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The Florists^ Review 



Decembeb 28, 1916. 



Only small numbers made $S per hun- 

 dred; $6 was jthe average price. Decem- 

 ber 23 and 24 the market went wrong 

 and prices fell as low as $4 for selects; 

 even good reds sold at that price. Christ- 

 mas day many whites and Enchantress 

 sold as low as $1 per hundred, as the 

 market was crowded with good stock. 



Violets sold well during the week. 

 During the first part of the week prices 

 ranged from $1 to $1.50 per hundred 

 and later in the week extra selects went 

 to $2 per hundred. Valley did not seem 

 to sell so well this year; the price was 

 up to $6 per hundred and the trade 

 bought sparingly. Extra select cut poin- 

 settias sold better this year. The de- 

 mand was large and the flowers brought 

 $5 per dozen. Sweet peas were limited 

 in supply. For select butterflies the top 

 price was $1.50 per hundred. The best 

 Paper Whites made $4 per hundred this 

 year and sold well. No freesias or Eo- 

 mans were seen. There were a few 

 chrysanthemums, but there was not 

 much demand for these. Stevias sold 

 well this year and all greens had a big 

 demand. 



It is hard to tell what the New Year's 

 trade will be this year. Usually it is not 

 heavy locally, but many of our retailers 

 report a number of advance orders 

 placed for watch parties, etc., and should 

 the fine weather keep up the local trade 

 may experience a heavy demand, for 

 which preparations now are being made. 



Various Notes. 



The downtown florists who say Christ- 

 mas business was never better include 

 Grimm & Gorly, the Mullanphy Florists, 

 Fred Foster, the Kiessen Floral Co. and 

 John Berner. They surely had their hands 

 full, even with 'plenty of extra help. 

 Plants and cut flo vers sold equally well. 

 Some of them fared badly on shipping 

 trade, as the express company would ac- 

 cept the shipments only subject to delay. 

 This was their only complaint this 

 Christmas. 



The Sanders Nursery Co., the Young 

 Bros. Floral Co., John Borne, the Ka- 

 lisch Bros. Floral Co., F. C. Weber, the 

 Young & Sons Co., Fred H. Weber, Jo- 

 seph Witek and Miss M. S. Newman had 

 about all they could handle the last three 

 days of the week. 



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