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CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Ice-house eggs started in 1890 at 19 cents, 
reached the highest price 23%, January 3, 
1891 and dropped out January 15 
Last year fresh eggs in this market aver¬ 
aged in July, 17% cents a dozen; August, 
20%; September, 22%; October, 24; Novem¬ 
ber, 20% and December 28%. 
Apple, Cherry and Grape Notes. 
Apples and most other fruits are abun¬ 
dant in this county already. My Falla- 
waters are loaded with sound fruit. Kings, 
Greenings, Pippins, Golden Sweets, Non¬ 
such and several others all promise a large 
crop. Krauser, said to have originated in 
this county, has scarcely any apple3, but 
this is an off year for that variety. It is 
strange that not more is said and written 
about this apple. I consider it one of my 
most valuable varieties. Some kinds, it is 
true, are larger and finer looking, but then 
one can depend upon the Krauser as reli¬ 
able, very hardy, a strong grower, immense 
yielder, excellent keeper and for general 
purposes one of the most trusty apples in 
Pennsylvania. Dr. Edward Hottenstein of 
this place, an experienced pomologist, told 
me recently that some years ago he set out 
100 apple trees, and of this number he 
planted 50 Krausers and the rest he dis¬ 
tributed among other kinds. He considers 
this a good standby when others are falling 
behind. Christopher Shearer, originator of 
the Globe Peach and one of the principal 
fruit growers of this county, says that the 
Krauser is the best apple for cider pur¬ 
poses he knows of. 
Cherries were very plentiful. From four 
Napoleon Bigarreau trees I picked over 
eight bushels, and sold them at home at 
from 8 to 10 cents a quart with stems on. 
The trees are not large but very sound and 
healthy. One reason I assign for sickly 
cherry trees is, they are often planted in 
rich, mellow and low, wet ground. My 
cherry trees of different kinds are along a 
fence row in rather gravelly, poor and stony 
soil and not much care is taken of them, 
yet I never saw healthier trees or finer fruit. 
They are situated along the south side of 
a hill and are generally in blossom before 
others. In consequence I can put them on 
the market very early, and often gtt the 
highest market value for them. 1 grafted 
a considerable number this spring along 
the same fenc 1 , of this variety upon sound, 
healthy, clean trees of a variety which we 
call black cherry. Had I done so 10 years 
ago I could have sold considerable cherries 
this year and henceforth, because they sel¬ 
dom miss a season here and I can dispose 
of them at better profits than anything else 
I grow. 
Our Concord Grapes are again doing bet¬ 
ter than any other variety. Catawbas also 
have large bunches and yield well this 
year. Since the last Legislature of Penn¬ 
sylvania passed a law that farmers and 
growers of grapes can sell wine of their 
own growing to dealers, I predict that more 
vines will be planted the next few years 
than have been planted for some time. For 
my own planting I will sele ct the following 
Black : Moore’s Early, Worden, Concord 
and Clinton. Red: Brighton, Catawba, 
Moyer, Delaware. White: Niagara, Em¬ 
pire State, Martha, Moore’s Diamond. This 
will make a dozen different varieties, among 
them being the earliest, medium and lat¬ 
est, making a long season. 
Peaches seem to yield an enormous crop 
in this part of the State. One man here es 
timates his yield at 2,COO baskets. Nitrate 
of soda was applied to peach trees, oats, 
onions and different plants with marked 
effect both in growth and color. This is a 
limestone region with slate and gravel 
along the hills. Not much fertilizeris used, 
but a great amount of lime is applied every 
spring. Sod is turned down in the fall and 
in the spring a top dressing of from 75 to 
150 bushels of burned lime is applied per 
acre. This is spread evenly and well worked 
in with spring tooth harrows and planted 
with corn. Next season this stubble field 
is sown with oats and again seeded to wheat 
in the fall, together with clover and Timo¬ 
thy. This is about the rotation of crops as 
practiced on our place. 
Not a large acreage of potatoes or other 
crops is raised here, but farmers are realiz¬ 
ing more than ever before that potatoes, 
dairying, chickens and small fruits are pay¬ 
ing better than raising wheat and corn. 
