THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1891 
489 
Crop and Market Notes—Continued. 
The export business in cheese is increas¬ 
ing and the market is consequently more 
active. 
Large quantities of strawberries sold in 
the Chicago market for very low prices be¬ 
cause too soft. 
The hot weather improves the poultry 
trade, though increasing the difficulty of 
handling the stock. 
A Ventura, Cal., man says that the high¬ 
est price that has been offered for apricots 
there this season is $20 a ton. Some have 
sold for that, but he will fit up and sun-dry 
before taking it. 
E. L. Goodsell advertises that on Mon¬ 
day he will sell 1,300 crates of tomatoes 
from Crystal Springs, Miss. He also an¬ 
nounces regular sales of these hereafter. 
This is said to be the first auction sale of 
the kind here. 
About 225,000 crates of strawberries were 
this year shipped from that part of western 
Tennessee of which Humboldt is the cen¬ 
ter. This shows the growth of an import¬ 
ant industry in a region of which we hear 
comparatively little. 
Peanuts seem to be in good demand and 
the price should insure a large consump¬ 
tion. Prices are weak at a seasonable time 
for their use; hand-picked Virginia, 4% 
cents per pound ; farmers’ lots, 2% to 3% ; 
shelled, 4%, and Spanish shelled, 5% to &%. 
Large areas of the country have been 
visited by heavy rains which have benefited 
crops to a great degree. In some localities 
the matter seemed to be rather overdone, 
and floods and lightning did considerable 
damage. On the whole, however, crop 
prospects have improved during the last 
week. 
Reports from Boston say that the wool 
market has ruled steady and trade has been 
fair, but receipts are increasing and dealers 
would like more active trade. Sales are 
reported of Ohio X at 30 cents, and XX at 
81 to 82 cents; Michigan steady at 28 to 28% 
cents, but there is very little demand for 
it. Combing and delaine fleece scarce and 
firm. Territory wools in fair request, sales 
of fine being at 62 to 65 cents, clean; fine 
medium at 60 to 62 cents, and medium at 
55 to 57 cents; new Texas, California and 
Oregon wools steady at 50 to 60 cents, clean ; 
pulled wools in steady demand; supers 
selling at 30 to 45 cents, and extras at 22 to 
30 cents. Australian wools firm and in 
demand ; foreign carpet wools quiet. 
In regard to the flour market, the North¬ 
western Miller says: As expected, there 
was something of a gain in the quantity of 
flour ground last week. The aggregate out¬ 
put of 14 mills was 133,455 barrels against 
117,448 the previous week, 63,000 barrels for 
the corresponding time in 1890 and 112,000 
barrels in 1889. About 1,000 barrels less 
daily capacity is now in motion than a week 
ago. The flour market seems to be de¬ 
pressed as much as for three or four weeks 
past, though there is quite a following of 
millers who are of the opinion that it would 
not take much in the way of a firmer wheat 
market to start the buying of flour at a 
lively rate. Quotations of flour are 5 to 10 
cents per barrel lower than last week. The 
export shipments for the week were 37,000 
barrels, against 34,000 barrels the preceding 
week. 
From the Grand Rapids, Mich., fruit 
district comes the report, in a local paper, of 
a very destructive insect which is destroy¬ 
ing the grape prospect for the year, if not, 
indeed, exterminating the vines. In appear¬ 
ance the animal which is making the in¬ 
jury is a green worm about one half Inch 
in length, of a bright-green color, very ac¬ 
tive, and thinly covered with white hairs. 
