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The Florists^ Review 



Januabx 8, 1920. 



Asparagus Hatcheri sprays in all ar- 

 rangements without additional charge. 

 "It is a practical way of expressing 

 our appreciation «f the best holiday 

 business yet experienced," observed J. 

 C. Hatcher, pleased to know that he 

 had the finest lot of poinsettias in the 

 Mohawk valley. ' ' These sold easily at $1 

 per bract on single stems. One church 

 order took four dozen. Plants in pans 

 also sold well, while cut blooms of roses 

 and carnations sold at prices hitherto 

 undreamed-of, but nevertheless con- 

 sidered a part of the natural order of 

 things. ' ' 



This spirit permeates the trade in 

 general. The passing of the old and the 

 advent of the new year, viewed from 

 the standpoint of the trade, is, in the 

 opinion of Henry Eberhardt, of the 

 Rosendale Flower Shop, Schenectady, 

 N. Y., cause for congratulation. 



E. V. B. Felthousen, of Schenecta'dy, 

 foresees a scarcity of carnation cuttings 

 as a result of the good prices for blooms 

 and advises growers to propagate to 

 their fullest capacity. He has practi- 

 cally shut down on blooms in order to 

 ' propagate. Matchless is a leading all- 

 round variety with him. 



A brief visit among the members of 

 the Albany trade found everyone satis- 

 fied so far as the demand is concerned. 

 Supplies were in many cases scarce, but, 

 as Fred A. Danker observed, ' ' ours is 

 the most uncertain profession under the 

 sun and when that luminary fails us it 

 is our greatest trial, but we manage to 

 come out on top after all." 



W. M. 



watch to see that our plants never 

 get a setback. We pot the young stock 

 into 2-inch, transpliant later to benches 

 close together and, if possible, plant 

 them out by the middle of June in solid 

 beds, spacing six inches each way, and 

 grow one flower to a plant. We have 

 tried two flowers, but they did not 

 turn out so well. 



"We do not take any crown buds; 

 ours are all terminal buds, which, taken 

 October 1 and later, bring our crop 

 of flowers during December. Of course 

 the houses are run cool, as soon as the 

 weather is cold. We are not afraid to 

 let the houses drop to 42 degrees, as 

 the petals never damp off and we get 

 better keeping flowers. These varieties 

 like a lot of water during the summer 

 months, but do not like wet feet when 

 fall comes. With the exception of this 

 year, we start cutting December 1 and 

 finish by January 15. This season all 

 mums were about two weeks early in 

 the Buffalo district." 



DUMSEB'S DATA. 



DECEMBER CHBYSAITTHEMUMS. 



At Hamburg, N. Y., growing for the 

 Buffalo market, C. T. Guenther has had 

 excellent success with chrysanthemums 

 as a December crop. The variety he 

 named Hamburg Late White has become 

 quite widely distributed and recently 



Wm. A. Murdoch, Titusville, Pa., had 

 a fine Christmas trade in both pot plants 

 and cut flowers. He says he could have 

 sold many more if the prices had not 

 been so high, but, as he cleaned up, he 

 is well satisfied. 



W. M. Deyoe & Co., Oil City, Pa., are 

 well pleased over their Christmas sales, 

 as they cleaned up well on the better 

 grade of stock all around. They did not 

 have enough cut flowers to make up a 

 corsage bouquet Christmas afternoon. 

 Mr. Deyoe, who has not been well for 

 the last few weeks, was able to be 

 around and attend to business. 



The Krut Floral Co., Butler, Pa,, had 

 a big call for cut flowers. The better 

 grade of pot plants found ready buyers. 



Chas. Kennedy, of the Oakwood Rose 

 Gardens, Oil City, Pa., reports that the 

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Chrysanthemum Hamburg Late Pink. 



he has been working up stock of a pink 

 sport, which he plans to disseminate 

 soon. 



