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Crops  and  Farm  Notes 
Lincoln.  Ill. — Apples  and  other  fruits 
nearly  a  failure.  G.  E.  s. 
Hale  Eddy,  N.  Y.— There  are  hut  few 
apples  in  this  locality.  D.  E.  L. 
lloosick  Falls,  N.  Y. — Apples  appear 
poor  crop,  as  heavy  storms  caused  them 
to  lodge;  those  who  have  thrashed  have 
a  yield  of  only  25  to  110  bu.  to  acre. 
Winter  wheat  is  a  crop  that  has  not  been 
raised  in  this  town  in  years,  but  there  is 
a  large  acreage  this  yea",  and  those  who 
have  thrashed  report,  a  yield  of  40  to  45 
black  Persian  sheep ;  homemade  bread 
and  the  latest;  word  in  silos;  in  fact, 
everything  that  would  he  likely  to  find  a 
place  on  a  New  York  State  farm  could  be 
seen  at  this  fair.  The  exhibit  of  live 
stock  was  remarkably  good,  both  in  num¬ 
bers  and  quality,  There  were  some  mag¬ 
nificent  animals  on  exhibition,  the  com¬ 
petition  was  keen,  and  the  crowds  con¬ 
stantly  surrounded  the  tents  where  the 
judging  was  done.  Talks  with  stockmen 
seem  to  indicate  that  there  is  coming  a 
slow  increase  of  interest  in  si  ecp,  and  it. 
to  he  a  fair  crop.  l.  J.  H. 
Fulton.  N.  Y. — Apples  will  be  a  small 
crop  here  s. 
Geneseo,  N.  Y. — Apples  are  almost  a 
complete  failure.  E.  E.  B. 
Madison,  Iud. — Apples  on  well-eared- 
for  orchards  good,  others  very  poor. 
E.  M.  W. 
Andrews  Settlement,  Ta. — Apples 
about  00%  of  a  crop;  farmers  receiving 
50  cents  a  bushel.  J.  B, 
Hamburg,  N.  Y. — Apples  are  Aery 
poor,  being  small  aud  three  or  four 
weeks  later  than  they  should  be.  j.  s. 
Batavia,  Ill. — Apples  and  tree  fruits 
very  poor,  scant  and  high  priced. 
c.  at.  n. 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich. — Apples  are  about 
one-half  crop,  and  not  very  large  in  size. 
A.  K. 
Leavenworth,  Xml. — The  outlook  for 
apples  is  slim,  as  most  fruit  has  fallen 
from  trees  on  account  of  hot  weather 
and  lack  of  spraying.  c.  s. 
Havana,  N.  Y. — Apples  blossomed  well 
hut.  the  crop  is  one-third  less  than  last 
year  and  the  quality  none  too  good  ;  too 
much  rain  and  cloudy  weather  has  caused 
much  fungus  and  scab,  especially  on 
Greenings.  J.  A.  z. 
La  Fayette,  lnd. — The  apple  crop  is  a 
total  failure  in  the  unsprayed  orchards 
1  u.  per  acre,  plump  and  No.  1  quality. 
<  >ld  llop  yards  are  being  plowed  up  and 
jilt  to  wheat,  and  it  does  well;  it  will 
help  to  cut  the  feed  bill.  The  farmers 
mostly  sell  their  milk  to  the  Interna¬ 
tional  Milk  Products  Co.  of  ( V.operstowu, 
or  Sheffield  Furms-Sluwson-Heeker  Co. 
A  very  few  make  butter,  but  it  is  all 
used  locally,  and  that  is  not  enough;  but¬ 
ter  is  shipped  in  for  home  use.  There 
is  one  cheese  factory  in  town  that  makes 
about  12,000  lbs.  of  cheese  a  year. 
Hartwick,  N.  Y.  c.  M.  M. 
Peaches  are  scarce.  Rome  orchards 
about  a  third  of  u  crop,  other  orchards 
no  peaches  at  all.  We  had  a.  large  hay 
crop,  but  not  over  half  of  it  cut  on  time 
and  put  in  the  barn  in  good  condition. 
Almdi  hay  not  .vet  cut  and  much  cut  in 
an  over-ripe  condition  ;  $25  a  ton  for  good 
hay  in  "Worcester  and  not  much  offering. 
Grafton,  Mass.  E.  M. 
Sept.  2.  Ilay  was  a  good  crop  hut 
damaged  considerable  by  weather.  Corn 
made  good  growth,  heavy  stalks  but  very 
few  ears.  Very  few  potatoes  grown  iu 
tliis  locality  except  for  family  use.  The 
weather  has  been  bud  for  all  crops,  also 
garden;  very  heavy  rains  in  July  aud 
drought  in  August.  ,7.  0.  is. 