It is an industrious forager and preys 
solely upon the leaves of the vine. It seems 
to possess the instinct of preservation, for 
it secretes itself in a web attached to the 
under side of the leaf near where the stem 
joins the trunk of the vine. Here it throws 
out a saliva, gummy in character, that 
draws the leaf up into a neat and compact 
shell, impervious alike to water or dust. It 
is a nameless pest, at present, for there is 
no scientist in the locality able to name it, 
nor to state to what family of insects it be¬ 
longs. It is believed to be one of the myriad 
forms of the grape leaf folder. The larva 
is described as being bottle-green. At one 
stage it acquires a flesh tint, just before be¬ 
coming a chrysalis. The chrysalis becomes 
a fly after eight days. It issues forth re¬ 
splendent in white, black and gold, and 
flies away on oval-shaped pinions, leaving 
behind millions of eggs, from which other 
butterflies will be evolved after feeding 
upon the leaves of the vine. The worm is 
usually confined to Illinois, Indiana and 
Ohio, but by its presence in Michigan vine¬ 
yards seems to have extended its scope of 
operations. It eats the leaves with sur¬ 
prising rapidity, and will destroy a whole 
vineyard in a very short time. White hel¬ 
lebore mixed with plaster and applied dry, 
is said to check its ravages, but to extermi¬ 
nate it the leaves must be cut from the 
vines and burned or otherwise destroyed. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, June ao, x8gi 
Beans.— Trade In domestic Is dull, but In foreign is 
doing better. Lit'lo change in prices. Green pease 
are lower. 
Marrows—New, $160®W40; New Mediums choice, 
$2 33; Pea, $2 35 : Red Kidney, $2 75@$2 90; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40012 50 ; Foreign Mediums, $2 100 
$2 15; do Marrow, $2 350*2 40; Green Peas. $1 050$’ 10 
California Lima, $2 65082 70. 
Butter Is in large supply. In fact the receipts are 
far in excess of the demands and trading is slow. 
The weather too, has been unfavorable for handling 
stock and accumulations increase. Buyers are hold 
ingoff in anticipation of still lower prices. At pre¬ 
sent uncertainty rules. The lower prices are an in¬ 
ducement to speculative and export buying and if a 
permanent basis is reached the quantity demanded 
by this trade will largely decrease the surplus. The 
shortage in pastures may have its effect on the re¬ 
ceipts, but no material Increase in prices is to be 
hoped for In the Immediate future. 
Creamery.— Elgin, best, ISO—-c: State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 1836c; Western, best, 1736018c; do prime, 
17@— c; do good, 15 36016c; do poor, 14015c; West 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 15 016c: do fine, 
140—0; do poor, 12013c. Dairy.— State, best, 1736018c; 
do prime, 17@—c; do good, 16 317c; do poor, 140—c ; 
Western, prime, 14015c : do fair, 12013c; do poor, 10 
011c; do factory, best, 1401436c; do prime 1336O—0; do 
good, 12®13c. 
Cheese has declined still further, although it is 
likely that much lower prices will not bo reached. 
The receipts have been heavy, mostly in good con¬ 
dition. Large export orders have been filled, one 
steamer to-day taking out 15 000 boxes. This trade 
will have a favorable tmdency on the market. 
Best factory, colored, 836®—o ; best factory, white, 
836@—c; good factory, 8@—c; fair factory, 7960—c, 
part skims, best 636 «696c; fair skims, 5@6c ; common 
skims, 40436c; full skims, 2« 336c ; Ohio flat, 506c. 
Egos show little change, but the market is stronger. 
Near-by, fresn, 1636016-^0; Canadian, —0—c; South¬ 
ern, 1536016c; West9rn, best, 16 31636c; Duck, 19@20c. 
Fruits.— Old apples are exceedingly scarce, but an 
occasional small lot sells for extreme prices. Spies 
bring $6 to $8. Baldwins. $1 to $6, Wine Sap, $5 to *7, 
and Russets, 81 50 to $5 50. The Southern apples ar¬ 
riving are mostly of poor quality and sell slowly. 
Strawberries are not so plentiful and come mostly 
from further north. Peaches show a wide range of 
quality as Indicated by the extreme range of prices. 
Blackberries are not very plentiful and sell readily. 
Raspberries are in small supply. Musk melons and 
water-melons are appearing In large quantities 
though the hot weather is favorable for their sale. 
