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the earliest of the outdoor Peas come in and are usually 

 much fresher and a decided improvement over the indoor 

 stock. These meet with a fair demand, and continue 

 until the hot weather may thin out the substance of the 

 flowers and cause a change in the taste in regard to them. 



New York. — The condition of the market in this 

 city, so far as Sweet Peas are concerned, remains about as 

 stable as anywhere throughout the country. The high 

 prices sometimes realized in the cities of the Middle West 

 are seldom equaled in New York, but the average for the 

 best flowers comes out at $1.50 for the Winter period. 



During January there is an increasing supply and the 

 ordinary Winter varieties have hitherto met with moderate 

 demand at from 50c. per dozen bunches for those with 

 short stems, no matter how good the flower, to $1.50 per 

 dozen bunches for those with long stems and choice flowers. 

 When there are limited supplies of the Spencer varieties 

 they may realize from $1.50 to $2 per dozen bunches. In 

 the middle of February the supply is large, and the best 

 of the ordinary varieties have sold at from $1 to $1.25 per 

 dozen bunches. Winter flowering Spencers are disposed 

 of at from $1.50 to $2.25. During March, in the last 

 year or two, the market was very fully supplied with Peas 

 of all sorts, and the stock was disposed of at from 50c. up 

 to $1 per dozen bunches, the Spencers at from $1 to $2, 

 all of them meeting with a fair demand. 



As the season advances the tendency is for heavier 

 supplies to come in, and by the early part of April there 

 are so many other flowers to compete with that prices 

 for Sweet Peas are apt to decline. However, good Spencers 

 usually maintain a leading place, but the ordinary or 

 grandiflora varieties sell less readily. In past years the 

 grandifloras have acted somewhat as a check upon the 



