PHILADELPHIA Ornamental Terminal Prices as of 01-FEB-2006

Provided by:  Fruit and Vegetable Market News,
              Federal-State Market News Service, USDA.

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Weather at 7:00 a.m.  Overcast 39   Yesterday's high 46
MARKET COMMENT: Trading on today's market was moderate.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS REPORT WILL BE DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 01, 2006.

This report is issued weekly, usually on Wednesday.
---ACACIA (MIMOSA): per bunch CA 6.50-7.99
---ACONITUM (MONKSHOOD): bunched 10s NL few 9.50
---ALSTROEMERIA: bunched 10s CB Assorted Colors 5.99-6.99 box lots
 2.89-2.99 fair qual box lots 2.29
---ANTHURIUM: per stem HI Standard Type lge 2.00-3.00 med 1.50-2.50 sml 1.50 
few 1.25 NL Standard Type lge box lots 1.89
---ASTER: per bunch CA Matsumoto 5.95-5.99 CB Novi Belgii 5.00 bunched 10s CA
 Crown 4.50 CB Rainbow 4.50 Monte Casino 4.50-4.99 box lots 3.09-3.39
---ASTILBE: bunched 10s NL 6.50
---BELLS OF IRELAND (MOLUCELLA): per bunch CA 6.99-7.50 box lots 6.50
---BIRD OF PARADISE (STRELITZIA): per stem CB 2.00-2.29
---BOUVARDIA: bunched 10s CA 4.99-5.00
---BUPLEURUM: per bunch PA few 4.99
---CALLA (ZANTEDESCHIA): per stem CB Standard Type 2.50-3.50 Miniature Type
 1.99 NL Miniature Type 2.50
---CAMPANULA: bunched 10s NL 6.50-7.50
---CARNATIONS: MARKET HIGHER. per stem CB Assorted Colors Sel .35 
box lots .28 Fcy .35-.39 box lots .26-.28 pink Fcy .39 box lots .35 red Fcy .28 
box lots .19-.25 .35-.39 box lots .28-.33 valentine pack Fcy .35 box
 lots .28-.33 white Fcy .29 box lots .23-.25 .35-.39 box lots .28-.33
---CARNATIONS, MINIATURE: MARKET ASSORTED COLORS LOWER, OTHERS HIGHER.
 per bunch CB Assorted Colors 2.95 box lots 1.89-2.89 pink 3.99 box
 lots 3.49 red 3.50-3.99 box lots 2.59-3.49 white 3.99 box lots 3.49
---CENTAUREA (THISTLE): per bunch CA few 8.50
---CHRYSANTHEMUMS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY. per stem CA Standard lge 1.50 
box lots 1.35 CB Standard lge .85-.95 box lots .68 White .99 bunched 10s CB
 Disbud Cremon assorted colors 5.50-5.99 box lots 4.39 Spider assorted colors
 5.50-6.99 box lots 4.39-5.69
---DAFFODIL: bunched 25s NL Various Varieties 4.50 box lots 3.50
---DELPHINIUM: per bunch CA Belladonna long 7.50 few 8.50 box lots
 6.75 Hybrid long 7.95 few 8.99 box lots 6.95 bunched 10s CA Volkerfrieden long 
few 8.99
---EUPHORBIA: per bunch PA Snow-On-The-Mountain few 8.50
---FREESIA: bunched 10s NL 7.50
---GARDENIA: cartons 3s CA 4.50-5.99
---GENISTA: per bunch NL 8.99-9.99
---GERBERA: per stem CA Standard Type .75 box lots .69 NL Standard Type 1.25
---GINGER (ALPINIA): per stem CB Red Type box lots 2.50
---GLADIOLA: OFFERINGS LIGHT. bunched 10s FL Standard Type Fcy few
 7.50
---GODETIA: per bunch CA few 4.99
---GYPSOPHILA: MARKET MILLION STARS HIGHER, NEW LOVE ABOUT STEADY. per bunch CB
 Million Stars 5.50-6.99 box lots 4.95 New Love 5.50 box lots 4.95
---HEATHER: per bunch CA 7.00 few 6.99 box lots 6.50
---HYDRANGEA: per stem CB 2.00 box lots 1.59
---HYPERICUM: per bunch CB few 7.99-8.99 PA few 8.99
---IRIS, DUTCH TYPE: bunched 10s CA Various Varieties 4.00-4.99 few
 5.25 box lots 3.50
---LARKSPUR (CONSOLIDA): per bunch CA long 6.95-8.50 box lots 6.29
---LIATRIS: bunched 10s CB exlong 4.99 long 3.99
---LILIES: MARKET ABOUT STEADY. DEPENDING ON BLOOM COUNT per bunch CA
 Asiatic Type Orange Varieties 10.00-12.00 Pink Varieties 10.00-12.00
 Red Varieties 12.00 Various Varieties box lots 10.95 White Varieties 12.00
 Yellow Varieties 10.00-12.00 Oriental Type Cobra 17.00 box lots 15.95
 White Varieties 21.95 box lots 19.95 Pink Varieties 17.00 box lots