Dried fruits are dull. 
Huckleberries, 7010c per quart; Lemons, per box, 
83@*5 75 ; Peaches, per crate, 75c@$3 50; do Peou-to, $1 
$2 50 per case; Gooseberries, per quart, 7010c ; straw¬ 
berries, 4®15c; Cherries, per lb. 239c; Plums, Wild 
Goose, per case, *2 500*3 25. Blackberries, per quart, 
15 317c; Musk-melons, per crate, $2@$3; Water¬ 
melons, per 100, $210*30. 
Dried.— Evaporated apples, fancy, 1201236c ; prime 
to choice, 93601136c ; poor, 8 «9c ; sun-dried sliced, 9 
01036c; cores and skins, 20236c ; chops, 30336c; cher¬ 
ries, 14017c; raspberries, 16018c; blackberries, 5c: 
Califo.nia peaches, unpeeled, I0@12c; apricots, 110 
15c. 
Hay Is in moderate demand, but light receipts keep 
prices firm. There Is little doubt of well sustained 
prices. 
Choice, 75080c, Timothy, No. 1, 60075c; do No. 
2, 55060c; shipping, 45055c; Clover Mixed, 55 360c. 
8traw—No. 1 rye, 75 380c.; short rye, 50060 5; oat, 50c. 
Maple Sugar.— Choice new quoted at 70736 cents 
per pound. Syrup, 60070c for new. 
Poultry, both live and dressed is doing better un¬ 
der lighter receipts and good demand. The best lots 
receive most attention. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per lb., 16c@ 
21c; Fowls, near-by,per lb 12360-0, do Western,per lb, 
1201236c; roosters, old, per lb, 7c; Turkeys, per lb, 
9011c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 65085c; Geese, 
Westsm, per pair, $1 15@$1 25. 
Poultry.-Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 90 
10c; Fowls, western, choice, 1136013c; do common to 
good, 10011c, nearby, 1236013c; Ducks, good, 8017; 
Squao: white, per dozen, $3 250$-; do dark, do,$l 75 
Broilers, 25033c. 
Vegetables.— Old potatoes are nearly out of mar¬ 
ket. New ones from the South are freely offered and 
the price Is declining. All vegetables are lower. The 
supply is now largely coming from near-by points. 
Onions are in good demand. All best lots of vege¬ 
tables sell readily; others go slowly at extremely low 
prices. 
Potatoes-Charleston, per bbl. $4 5O0$5 25; Norfolk, 
per do., $1 25085 25; State, do., $3 00084 00 ; Maine, 
do., $3 00 ®$4 00; do Florldas, $3 5O0$5 00; Scotch, 
Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $3 250$3 75; Sweets, do., 
$1 500*3 25. Onions—Bermuda per crate, $175 0*200; 
Egyptian, per bag, $2 5O0$2 75; Cabbage, Southern, per 
100, $3 000—; Squash, Southern, per crate, 5.c@|2 50; 
Turnips, per 100 bunches, $15O0$2 50, Egg Plant, South¬ 
ern, per bbl., $4@$6 ; Cauliflower, per bbl., —, String 
Beans, per crate, 25085c; Cucumbers, Southern, 
per crate, $1 25®$175. Tomatoes, per crate, 75c0$l 50. 
Peas, per half-barrel, 30875c; do Maryland, per half¬ 
bushel, 75c8$l 50. Beets, per 100 bunches, $1 25®$2 25; 
Asparagus,,per doz. bunches, 75c@$l 50. 
Wool —Nice XX fleece is quoted at 3203236c. New 
spring Texas quoted 17022c, and Spring California, 
i7@25c. 
GRAIN MARKHTS. 
