Market Reports 



The present wool; seems 

 BOSTON like an old fashioned re- 

 \i\;il in the Bower 

 trade- in Boston market. 'I'ln- rei 

 have shortened up in quantity, especi- 

 ally on garden stot k, and a good clear 

 field is left for anyone having a 

 present crop of nice indoor material of 

 any sort. This is not likely to be a 

 verj permanent condition, though, as 

 the chrysanthemum inclusion will 

 make short work of it as soon as it 

 begins in earnest. Roses and carna- 

 tions are doing finely this week. Cat- 

 tleyas are having the advantage of a 

 busy market, and although coming in 

 with great rapidity the supply is nice- 

 ly absorbed. Violets begin to make 

 an impression. They are single 

 varieties as a rule, and quality is ex- 

 cellent for so early a date 



Fifteen rainy days in 

 CHICAGO the month of September 

 naturally made the 

 trade anticipate a change with the 

 coming in of October. So far, how- 

 ever, they have been disappointed and 

 the retailer especially is finding trade 

 business very dull in consequence. 

 The wholesaler who has a shipping 

 trade is not affected by the rain ex- 

 cept in the quality of his stock, which 

 is about up to an average year, not- 

 withstanding. Carnations are not com- 

 ing in quite as strong as when 

 brighter weather prevails, but many 

 excellent ones are seen. Beauties are 

 fast going off crop at some of the 

 houses. There is a good demand for 

 them and none go to waste. Killar- 

 neys are excellent and the supply cov- 

 ers all lengths. Melody shows up a 

 deep yellow in spite of the dark days 

 and those who are trying this rose 

 seem well satisfied with its behavior. 

 Chrysanthemums are last becoming 

 queen of the day. October Frost, 

 Golden Glow and Smith's Triumph are 

 the three varieties now in, with the 

 yellows outselling the white. Asters 

 are not considered a very good com- 

 modity now, though good ones usually 

 find sale. Dahlias packed in special 

 boxes make fine counter display, but 

 are not general favorites with the 

 trade. As if the wholesalers did not 

 have enough troubles of their own, as- 

 ters are now coming in from Massa- 

 chusetts (?). With the abundance of 

 white chrysanthemums now in the 

 market asters are not selling particu- 

 larly well and the quality of the east- 

 ern stock Is not in the "fancy" class. 



As the cooler weath- 

 CINCINNATI. er approaches the 



market approaches 

 the busy season aspect. Roses 

 and carnations rather than asters 

 and gladioli are the popular blooms. 

 The season of the latter two has 

 been somewhat different than in 

 the past. Both came in later than 

 usual and at first brought the very 

 highest prices. Then early asters soon 

 were in a glut. This glut lasted through 

 mid-season, until the late ones came 

 in. These were in larger quantities 

 than ever before and naturally 

 brought only bottom prices. The glad- 

 ioli held at their high prices for a time 

 and soon were glutted and remained 

 that way, off and on, for the balance 

 of the season. Roses of all kinds are 

 in strong supply and while last week 

 the demand was erratic, this week, up 



3% DAHLIAS 



AL>" 



BEAUTIES 



Special* $25.00 per 100 



Fancies 20.00 per MM 



E.vtru 15.00 per 100 



Firsts 12.50 per 100 



Seconds 10.00 per 100 



For Decorative 



and 



Wedding Work 



At this time tlicy are at their best, 

 some beautiful varieties, all colors, 

 large and small, good 1"nl' Btetns. tn 

 ; Cactus and similes 

 are wonderfully effective; typical Pall 

 flow ers. 



Orders received before noontime can be 



hipped the same day dlrei t i rom the 



I lalilla Farms at Ati o and Hammonton, 



\. .!.: tbe best growers In t lie country. 



The Choicest S2.B0 per 100 



tlioire 200 per 100 



'.,,,,, I Mediums 1 .VI [>er 100 



CATTLEYAS 



>-; nil per iluz. ; $35.00 per 100; 50 at the 

 Same rate. 



VALLEY 



Special, fl.00 per 100; Extra, $3.00 per 

 100. 



Distributing Agents for the Great 

 New Roses for 1912 



DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY and KILLARNEY QUEEN 



drafted, $250.00 per 1000. Own Root, $200.00 per 1000. 



SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS 



RIBBONS— THE P/M QUALITY. 



Exclusive, Refined and Up-to-date Styles. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ffgS^fel PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON 



109 W. 28th Street 



1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



1212 New York Aye. 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.- TRADE PKl ^t^i^s only 



till tin- end of the first half cleaned up 

 nicely. The carnations are good. 

 Lilies are bringing better prices than 

 a few weeks ago. Chrysanthemum 

 offerings include white and yellow and 

 so far have been mostly all choice. 

 More lily of the valley might be used. 

 The late crop of cosmos is now being 

 cut. 



It is hard to explain 

 NEW YORK the choked up, en- 

 cumbered condition 

 of the wholesale market here at cer- 

 tain periods other than on the as- 

 sumption that the growers and ship- 

 pers of dahlias and other easily grown 

 material have multiplied and the ex- 



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