No. 4.] 



RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER. 



95 



Quoted Prices. 

 Strawberries, 20 to 40 cents a 

 box. 



Apples, $1.50 per dozen (New- 

 town and Arkansas Black). 



Asparagus, 20 to 40 cents joer 

 bunch. 



Si^inach, 20 cents per half peck. 



Green cabbage, 10 cents each. 



Tomatoes, 25 cents per i^ound. 



Cucumbers, 10 cents each. 



Eggplants, 15 cents apiece. 



Cauliflower, 25 cents each. 



Rhubarb, 3 bunches for 10 cents. 

 Bermuda and Florida new jiota- 

 toes, 15 cents a quart. 



Wholesale Prices. 



Strawberries (wholesale), 6 to 

 10 cents ; Jerseys, 7 to 10 cents 

 per quart; Delaware, Mary- 

 land and Virginia, 6 to 9 cents ; 

 Norfolk, fancy, 7 to 8 cents. 



Apples, $3.25 per box, 7 to 10 

 dozen to the box. 



Asparagus, $1.25 to $2.50 per 

 dozen bunches. 



Si)inach, 30 to 60 cents per bar- 

 rel, 24 half i^ecks to the barrel. 



Green cabbage, 25 cents to $1.25 

 per barrel or crate of 50 to 60 

 cabbages. 



Tomatoes, $1.75 to $2 per crate, 

 24 pounds to the crate. 



Cucumbers, $1 to $1.50 per bas- 

 ket, 60 to 100 cucumbers. 



Eggplants, $1.50 to $2.50 per 

 crate, 50 to 60 eggplants. 



Cauliflower, $1 to $1.75 per half 

 barrel, about 30 cauliflowers. 



Rhubarb, $1 per 100 bunches. 



Bermuda and Florida new pota- 

 toes, $2 to $4 per barrel, about 

 80 quarts or 2^2 bushels. 



These " wholesale " figures do not represent what the 

 farmers and gardeners received. Out of these prices must 

 come freight and expressage, cartage and commission, as- 

 suming that returns were made on the actual sales at these 

 " wholesale " prices. 



" Last summer an Indiana farmer delivered 1,600 water- 

 melons in a car for $14, a little less than 1 cent apiece. For 

 these same watermelons we paid here in the market, in Iron 

 River, 50 cents apiece," says a Michigan writer in " Rural 

 'New Yorker." 



It is not necessary to multiply illustrations or go far from 

 home to find the same, for the conditions are general- 

 Through the workings of this "gentleman's agreement m.any 

 of the retailers dare not purchase from farmers, but must 