WHEAT—On the spot there was an advance, with 
reserved offerings. Sales.-No. 2Chicago Spring afloat, 
$1 U696081 0796 ; Ungraded Spring, $1 05360*1 0696; 
New York No 2 Spring, 81 06 afloat; Ungraded Winter 
Red. 81 05360*1 12; No. 2 Red Winter, afloat, $1 10360 
$11136; do, in store, quoted, $109360$l 0996; No. 1 
Hard Spring, nominal. $1 160$1 1636 ; No. 2 June, $1 ('9 
@$1 0996; do July, $1 05360*1 06 9 16 ; do August, *1 0136 
@*10266: do September, $1 0096@$1 0136; do October, 
*1 01360*1 0196; do November, $1 0036: do December, 
*1 02360*1 0336 ; do January, $1 0336 ; do May, *1 06960 
$1 0736- RYE—Dull. Western and S'ate quoted at 88 
093c onspot, and 73@75c for do September. BARLEY- 
MALT.—Quiet and unchanged. Two-rowed State, 
quoted at 90 3 92c; Six rowed do 95097 ; Canada; *1@ 
$1 05. CORN.—Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, 70 
@7336c; No 2 mixed, 7136@7236c in elevator; 7236@ 
7336c afloat; No. 2 White. 73 in elevator ; No. 2 June, 
6736069c; do July . 64360 6596; do August, 613606236c; do 
September, 6106136c. OATS.—Sales—No. 3 mixed, 43c 
elevator; No. 3 white, 45c elevator; No. 2 mixed, 44@ 
4436c elevator; 4504536c afloat; No. 2 white. 4636017o 
elevator; No. 1 White, 52c elevator; No. 2 Chicago, 45 
04536c; Ungraded Mixed Western, 41@46c; White do, 
47855c; No. 2 June, 4436c; do July, 439604436c; do 
August, 333603896c ; do September, 363603666c ; No. 2 
White, June, 46 36c ; do July, 45@ 4636c. FEED.—In fair 
request and firm ; 40 lb., 75@85c spring and winter 
90 lb., 75080c; 80 lb., 85@903; 100 lb., $1 100*1 15 
sharps, *1 250*1 30; hominy chop, *1 050*1 10. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—A two-rar lot of *• distillers ” sold at 
$5 25, common to extra native corn fed steers at *4 40 
@$6 45, oxen and stags at *3 750*4 95, bulls at *2 500 
*4, cows at *2 I0@*3 85. Exporters were liberal pur¬ 
chasers. City dressed beef slow at 6@7c for grass fed 
Texan beef, 736@836c for corn fed do and8&936c for 
native sides, choice and selected bringing 996 '10c. 
Cable advioes report a slight Improvement in re¬ 
frigerated beef, with average sales at 496d. or scant 
936c per pound. American steers steady at 1101236c, 
estimated dead weight, sinking the offal. 
MILCH COWS.—The feeling is a little bet’er than 
last week. Reported sales wero at *25®$50 per head 
for common to choice stock. 
CALVES.—The market went all to pieces on butter 
milks, the decline ranging from 36c to 96c per pound. 
Common to choice veals ranged in price from 5c to 
6c ; buttermilks from 234c to 3c, a few selected bring¬ 
ing 3360396c, and mixed calves sold at 336® 5c. Country 
dressed veals slow at 608c (little calves 436@536c); 
city dressed sold at 7@9c (choice 936c), and dressod 
buttermilks at 4360536c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—Sheep sold fairly well, but 
lower. Shippers are having a hard week, probably 
the worst of the season. Prime fresh lambs, however, 
were a little firm. Poorest to best sheep sold at ? l@ 
$5 60 per l(X) pounds : poorest lambs down to 5c ; but 
fair to good at 636@7c per pound, one car-load of very 
prime Virginia do at 736c ; two decks of Marylauds at 
796c Jerseys at *7 65 0*7 80 per ICO pounds. More than 
a dozen car loads of stock were carried over. Dressed 
mutton quiet at 8@l#36c. dressed lambs slow at 9012c. 
HOGS.—No sales on live weight. Market nominally 
steady. 
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