Gardiner,  N.  Y. 
Early  potatoes  were  only  about  a 
fourth  of  a  crop,  owing  to  wet  Spring 
and  late  planting.  Late  potatoes  are 
looking  good.  Corn  was  planted  very 
lute  and  does  not  look  very  good;  the 
crop  will  be  very  short  here.  The  hay 
crop  is  the  best  we  have  had  in  several 
years.  I  do  not  think  there  is  a  farmer 
iu  this  section  that  can  put  all  his  hay 
under  cover  for  want  of  barn  room. 
Friendship,  N.  Y.  J.  K.  c. 
is  likely  that  within  the  next  few  years 
sheep  will  appear  on  many  a  fa  "in  which 
has  net  se«n  them  since  the  Civil  War. 
Scarcely  10  years  ago,  at  an  exhibition 
of  this  sort,  the  air  was  full  of  win  1- 
miHs,  and  great  efforts  were  made  to  in¬ 
terest  farmers  in  wind  power  for  pump¬ 
ing.  This  year  not  a  single  Avindmill  was 
shown.  They  have  apparently  a’l  disap¬ 
peared,  the  small  gas  or  oil  engines  hav¬ 
ing  taken  their  places. 
There  has  been  great  development  in 
silo  filling  machinery,  as  jinked  by  tbe 
exhibits  of  flie  Fair.  One  thing  to  be  re¬ 
marked  this  year  was  the  fact  that  ira’*y 
of  these  silo  fillers  were  being  operated  by 
tractors.  The  object  seemed  to  be  to  show 
that  the  tractor  can  be  used  for  a  groat 
variety  of  purposes.  When  fiot  in  use 
plowing  or  fitting  the  ground  they  can  be 
backed  up  to  any  machinery  and  used  to 
operate  it.  Rome  of  the  tractor  exhibitors 
attracted  attention  by  fastening  the  front 
or  guide  wheel  so  that  the  lunch  •  nr  wou’d 
travel  around  in  a  circle.  Then  they 
started  it  aud  walked  off,  leaving  it  to  go 
alone,  as  it  did,  around  and  ai’ouud  in 
its  oaa'11  track  with  little  variation.  The 
object  was  to  show  what  a  short  turn 
the  tractors  could  make,  and  also  to  im¬ 
press  the  crowd  with  the  thought  that 
here  was  a  machine  which  could  drive  it¬ 
self. 
The  fruit  show  was  not  quite  as  large 
as  last  year,  but  very  fine  in  quality. 
Orleans  County  won  first  prize  for 
county  exhibit,  with  a  great  display  of 
apples.  The  farm  bureaus  made  a  popu¬ 
lar  exhibit,  and  the  State  departments, 
as  usual  were  on  hand  Avith  full  displays. 
A  singing  school  was  bold  each  day,  and 
the  boys  and  girls  who  came  to  the  Fair 
from  the  various  counties  evidently  hud 
aud  iu  orchards  that  are  sprayed  there 
Avill  probably  he  one-third  crop.  Scale 
is  getting  a  strong  foothold  on  many  of 
the  orchards  here.  Apples  selling  at 
$L50  per  bu.  B. 
Gladstone,  Ill. — Apples  arc  a  very  poor 
crop  in  all  this  section;  in  fact,  for  sev¬ 
eral  counties  about  here  I  only  know  of 
one  orchard  with  a  fair  crop,  and  that 
is  my  oAvn,  aud  it  is  only  about  half  of 
the  bumper  crop  avc  had  last  year,  when 
we  had  20,000  bushels.  The  crop  is  being 
taken  at  the  orchard  at  $1  per  bushel, 
and  such  a  demand  no  apples  get  ripe. 
We  are  noAv  picking  Winter  apples  as 
Summer  and  Fall  apples  are  all  cleaned 
up.  W.  T.  W. 
Sept.  2.  Potato  outlook  is  small.  It 
will  he  a  very  small  crop  if  we  do  not 
get  rain  soon.  Grain,  outs,  barley  and 
wheat  is  a  much  smaller  crop  than  last 
year.  Peas  fruited  very  lightly.  Corn 
fair,  especially  iu  some  sections.  Hay 
crop  largest  in  years  and  harvested  in 
fine  condition.  Apple  crop  large  aud  fine 
stock.  Milk  at  shipping  station  brought 
$1.45  for  August.  Eggs  30c;  butter  35c. 
KUenburg,  N.  Y.  H.  A.  s. 
