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MaY 26, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



premiums of $3 and $2 for twenty-five 

 blooms of new varieties, introductions 

 of 1904. There are special classes for 

 the several colors in which 100 blooms 

 are required, with premiums of $10 and 

 $7. There is a sweepstakes premium 

 offered for the best exhibition of 100 

 blooms. The premiums for seedlings, 

 where twenty blooms are required, are 

 $10 in each class and there is a sweep- 

 stakes for the best exhibit among the 

 seedlings. Sweepstakes are also offered 

 in the classes for seedling chrysanthe- 

 mums and there is a silver cup for the 

 best new rose never before exhibited. 



Copies of the list may be had by ad- 

 dressing E. A. Kanst, assistant secretary, 

 5700 Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago. 



y^etable Forcing. 



Vegetable markets are ruled by the 

 outdoor crops now in market. At Chi- 

 cago cucumbers were worth only from 

 20 to 45 cents a dozen and leaf lettuce 

 15 to 25 cents a case, May 25. 



REVIEW OF THE SEASON. 



The season of vegetable forcing is 

 just about closed. It is late now for 

 making any fresh plantations, so all that 

 remains to be done is to care for the 

 remnant of the crops now maturingi 

 Tomatoes and cucumbers are about the 

 only crops left, and they are about the 

 only crops that it will pay to hang on 

 to this late in the season, as lettuce, 

 cauliflower and such subjects are, or will 

 soon be, plentiful outdoors in most sec- 

 tions of the country. The present is a 

 good time to look over the houses and 

 find out what painting and repairs are 

 necessary, so that steps can be taken to 

 have this work done in good season, 

 then everything will be in readiness 

 when the time comes for again beginning 

 operations. As the work practically be- 

 gins in August, with the sowing of such 

 subjects as tomatoes and cucumbers, the 

 few weeks between now and then will 

 soon slip past, hence the necessity of 

 having everything ready to avoid both 

 hurry and delay. 



Though the season, taken all through, 

 has not been a record-breaker as regards 

 prices, still, fairly good prices have in 

 general been obtained, but on account of 

 the severity of the winter a good deal of 

 the profits have been eaten up in the 

 extra coal necessary to keep things warm. 

 Of the several subjects, tomatoes have 

 fluctuated least of any in price, 20 

 cents per pound being the average 

 highest; on very few occasions did they 

 exceed this figure. Cucumbers have run 

 about $1.25 per dozen, but have fluc- 

 tuated from $1 to $1.50 for best quality. 

 Mushrooms have run from 35 to 60 cents 

 per pound, occasionally rising as high as 

 75 cents, though 40 cents has been about 

 the average best price. Lettuce has been 

 very uncertain, the best quality of heads 

 sometimes selling as low as $3.25 per 

 barrel and running anywhere from that 

 "P to $6, though around $4 has been 

 about the average price. For cauliflower 

 $3.50 per dozen has been about the aver- 

 age high price, though they have occa- 

 sionally sold as high a^ $5. Bhubarb has 

 ranged from 3 to 7 cents per pound, and 

 the highest price for asparagus has been 



Modem Gunation Hout^, at Strafford Flower Farm. 



pietty well maintained at $6 per dozen, 

 bunches, while the best prices for rad- 

 ishes have run from 40 to 60 cents per 

 dozen bunches. 



Now is a- good time for the grower to 

 take a review of the season and find out 

 what has paid best, so that he can de- 

 cide what it is best to grow most of an- 

 other season. So much depends on the 

 market at which the produce is sold that 

 the producer is the best judge of his own 

 individual case. Though the best qual- 

 ity will always command the highest fig- 

 ure of the day, the fluctuations in price 

 from day to day are due more to supply 

 and demand than to the quality of the 

 article produced, hence the necessity of 

 the grower selecting the article with 

 which the market at which he sells is 

 lt£8t likely to be overrun. 



It seems strange, but nevertheless a 

 fact, that all the growers in the same 

 section will often get running on the 

 same thing, the result being that all 

 available markets are soon overrun and 

 pi ices necessarily cut. A good deal of 

 this is often due to locality, which may 

 be very suitable for certain products, tfut 

 seeing that supply and demand have so 

 much influence on the market prices, the 

 grower must get away from the usual 

 rut to give himself a better chance of 

 getting fill] value for his products. 



W. S. Croydon. 



CXDRRECTIONS. 



An error in proofreading caused 

 Hunt's spiked cemetery vase to be quoted 

 in our last issue at $2.25 per dozen and 

 $1.25 per dozen in barrel lots, when $1.95 

 per dozen in barrel lots is correct, as was 

 quoted in the larger advertisement May 

 5 This was in the advertisement of E. 

 H. Hunt, Chicago. 



In the carnation advertisement of C. 

 Eisele, Philadelphia, last week the va- 



riety Estelle was named instead of 

 Ethel Crocker. "I was busy all week 

 answering letters and returning money 

 sent with orders, because I didn't have 

 the stock," writes Mr. Eisele. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The vast supply of outdoor lilac has 

 given way this week to the peony van- 

 guard, which is arriving from the south 

 in generally good condition. Home- 

 grown peonies seem unlikely to be in 

 before Decoration day, though last sea- 

 son they were nearly over at that time. 

 Calla lilies are becoming scarce, but 

 Easter lilies are in fair supply and can 

 be had in quantity if ordered ahead. 

 Carnations promise to be in large sup- 

 ply for Memorial day at slightly ad- 

 vanced figures. Some dealers have al- 

 ready stopped taking advance orders. 

 The feature of the rose market is the 

 arrival of new crop Beauties, in quantity, 

 Leo Niessen receiving 1,800 in a single 

 shipment on Monday. They are medium 

 and short-stemmed flowers with nice foli- 

 age. S. S. Pennock is receiving Hemer- 

 oeallis flava, the day lily, lemon yellow 

 i.. color, suitable for decorating. 



The Strafford Flower Farm, 



Through the courtesy of Samuel S. 

 Pennock, the well-known wholesale flor- 

 ist of this city, I was enabled to visit this 

 enterprising establishment some time 

 since. The party was to have consisted 

 of S. S. Pennock, A. B. Cartledge, David 

 Rust and Phil, but unluckily Mr. Cart- 

 ledge was obliged to secure some plants 

 needed in his store, so the number was 

 reduced to three. Some doubts had been 

 expressed as to whether the representa- 

 tives of two rival papers should go to- 

 gether on a visit of inspection, but these 