My Rural No. 2 Potatoes, from present in¬ 
dications, promise a wonderful yield. I 
planted a yellow fleshed, medium late po¬ 
tato that I consider will make a stir among 
potato growers within the next few years. 
1 cut to single eyes and when I dug a hill 
of these potatoes this week I found 24 finely 
formed medium large tubers on this plant. 
Berks Co., Pa. 8 h fegely. 
THE RU 
LATEST WHOLESALE PBICES 
COUNTRY PRODUCE 
New York Saturday July 18 t 8 qi 
Beans are a little stlfferln price under light sup 
plies, but there Is no material change to note. 
Marrows—New, *1 60®*2 50 Vew Mediums iholce, 
*2 35: Pea, $2 30; Bed Kidney, 82 75 3*2 90 White 
Kidney, choice, *2 40 ®*2 50 Foreign Mediums, #2 15 ® 
*2 20; do Marrow, $! 35?$2 40: do Pea, *2 20 “ $2 25; 
Green Peas. *t 15®* 20 California Lima, *2 55 -t$2 60. 
Butter is extremely dull, except for fancy cream- 
ery which Is wanted at good prices. The demand Is 
not large, but the small offerings render a fairly ac¬ 
tive market possible. The export demand Is limited. 
Dairy Is In light supply, but sufficient to meet all 
wants. There Is little chance for improvement for 
sofe time to com 1 . 
Crkamkrt.—K lgtu. best 13 i-c: State and Penn¬ 
sylvania. 1534®1834c; Western best, 18 1—c; do prime, 
16®-o; do good, 14V4@15o ; do poor, 14®-c; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 14®—c: do fine, 18 
a— o; do poor, 12®1234c. Dairy. -State, best. 1734®18c: 
do prime, 16®1634o: do good, 15®15>4o- do poor, 14 a—c 
Western, prime, 14®—c : do fair, 13®—c; do poor 11 
@—c; do factory, best, !334 -: M4c do prime 13a—c do 
good, 1134 @ 12 c. 
Cheese. — The market Is stronger under a good ex¬ 
port demand and prices have advanced for every¬ 
thing except skims. Goods must be of the best quality, 
however to bring outside ouotatl ns. Liverpool 
prices are higher and a good domestic demand gives 
encouragement for future prices. 
Best factory, colored, 8 % '. 8 >®c ; best factory, white, 
834@8%c; good factory, 75438c; fulr factory, 7®73<.c, 
part skims, best 534®634c; fair skims 4 ' 4 ® 534 c com¬ 
mon skims, 4c , full skims, 20 2'4o ; Ohio flat, 53s®7c. 
Eoos vary Uttlo in price Strictly fresh are ex¬ 
tremely scarce. Receipts have been liberal and hold¬ 
ers are anxious to sell The warm weather 1< un¬ 
favorable to trade. 
Near-by. fresn, 1834®—o: Canadian, —®—c; South¬ 
ern, 15*17c: Western, b“«t. 163170 . 
Fruits.— Apples are Irregular In quality and prices 
show a wide range In consequence. The supply Is 
liberal. Cherries are In light receipt and firm, 
Huckleberrie> are plentiful and dull. Blackberries 
are in large supp y and lower ; the quality is mostly 
eieell'nt. Le Conte Pears are dull. Some arrlva s 
of Sugar Pears from Maryland and Jersey sell wiII. 
Peaches from Delaware are as yet mostly of the 
earlier varieties for which (he demand Is limited. A 
heavy supply is looked for before long. Currants are 
easier, but still command fair prices. Water melons 
are doing better both as to quality and price. Musk- 
melons are irregular In quality. 
Apples, Southern, per crate, 25c®*l 00; do per bbl , 
*11'0.®*2 50; Pears, Le Conte, per bbl., *3 0U<®*5 1)0; 
Huckleberries, 5® 12c per quart; Lemons, per box, 
*2 50® *5 ; Peaches, per crate, 5'’c@$2 00; Gooseberries, 
per quart, 6 ®9c; Cherries, per lb. 4-il2c ; Plums, Wild 
Goose, per basket, 75c®*'. Bluckberrlos. per quart, 
2 8 c; Musk-melons, per barrel, 75e®"3U0; Water- 
me'ons, per 100 . *10®*25. Raspberries per plot, 3® 
7c. Currants, per lb., 7fr 8 c. Grapes, Fla., Niagara, 
per lb , lu®:Ec; do, do, Ives, per lb. 8 :®lCe. 
