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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 8, 1920 



WIETOR BROS. 



30 East 

 Randolph St., 



Chicago 



....CURRENT PRICE LIST.... ^'Si£J.^?«'Sf 



Premier Per loo 



Special $25.00 



Select 20.00 



Medium 15.00 



Short 10.00 



Russell 



Special 25.00 



Select 20.00 



Medium 15.00 



Short 10.00 



Columbia 



Special 20.00 



Select 15.00 



Medium 12.00 



Short 10.00 



Ophelia Per loo 



Special $15.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 10.00 



Short 8.00 



fikmburst 



Special 15.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 10.00 



Short 8.00 



Killarney and White Killarney 



Select 8.00 



Medium 6.00 



Short 5.00 



Carnations 



Fancy 



Good 



Split 



Per 100 



$5.00 



, 4.00 



2.00 



Calla Lilies, per doz $2.00 



Ferns, per 1000 5.00 



Galax, per 1000. 2.00 



Sprengeri, per bunch 50 



JOHN KRUCHTEN 



HENRY KRUCHTEN 



JOHN KRUCHTEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



(NOT INCORPORATED) 



30 East Randolph Street, 



L. D. PHOm, CSMTRAL Mie-Mll'Mlt 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



with the surplus this week. If these 

 flowers can be worked off at fair prices 

 the growers will have had a fine season. 

 Here is how one wholesaler figured it 

 out: In an ordinary year bulbs cost 5 

 cents, gave two to three flowers, ^aver- 

 aging 10 cents, brought about 25 cents, 

 loss of bulb twenty per cent, leaving 

 the grower 15 cents for his work. This 

 year bulbs cost 15 cents, produced three 

 to four flowers, which averaged 15 cents 

 (counting unsold lilies as lost), brought 

 55 cents, loss of bulbs fifteen per cent, 

 leaving about 31 cents, or twice as much 

 as usual out of which the grower could 

 meet his extra labor costs, etc., and 

 make a profit. If the left-over lilies can 

 be sold the showing will be still better. 

 That the retailers did not call for all 

 (the pot lilies was shown by the fact that 

 /the Boston store, which likes to 

 •slaughter prices on lines not carried 

 regularly, was able to pick up several 

 thousand plants at 55 cents each, sell- 

 ing them at 59 cents, much of it good 

 stock. Fortunately, their ad did not 

 quote the price. 



Easter in Retail Stores. 



Most of the retailers report them- 



- selves well pleased with the Easter busi- 

 , ness, congratulating themselves that the 

 • storm held off until Sunday. The stores 



which cater to the transient trade, par- 



- ticularly those in the outlying districts, 

 1 no doubt lost heavily because of the 

 .• storm, but the total business for the 



week in most cases foots up a larger 



- total than ever before at Easter. Most 

 . of the retailers pushed plants, selling 

 . cnt flowers only as called for. In many 



stores lilies constituted a much smaller 

 proportion of the stock than in pre-war 

 years. With minor exceptions the plants 

 were all sold and delivered Saturday, 

 ahead of the blizzard. One downtown 

 . store says the Sunday .storm cost $1,000, 



MEMORIAL DAY HEADQUARTERS 



We guarantee our 



WAX FLOWERS 



Per 100 

 WAX ROSES. Pink. White, 

 Golden Gate. Tellow. 



Large size $2.50 



Very large size 3.50 



CREPE ROSES. Pink, White. 

 Golden Gate. Yellow or Rus- 

 sell 2.50 



CARNATIONS, Pink. White. 

 Golden Gate 2.50 



SWEET PEAS. Pink, White. 

 Lavender. Per 1000 5.50 



Per 100 



CALLA LILIES $4.00 



EASTER LILIES 4.50 



APPLE BLOSSOMS. Pink or 

 White 1.25 



prices to be as low as the lowest 



MANILA BOXES 

 Flower Wreath Boxes 



Per 100 

 16-ie-5 $10.25 

 16-16-7 11.75 

 18-18-6 12.2S 

 18-18-8 18.76 

 20-20-6 14.00 

 20-20-9 16.60 

 22-22-6 16.60 

 22-22-8 19.00 

 Violet Boxes 

 8-6-4 $4.00 



9H-6-5 6.26 

 10-7-6 6.26 



12-8-7 7.75 



Boaqnet 

 Boxes 

 ie-9-8 $11.60 



Cut 

 Boxes 



Per 100 

 18-5-3 Vi $3.76 

 21-5-8H 4.60 

 24-6-8% 

 28-5-3% 

 21-8-5 

 30-6-8% 

 24-8-5 

 28-8-5 

 30-8-6 

 36-8-6 

 30-12-6 

 36-12-6 

 36-14-6 



6.26 



6.76 



7.00 



7.00 



7.60 



8.00 



8.60 



11.76 



13.60 



16.60 



16.60 



Printing free on lota of 500 or 

 more. In smaller quantities 

 $1.25 extra. Gold Ink $2.60. 

 These boxes are the result of 

 long experience. Why not take 

 advantage of both quality and 

 price T 



C¥CAS LEATES 



Per 100 



8 to 12-ln $ 3.25 



12 to 16-ln 4.00 



16 to 20-in 6.00 



28 to 82-ln 8.60 



82 to 86-in 9.60 



86 to 40-ln 11.60 



40 to 44-ln 13.25 



44 to 48-in 15.00 



We preserve our own 

 Cycas Leaves right In our 

 own factory. They are pii- 

 abie, handsome color, an>l 

 will not mould. 



As railroad conditions are upset all over the country, 

 order now, don't delay, save yourself many disappointments. 



BOSTON FLORAL SUPPLY & SNYDER CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS M«ii 257: 



OFFICE SALESROOMS - SHIPPING DEPT. PHONES ^•jj|j| \^ 



BOSTON, MASS. M Ig! 



Kindly address all communications to our Main Office, 15 Otis Street, Boston, Mass. 



IS Otis Street 

 94-96 Arch Street 



but neighbors, catering to a different 

 class of trade, say their business had 

 been practically finished before the 

 weather turned. The retailers assert 

 prices asked for lilies and carnations 

 were so high they could not see much 

 chance of making a profit on them and 

 preferred to handle plants or roses, but 

 in most cases it is said the public paid 

 the higher prices without protest. 



This Week's Market. 



The current week opened with the 



DON'T 

 FORGET 



TO LOOK ON 



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market heavily supplied with stock held 

 over from April 3, with comparatively 

 light demand, because many retailers 

 also had some stock carried over, *nd 