Hay  crop  has  not  been  so  good  in 
years  as  this  year,  bumper  crop  and 
cured  in  fine  condition,  no  rain.  Pota¬ 
toes  are  looking  fine,  while  tile  blight  is 
just  commencing  to  streak  some  pieces, 
but  think  by  time  to  dig  the  crop  will 
be  good.  Corn  just  around  the  valley  is 
large,  farther  hack  on  the  hills  it  is 
smaller.  Cabbage  are  looking  good  also. 
This  has  been,  so  far,  a  good  year  for 
farmers  except  the  price  of  milk.  Avhich  is 
below  the  cost  of  producing.  There  is  at 
present  a  great  stir  made  by  the  Dairy¬ 
men’s  League  over  the  price  of  milk  and 
it  is  hoped  by  Oet.  1st  there  an- i  1 1  be  a 
change  in  prices.  '  C.  w.  x. 
East  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 
Sept.  4.  Potatoes  may  he  one-half  a 
crop  if  A\e  get  rain  in  a  few  days,  if  not. 
will  not  be  any;  corn  one-half  crop;  hay 
Avas  a  big  crop  but  a  great  deal  of  it  was 
not  cut  until  over-ripe.  Beans,  of  which 
a  great  many  are  planted  here,  will  not 
be  over  one-balf  crop.  We  are  greatly 
in  need  of  rain,  everything  is  suffering 
for  want  of  it.  We  Lave  not  had  a  good 
rain  in  seven  weeks.  It  is  almost  im¬ 
possible  to  plow  for  wheat.  There  is 
usually  a  great  deal  of  cabbage  grown  in 
this  locality,  but  very  few  this  year; 
plants  all  destroyed  by  wet  weather  in 
the  Spring.  Quite  a  quantity  of  milk 
produced  here;  some  is  shinned  to  Ro¬ 
chester  and  the  remainder  goes  to  con¬ 
dense  ry  at  Lakeville,  N.  Y.  Pastures 
are  short  and  the  flies  bite  hard. 
Geneseo,  N.  Y.  E.  E.  B. 
Sept,  2.  Late  potatoes  have  every 
prospect  of  being  up  to  the  standard  ac 
present.  Corn  will  oe  a  three-fourths 
crop  if  Ave  can  have  two  weeks  without 
frost.  Silo  corn  is  fine  and  there  is 
larger  acreage  than  common.  The  hay 
crop  is  tremendous  and  Avas  cured  in 
good  condition,  ami  Ptege  is  much  to  cut 
yet,  but  it  lacks  heart ;  it  will  take  twice 
the  usual  quuntity  to  feed.  Oats  are  a 
Aug.  31.  Not  many  apples  raised. 
What  few  there  are  are  not  good  quality. 
Peaches,  all  varieties  except  Elbertas, 
less  than  50  per  cent.  Elbertas  not  more 
than  25  per  cent. ;  pears,  90  per  cent. ; 
grapes,  50  per  cent.;  Concords  especially 
light.  No  one  selling  grapes  by  ton  as 
usual,  holding  to  basket  them.  Hay 
heavy  crop,  nicely  cured,  quality  fair. 
Not  many  good  potatoes.  Dry  Aveather 
since  July  1  has  also  cut  the  bean  crop 
badly,  but.  there  is  a  big  acreage.  Wheat 
averages  light,  hut  sells  for  $1.40  from 
thrasher.  Early  oats  good.  Corn  a 
pretty  light  stand  Avith  small  acreage. 
Not  as  much  sorghum  sown  as  usual 
OAving  to  Avet  AA-eatln-r  at  planting  time. 
Hector,  N.  Y.  m.  a.  m. 
Rept.  5.  We  have  no  late  potatoes  yet, 
but  if  wtf. -have  rain  within-  the  next,  few 
days  and  three  weeks  good  weather  Ave 
may  get.  a  fair  crop  yet.  The  early  po¬ 
tatoes  are  all  gone,  selling  at  $2.25  per 
bu.  Horn  is  firing  badly;  Avill  make  sil¬ 
age  and  about  25  bo.  per  acre  on  au  av- 
erage.  Rome  corn  will  not  make  a 
bushel  to  the  acre.  Hay  was  saved  in 
fine  shape;  the  dry  spell  started  about 
the  25th  of  Juue,  and  clover  and  Timothy 
hay  was  put  up  in  fine  condition,  lots  of 
it  making  as  much  as  two  tons  to  the 
acre.  First  cutting  of  Alfalfa -was  dam¬ 
aged  some,  but  the  last  tAvo  cuttings  havu 
been  put  up  dry ;  cutting  the  third  crop 
now.  The  thrashing  is  all  done  here 
now.  Wheat  made  from  fnre  to  20  bush¬ 
els  to  the  acre,  thrashed  dry.  Peach  crop 
almost  a  failure,  selling  wholesale  at 
$2  per  bu.  Butter  35  to  40c  per  lb.  A 
good  deal  of  dairying  iu  this  locality. 
