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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw50amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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NEW CARNATION AVIATOR AT PYFER & OLSEM'S, \A/ILMETTE, ILL See Page 753. voted to October Frost chrysanthe- mums are being planted with longi- florum lilies for February cutting. Peter Boll, of Woburn, Mass.. has his wliole establishment devoted to Asparagus plumosus, Sprengerii and Adiantum croweanum. He is shipping a good supply to the Boston Co-opera- ative Market at present. W. C. Stickel, of Lexington. Mass., has nearly his entire plant devoted to White Wonder and Pink Delight car- nations. At present he is cutting about 10,000 flowers per week. R. E. Wadsworth & Co., of North- boro, Mass., in addition to carnations is cutting good spikes of Silver Pink snapdragon. His mignonette is also of very good quality. In addition to well grown carnations, John Foote & Co. of Reading, Mass., are sending to the Co-operative Market some very fine Bouvardia Humboldtii. E. J. MacMulkin and J. F. Carney, florists, have incorporated for .$30,0(X*, and will trade as MacMulkin, Inc. F. L. W. Milwaukee. HEAVY SUPPLY CAUSED BY" WEATHER. The past week found the market loaded with > stock of all kinds. The exceptionally fine weather brought in heavy cuts of chrysanthemums, which did not move on account of an over supply of carnations and roses. Chrys- anthemums have not been up to their usual standard, being deficient in color and quality. Pacific Supreme has been exceptionally poor, showing a yellow center and off color otherwise. It has been a drug on the market. Carna- tions have been selling at very low figures. The dark weather a few weeks ago has had its effect on Kil- larney roses and they are somewhat off color. Dahlias continue to arrive in large quantities and more slowly. Roses are in good supply and greens are plentiful. NOTES. Wm. Manke & Co.'s houses of car- nations look better than they have for several years, although they are not cutting heavily at the present time. They will be fortunate in having a fine crop in a short time, which will easily carry through the holidays. The Cudahy Floral Co., are off crop on roses at the present time but will have an exceptionally fine cut in about two weeks. The stock is in fine con- dition and W. G. Scott, the manager, is well pleased with the results ob- tained up to the present time. H. W. Koerner's dahlias are bloom- ing in abundance. Fully six acres of the finest varieties are grown at this place and surely is an interesting sight. He has cut many thousand blooms this season for the local markets both in gladioli and dahlias. Fred N. Manke has his two new houses stocked with chrysanthemums from which he is cutting a good num- ber of blooms. He also has a large amount of sweet peas which will be in fine condition in a short time. Rudolph Preuss has consigned his first carnations to the local market from his new North Milwaukee plant. The stock is in fine condition, but he expects a much larger crop in the near future. Currie Bros. Co. will soon occupy their new quarters on East Water street, which will give them ample room to take care of their large seed business. This firm reports business good. Kamp-Spinti Co., are filling up their two new houses, recently completed by the John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, with cut plants and other miscella- neous stock. Grunewald Bros., with their two new houses 26x300 feet planted with car- nations, are cutting some fine stock at the present time. Holton & Hunkel Co. is still cutting a good supply of fancy Mrs. Chas. Rus- sell roses that are in brisk demand. Nic Zweifel has a large cut of chrys- anthemums which are of a fine quality. His carnations are also in first class condition. C. C. Pollworth Co. will as usual have a large supply of blooming and decora- tive plants for its holiday trade. Fox Point Floral Co., is consigning some very fine pompons to Gust. Rusch & Co.. which find ready sale. Gust. Rusch & Co. are preparing for a busy season which should open soon. R. Pittsburgn. FHOST NEEDED TO STOP GLUT. The weather has turned quite cool here within the past week, but up to the present writing we have had no killing frosts. A good frost would be very welcome here, as it would put a decided end to the tail-end varieties of outside flowers, thereby affording sales for the heavy cuts of inside stock which now prevail. Carnations and roses are glutting the market and prices are down to the lowest level, as they could hardly go much lower than they are at present. Quantities of choice stock are disposed of to the street men every day, as this is the chief outlet for the ovestocked whole- salers. Chrysanthemums are in heavy supply, but do not bring nearly what they are really worth. It is certainly a shame to see the most fancy varie- ties go to waste, while the less expensive grades get the calling, but the tempting prices of other stock hav» brought sales on chrysanthemums, American Beauties and fancy roses away down. Some of the most excel- lent Killarney and Richmond roses ever seen here can be procured at about half usual prices. A good sup- ply of lily of the valley can always be found, also fine lilies. The supply of green goods is ample. The retailers, a? a rule, report trade as being very slow, due mainly to the closing down of so many of our glass and steel

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