 15.95 Asiatic/Longiflorum Hybrid 9.99-11.95 FL Oriental Type Sorbonne 
few 22.00 Stargazer 13.99 Asiatic/Longiflorum Hybrid 9.99 NL Oriental Type
 White Varieties few 25.00
---MISC. GREENS: DECORATIVE GREENS AND CUT FOLIAGE per bunch CA Acacia Greens
 6.50 Eucalyptus 3.99-4.50 Seeded 4.75-6.50 Silver Dollar 5.99-6.50 Flax
 3.85-4.00 Myrtle 4.99-6.50 Miniature Type 5.50-6.50 Scotch Broom 6.25-6.50
 CD Cedar (Port Orford) 2.25-2.50 FL Asparagus Fern Ming Fern 6.00 
box lots 5.50 Plumosus 2.25-3.00 Sprengeri 4.25-4.50 box lots 3.75 Tree Fern
 3.50 box lots 2.85 Cocculus 3.50-3.75 box lots 3.25 Ivy Green 3.75-4.50
 mostly 3.75 Variegated 3.75-4.50 Liriope (Lily Grass) 2.00-2.50 Pittosporum
 3.75 box lots 3.25 Variegated 3.75-3.95 box lots 3.50 Podocarpus 3.50-3.99 HI
 Flax 4.00 IS Ruscus 3.75 box lots 3.00 IT Ruscus 6.25-6.75 NL Eucalyptus
 5.35-5.50 Ruscus 5.55-6.00 mostly 5.55 PA Laurel 4.50-6.00 WA Bear Grass
 1.80-2.50 box lots 1.50 Cedar (Port Orford) 2.50-3.50 box lots 2.65
 Huckleberry 2.75-3.75 Salal (Lemon Leaf) 3.99-4.75 Scotch Broom 2.00-3.00
 bunched 20s FL Galax Leaves 1.15-1.85 bunched 25s HI Ti Leaves 3.50-4.50
---ORCHID-CYMBIDIUM: boxed per bloom CA Standard Type 3.25-3.75 per spray NL
 Standard Type 14.99
---ORCHID-OTHERS: per bloom NL Japhet 4.25 Phalaenopsis few 5.00 PA Cattleyas
 lavender exlge few 5.25 white exlge 4.00-5.00 Japhet 3.00 Phalaenopsis
 3.00-3.50 bunched 10s TL Dendrobium assorted colors 13.50 Pink 15.00 purple
 9.00-13.50 white 9.00-13.50 Oncidium 13.50-15.00
---PHLOX: per bunch NL 7.50 box lots 6.95 PA few 8.99
---POMPONS: MARKET DAISY AND BUTTON TYPES LOWER, OTHERS ABOUT STEADY. per bunch
 CB Assorted Varieties 3.00 box lots 2.19 Button Type 2.99-3.25 Cushion Type
 2.99-3.00 Daisy Type 2.99-3.00 box lots 2.19-2.29 Novelty Type 2.99-3.00
 Spider Type 3.00
---QUEEN ANNE'S LACE: per bunch CA few 6.99
---RANUNCULUS: bunched 10s NL 7.50 box lots 6.95
---RICE FLOWER (OZOTHAMNUS): per bunch CA few 8.99
---ROSE, HYBRID TEA: MARKET HIGHER. per stem CB Assorted Colors 22-26 inch 
box lots .66 18-22 inch box lots .58 14-18 inch box lots .48 Red Varieties
 Charlotte 22-26 inch 1.10 box lots .95 EC Assorted Colors 26 inch & lngr
 .85-1.00 22-26 inch .80-1.00 mostly .85-.95 18-22 inch .80-1.00
 mostly .80-.90 few .75 14-18 inch .60-.80 few .85 Red Varieties Charlotte
 26 inch & lngr 1.15-1.25 22-26 inch 1.15-1.35 few higher 14-18 inch 
box lots .75 Classy 26 inch & lngr 1.00 22-26 inch 1.00
 Assorted Red Varieties 22-26 inch 1.25 PA Assorted Colors 26 inch & lngr
 .85-1.00 22-26 inch .80-1.00 few .75 18-22 inch .75-.95 mostly .75-.85 
few .70
---ROSE, SPRAY TYPE: MARKET CB HIGHER, EC LOWER. bunched 10s CB Assorted Colors 
box lots 4.75 per stem EC Assorted Colors .71
---ROSE, SWEETHEART: MARKET STEADY. per stem CA Assorted Colors .75
---SNAPDRAGON: bunched 10s CA long 7.50 box lots 6.95 med 6.50 box
 lots 5.95
---SOLIDAGO: per bunch CB 4.50-4.99 box lots 2.79
---STAR OF BETHLEHEM/ORNITHOGALUM: bunched 10s CA 2.99
---STATICE (LIMONIUM): MARKET SINUATAT AND LIMONIUM HYBRIDS HIGHER,
 OTHERS STEADY. per bunch CB Sinuata 4.50-4.99 box lots 3.79 Seafoam 4.50
 Caspia 6.50 Limonium Hybrids 6.50-7.99 box lots 4.25
---STEPHANOTIS: per bloom CA .85 PA .65-.75
---STOCK: bunched 10s CA 7.50 few 8.50 box lots 6.89-6.95
---SUNFLOWER: OFFERINGS LIGHT. bunched 10s CA Miniature Type few 8.50
---TRACHELIUM: bunched 10s NL few 8.99
---TULIPS: bunched 10s NJ Standard Type 7.75 few 8.75 NL Standard Type
 4.50-4.75 box lots 3.99-4.25 Parrot Type 7.50 box lots 6.50
---VERONICA: per bunch NL 7.50 box lots 6.95
---WAXFLOWER: per bunch CA 6.50-8.50 few 9.50 box lots 5.95