"We have grown Hamburg Late Pink 

 and the Late White, from which it 

 sported, for a number of years, ' ' says 

 Mr. Guenther. "We realize more money 

 per square foot from these varieties 

 than from any others we ever grew. 



"We propagate during March and 

 April and, after they are rooted, we 



the oi)ening of flowers for Christmas 

 and he expects a large cut before prices 

 will drop, as this section has had more 

 than its share of dull days. 



G. H. Heelas, Jamestown, N. Y., had 

 a fine Christmas trade, especially on pot 

 plants, of which he had a good supply, 

 but the demand was greater than his 

 supply. He credits his increase in pot 

 ]»lant sales to the high prices of cut 

 flowers. 



Sherm. ■ J. OfEerle, Warren, Pa., 

 cleaned up well on all pot plants that 

 were ready for Christmas and could 

 have sold more. He also had a fine call 

 for cut flowers, of which he handles 

 large quantities of the better grades. 

 L. J. Rowe, Titusville, Pa., is well 

 pleased over his Christmas business, as 

 his supply of cut flowers and pot plants 

 was equal to the demand. He is en- 

 larging his coal bunker so that he will 

 be able to store fifteen carloads of coal 

 at one time under cover. At the same 

 time he is setting two boilers to l^ 

 ready to take care of the new range «6 

 will build this summer if the price of 

 material will permit the immediate ex- 

 tension. 



The Leith Floral Co., Butler, Pa., was 

 obliged to put on extra help, as, since 

 the steel strike was settled, the demand 

 for flowers has increased. Geo. Leith 

 says that people are a bit more cautious 

 in buying flowers now than formerly^ 

 as the prolonged steel strike compelled 

 them to economize. The better grade of 

 plants sold the best. 



The A. W. Smith Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 featured a number of large poinsettia 

 plants which were carried over from 

 last season. These plants carried from 

 twenty-five to thirty blooms per plant 

 and stood six feet high. The blooms 

 measured from seven to ten inches 

 across. Another feature was orchids in 

 pots especially grown for Christmas 

 with six to ten flowers per plant. These 

 sold at $25 per pot. 



Mr. McCraith, of the Larder Floral 

 Co., Fredonia, N. Y., is well pleased 

 with Christmas business done, as he 

 cleaned up well on both cut flowers and 

 pot plants, of which he had a good 

 supply. 



Sahle Bros., Fredonia, N. Y., are well 

 pleased with their returns on the Christ- 

 mas trade. They noticed a decided call 

 for pot plants at from $1 to $2 in place 

 of the cut 'flowers at prevailing prices. 

 Their new King house is being filled 

 with spring bedding plants, on which 

 they have a good trade. 



Barney Meyers, superintendent of the 

 W. J. Palmer greenhouses at Lancaster, 

 N. Y., reports that Christmas cleaned 

 up all salable stock, of which he had a 

 good supply. As he is short on help 

 for the plant section, he has decided to 

 grow more roses "and other cut flowers. 

 Charles Sandiford, Buffalo, N. Y., who 

 specializes on high-grade holiday plants, 

 cleaned up well on salable stock for 

 prompt delivery. His freesias are well 

 in flower and of a superior quality. 



A number of establishments through 

 western Pennsylvania were able to 

 carry their mums for the holidays and 

 they found ready sale for them at good 

 prices, as roses and carnations were 

 quite high. They are used chiefly for 

 baskets and funeral work. As the re- 

 turns on these were good this year, sev- 

 eral growers have decided to grow late 

 varieties next season and to produce 

 better quality. 



There was no oversupply of potted 

 plants, and combination or made-up 

 iDaskets and pans found a ready sale at 

 good prices. Some of the prevailing 

 prices on pot plants were $1.50 to $2 

 for good 4-inch cyclamens, while the 5- 

 inch brought from $2 to $6. Cincinnati 

 begonias were exceedingly scarce and 

 brought high prices; 6-inch plants sold 

 for from $5 to $12, according to pot 

 covers and ribbons attached. Cleveland 

 cherries were good sellers. D. W. D. 