Dried.— Evaporated apples, farcy, 910c • prime 
to choice, 834"'' 9c ; good, 7!® 834C ; sun dried sliced. 8 
09c, cores ar d skins, l!#®—c; chops, 234 • 834 c; cher¬ 
ries, new, 11c; raspberries, 16® 18c ; blackberries, 334 
6 4c Callfo nla peaches, unpeeled, t@llc: apricots, 
10 a 12 c. 
Hay Ii quiet under moderate demands and receipts, 
and prices show no material change. Straw un¬ 
changed. 
Choice, *1®*-, Timothy, No. 1, 9J@—c ; do No 
2 75®80C: shipping, 6)®70c; Clover Mixed. 60 .65c. 
Straw—No. 1 rye 75 t8Qc.; short rye, 55 a 65c, oaf, 5 tc 
Poultry Is higher both for live and dressed. Ar¬ 
rivals are extremely l'ght pud the situation Is In 
sellers' favor. Fowls are doing much betier th n 
chickens. Early in the wpek several car-loads of 
Western live fowls sold at 3 s, to 1434c by the car-load, 
Ducks are lower and plentiful. Turkeys quiet. No 
game worth noting In market. 
Poultry—Live. -Chickens -Spring, per lb., I7e@ 
24c; Fowls, near-by,per lb 1434®— 3, do Western,per lb, 
1434®—c; roosters, old, per lb, 834c; Turkeys, per lb, 
10312o; Ducks, Western, per pair, 65®75c Geese, 
Western, per pair, *1 25@$1 65 
Poultry.-Dressed— rurceys, mixed, per lb 11® 
1234c; Fowls, western, choice, 1 534015c; do common to 
good, 12®13e, nearby, 153-c. Ducks, good, 8@16 
Squan: white, nor dosen, *3 25®*-; do dark, do,*2 00 
Broilers, 24®23e. 
VEOKTABLK8.—Potatoes are con 1 lerably lower un¬ 
der heavy recel i.ts from the South and from Long 
Isla-d. The receipts from Sou hern points are do 
cllnlng, but the out-of-town demand Is also declining 
so that the market Is dull, It la provable that better 
prices will prevail 1 iter. Onions firm. String beans 
are offered freely. Cucumbers are extremely irregu- 
l«r In quality ; fome from N rfolk which were tlrm 
have sold for *3 per barrel, but few reach that figure. 
Cabbages are easier though unchanged In price 
Tomatoes are In light supply and choice ones sell 
quickly at good prtc s. Squash lower. 
Potatoes L. I., per bbl. *2 0D®*2 25 do Norfolk, per 
do., *1 75®I2 Eastern bhore, do, *1 50 *1 75. Onions — 
Potato, per bbl, SI 50 3*5 50; do per basket *2®*2 75; 
do Jersey Yellow, per bbl . *: 0>®$5 50. Cabbago. L. 1., 
per 100, *3->0<o*6 0J: Squash, per bbl., *1 50@*2 00; 
Turnips, per 100 bunches, $l CO a*l 50, Egg Plant. South¬ 
ern. per bbl., —®—; Cauliflower, per 100, —@*—; 
String Beans, per bag, *1 750*2 ; Cucumbers. Soil'It¬ 
em, per crate, 60c ® *1. Tomatoes, per crate, 50c ®*2 00. 
Peas, Long Island, per bag, $1 75 t*2 00. Beets, per 100 
bunches, *l50s*2 00. Corn, per U0, * 25® *1 50. 
Milk and Cream.— The average d illy supply for the 
past week was 18,421 cans of milk. 235 cans of con¬ 
densed milk and 663 ram of cream The average price 
paid for the surplus on the platforms was *1 5 a can 
of 40 quarts. 