Pastures  dried  up.  Very  little  plowing 
done  for  wheat  on  account  of  drought. 
Will  start  filling  silos  tomorrow.  it. 
La  Fayette,  Ind. 
New  York  State  Fair 
The  New  York  Rtate  Fair  at  Syracuse 
this  year  was  favored  by  excellent  Aveath¬ 
er  and  other  conditions  which  tended  to 
draw  out  great  oroAvds.  Hilaries  E. 
Hughes  made  an  address  on  Monday,  and 
this  attracted  far  more  than  the  usual 
first  day  attendance,  so  that  as  the  rest  of 
the  week  was  fair  the  total  attendance 
was  very  heavy.  This  is  no  Linger  a 
fair;  it  lias  outgrown  that  and  has  be¬ 
come  a  great  “exposition.”  No  one  can 
think  of  seeing  the  Avhole  of  it  in  less 
than  two  days,  aud  three  days  at  least 
will  he  needed  to  make  anything  like  a 
reasonable  study  of  the  exhibit.  Those 
avIio  remember  the  old  fairs  of  1 5  or  20 
years  ago  can  readily  see  how  this  expo¬ 
sition  has  developed,  in  order  to  suit 
changed  conditions  and  the  temper  oc  the 
crowd.  Acres  are  required  to  park  the 
automobiles.  They  drive  in  from  all  cor¬ 
ners  of  Central  Now  York.  Many  famil¬ 
ies  apparently  take  “Fair  Week”  for  a 
long  outing.  They  travel  to  the  fair  and 
back  in  their  own  cars,  taking  plenty  of 
time  on  the  t  rip  so  as  to  make  the  holiday 
complete.  Great  pains  were  taken  by  the 
management  this  year  to  provide  enter¬ 
tainment;  for  the  crowd,  ami  Avhile  the 
weather  was  hot  and  dusty,  all  seemed 
to  oe  pleased  and  good-natured.  It.  would 
be  possible  to  find  almost  anything  in  tbe 
way  of  a  temperate  zone  product,  at  this 
exhibition.  There  were  canary  birds  and 
a  great  time  around  their  camp  fires.  It 
is  impo&sihV  to  give  the  full  story  of  such 
an  exhibition.  All  one  can  say  is  that 
practically  everything  and  every  activity 
known  to  farm  life  could  he  found  on  the 
ground,  and  the  exhibition  avus  orderly, 
Avell  conducted  and  complete. 
Must  Advance  Milk  Price 
New  England  Producers  Ask  One-half  Cent  More 
on  Winter  Basis 
At  the  Boston  meeting  of  tbe  New 
England  Milk  Producers,  September  13- 
14,  tbe  whole  milk  question  was  pretty 
veil  churned  out,  and  tho  conclusion 
reached  that  milk  must  be  advanced  to 
net  farmers  five  cents  more  per  8%- 
quarfc  can  on  a  basis  of  a  price  of  50  cents 
for  milk  delivered  in  Boston,  after  Octo¬ 
ber  1.  By  this  plan  tbe  producer  will 
pay  the  freight,  which  has  lately  been 
placed  on  a  new  basis  by  the  Commerce 
Commission. 
The  producers  feel  themselves  in  a 
strong  position  this  year  because  the  new 
freight  and  express  charges  are  based 
strictly  on  distance,  instead  of  allowing 
low  rates  for  distant  shipments,  hence 
the  contractors  cannot  so  easily  get  new 
supplies  from  remote  shipping  points. 
Moreover,  they  say  much  of  the  wayback 
milk  is  being  soaked  up  by  high  prices 
offered  at  cheese  and  milk  product  fac¬ 
tories.  The  underlying  strength  of  the 
demund  is  in  the  higher  cost  of  every¬ 
thing  that  enters  into  the  Cost  of  making 
milk.  Producer/*  are  not  in  the  habit  of 
keeping  book  accounts,  but  they  know 
that  the  grain  bills  lately  tend  to  eat  up 
the  milk  checks,  while  at  the  end  of  the 
year  there  is  little  or  nothing  for  the 
OAvmq’s  time,  and  sometimes  not  even  the 
interest  on  the  capital  invested.  They 
have  been  getting  out  of  the  business  ex¬ 
tensively.  A  Central  Massachusetts  pro¬ 
ducer  asserts  there  is  in  his  town  not  one 
coav  where  there  used  to  be  a  dozen.  An¬ 
other  told  of  the  large  number  of  barns 
which  had  been  abandoned  and  had  gone 
out  of  repair. 
