. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Max 31, 1917, The Florists^ Review 17 country this winter and spring. One of the factors against them was that their houses in Holland felt the neces- sity of obtaining war-time prices for bulbs in the face of the fact of re- stricted markets and their necessity of working off their surplus in America. Many growers and jobbers who undoubt- edly will use large quantities of bulbs have refrained from placing orders, feel- ing sure that if transportation is avail- able the quantity of unsold stock on the market will depress prices, as Con- sul Mahin n
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Max 31, 1917, The Florists^ Review 17 country this winter and spring. One of the factors against them was that their houses in Holland felt the neces- sity of obtaining war-time prices for bulbs in the face of the fact of re- stricted markets and their necessity of working off their surplus in America. Many growers and jobbers who undoubt- edly will use large quantities of bulbs have refrained from placing orders, feel- ing sure that if transportation is avail- able the quantity of unsold stock on the market will depress prices, as Con- sul Mahin notes and the trade all knows it did at the end of last season. Grermany's Supply also Coining. But the most important item in Con- sul Mahin's communication, for it is news, relates to the German market having been closed to the Hollanders. Germany normally takes twenty per cent of the Holland bulb crop, but last year took thirty per cent, while Amer- ica normally takes twenty per cent and last year took almost fifty per cent. With the German market closed by embargo the United States will be the only large market open to the Holland bulb exporters. Great Britain normally uses twice as many Holland bulbs as has the United States, Germany as many, as we and France an appreciable quantity. It seems, therefore, that the Hollanders will seek to find conveyance to America, and a market here, for a quantity of bulbs four times as great as in 1913, the last peace season. There may be a considerable reduction of the output in Holland this year, due to the various factors that have been at work, but there is not the slightest indication or intimation that the crop will be re- duced in anything to compare with the quantity of bulbs ordinarily taken by the markets now closed to them by or- der of the belligerent governments. It is reported that the British Board of Trade now has absolutely prohibited the importation of bulbs and has given notice that no special licenses to import will be
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