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Show CHRISTMAS JREJSHIGH Clicago Pays Top Prices for Christmas Grecas This Year. CHICAGO, Dec. 22. The prices for holly, Christmas trees and all other green stuff In demand at this season for holiday decorations have advanced, in om Instances more than 50 or even 100 Jter cent over last year's prices. 1 It Is Impossible to buy a case of holly In Chicago for lees than $7, and some dealers are asking $8.50 for iC Last year it was selling at )3 and $4 a case. It retails at from 23 to 50 cents a small wreath. It was possible last year to secure a fair-Bleed Christmas tree for Jl. This year the same tree costs $1.60. "A cold season in Delaware and Ten-.. Ten-.. nessee, where most of the holly comes from," said a dealer, "Is responsible for the scarcity and the high price. If the holly is cut when the season Is cold, it does not appear so well, and the same Is true of the Christmas trees. The demand de-mand for holly also has sent the prices up." |