Wool—N o chang) in prices, and the general out 
look hai not changed since our last report. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT —The spot market sympathized with a do¬ 
cline of 1 34 1 sc and closed barely steady. Sales. - 
No. 2 Chicago Spring, SI®*! 0)V6 afloat; Ungraded 
Winter Red l»734e®*l 06; No 2 Red, afloat prompt 
aul near by, 9744 ii 99c , do f. o b. 9734 99c: 95-i98stc 
early delivery; do In store quoted 98^a9:c; *■>, 1 
Northern Spring, nominal, *1 05; No. 2 July, 9544 4 
9'%e; do August, 93 : M®95*43; do September, 9314395c; 
do October 9I%3 95%e ; do November, 95^c ; do Do 
centber, 96% 9734; do January, 97%c ; do February, 
9334c; do May, *101®*10l%. RYE.-Very firmly 
held. but trading slow. Sales.—Western for 
September and October delivery quoted at 75® 
76c; State for September, 80c CORN.—Devo'oped 
increased activity. Sales -Ungraded Mixed an 1 White, 
6714374c; No 2 mixed, 72 si 78e elevator; 78@74e afloat; 
special July ; Yellow, 73c elevator; No. 2 July, 6764® 
6834c ; do August, 6234 *61 qc ; do September, 60® 
61%c; do October, 59»6034c; do December, 52®5"c. 
OATS.—On the spot there was a fair degree of ac 
ttvlty. Dispatches from Chicago reported the ar 
rival of the first ear of now crop • It graded No. 2 
white and was sold at 4tc, f. o. b. Sales—No. 3 mixed, 
4234c elevator; No. 3 white, 43'4®50c elevator ; No. 2 
mixed, 4334 ^434^0 elevator; 44 1 4®4 %c afloat; Nc. 2 
white. 5034@5134 c elevator; No. 1 White, 50c elevator ; 
No. 2 Chicago, 4434@414^c: track, mixed, 4P 47c; 
track, white, 49 7 6 c; No. 2 July, 42%®43c ; do August, 
3503534c ; do September, 32%®83c; No. 2 White, July, 
47%®49c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVFS. -The supply was very heavy, and with a 
limited export demand sellers were obliged to drop 
pr cos < n all grades to meet butchers’ views. The de¬ 
cline from Monday’s ruling figures was rated at 10 to 
20c per 100 punds, common and medium cattle show¬ 
ing the greatest falling off. Texans and Colo'ados 
sold at *3 35® »4 80 per '00 pounds ; a 7-car lot of Penn¬ 
sylvania “ stillers ” at #5 90 (few tallends 85) poorest 
to best native steers at 84®*6 10; oxen and stags at 
*3 50 *4 80; hulls at *2 35®*8 75 ; cows and betters at 
$2®*4 25. City dre sed beef slow at 534 7c for Texas 
sides. 734 9>4C for common to choice native do. 
European advices report a slight Improvement In 
refrigerated beef, with average sales at 5%d. or scaut 
1034 c ; and American steers are selling at 6®6J4d. or 
12®1334c, es.lmated dead weight. 
MILCH COWS.- Demand fair ut fully sustained 
prices, or at *28®*li per head for eotnmon to good 
stock. 
CALVES.—The feeling appeared to be a little better, 
aud the stock sold promptly at 2i4®3c for buttermilk 
calves, 5 634 c for veals and *3 20®*5 10 per 1 ( 0 pounds 
for fed calves and mixed lots. Dressed calves slow 
at 4@ 534e for dressed buttermilks ; 6®8*c for country 
dressed veals; 8 10c for city dressed. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS.—There was but little Inquiry 
for sheep, and prices wera drooping, with sales at 
$4 52 34 ®#5 25 for medium to good, one little lot bring¬ 
ing >5 50, and a bunch of choice heavy, selected for 
export, selling at $5 80. There wus no apparent 
chango In th° lamb market. Buyers were ready to 
take a few car-loads of prime l imbs, but they wore 
all tilled up with common stock, and sales wero 
forced. By the straight car-load sales rangod from 
*I50®*6 40, with the bulk selling at *s25®*5 85. 
Eighty five head, selected, brought S6 50®*6 75. City 
dres»ed mutton continues dull a' 8®10e: dressed 
lambs are selling way own on Inferior slock, but 8 ® 
1034c represents t egeneral market, sellers getting lc 
for choice. 
HOGS.-Feeling firm and quotations are *5 3)@J5 50 
for good hogs. 
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