According  to  Secretary  Richard  Pattee 
of  the  Ncav  England  Association,  the  av¬ 
erage  distance  of  Boston  milk  shipped  is 
140  to  100  miles,  and  the  average  freight 
under  tbe  new  schedule  is  7.3  cents,  leav¬ 
ing  an  average  net  of  42.7  cents  per  814- 
quart  cau  at  tho  producer's  shipping  stu 
tion  under  tho  new  Boston  price  of  50 
cents.  The  milk  contractors  seem  t«>  take 
the  position  that  they  are  willing  to  pay 
more  if  the  public  grants  the  justice  of 
the  farmers’  claims,  and  is  willing  to  pay 
10  cents  a  quart  instead  of  nine  cents. 
They  insist  they  are  making  only  one- 
sixth  of  a  cent  a  quart  under  the  old 
plan.  They  say  the  new  transportation 
rates  and  requirements  Avill  advance  costs 
to  them,  aud  if  this  is  so,  it  is  hard  to  see 
how  they  can  help  advancing  the  retail 
price  in  any  event,  nor  hoAV  they  can  re¬ 
fuse  to  give  tie*  produoera  a  fair  share  of 
the  increase. 
The  delegates  included  B.  W.  Tarliox, 
Putney,  Vt. ;  C.  <>.  Church,  Whiting.  Vt. ; 
F.  A.  Rogers,  Meriden,  N.  If.;  G.  W. 
Sargent,  Heniker,  X.  11.;  O.  W.  Barker, 
Exeter,  N.  II. ;  George  Lake,  Chichester, 
Vt. ,  11.  L.  Kimball.  Nortfiboro,  Mass.; 
Simon  Brewster,  Jewett  City,  Conn.;  G. 
Heptemi‘i‘1' 
L.  Smitli.  Barre,  Mass.*,  Frank  Nortli- 
rop.  Ludlow,  Vt. 
The  Worcester  County  Producers’  As¬ 
sociation  held  a  meeting  at  the  same  time 
in  the  interest  of  tbe  nearby  shippers. 
This  association,  led  by  Gen.  Charles  IV. 
Wood,  of  Worcester,  and  George  Albrec. 
of  Concord,  was  foremost  in  the  move¬ 
ment  To  do  aAvay  with  the  leased  car  sys¬ 
tem.  Raid  Mr,  Albree :  “We  are  trying 
to  see  what  can  be  done  to  open  the  Bos¬ 
ton  market  to  Massachusetts  producers, 
and  will  cooperate  with  other  producers 
and  snideries  representing  the  producers 
and  consumers  of  milk.  The  abolition  of 
leased  ears  and  the  establishment  of  grad¬ 
uated  freight  rates  on  a  per  can  basis 
Avas  n  great  triumph,  but  there  is  more  to 
be  done,  especially  along  educational 
lines.  We  have  felt  that  the  New  Eng¬ 
land  Association  was  somewhat  com¬ 
mitted  to  tin1  interests  of  distant  shippers, 
but  1  ope  we  can  work  with  them  in  si - 
<  ering  a  belter  price.” 
Delegates  from  State  Granges,  presi¬ 
dents  of  dairy  associations  and  State  sec¬ 
retaries  of  agriculture  were  in  Boston, 
and  all  the  New  England  States,  except 
Rhode  Island,  which  does  not  shi]>  much 
milk  out.  of  the  State,  were  officially  rep¬ 
resented.  The  situation  was  talked  over 
Avith  the  railroads  to  determine  Avhere 
the  railroads  should  provide  iced  cars  un¬ 
der  the  new  system  which  requires  the 
road  to  assume  care  of  the  cars.  The  re¬ 
quirements  of  the  anti -trust  law  seem  to 
prevent  direct  negotiations  between  far¬ 
mers  and  contractors  in  regard  to  the 
milk  price.  It  was  a  question  of  taking 
the  milk  at  the  farmers’  price  or  leaving 
it.  and  on  the  farmers’  side  a  question  of 
si  lling  to  tbe  usual  contractors  or  finding 
oilier  buyers.  But  regarding  general  mat¬ 
ters  of  transportation  and  marketing 
there*  seemed  to  be  no  objection  to  work¬ 
ing  together  for  uniform  conditions.  The 
contractors  do  not  sIioav  enthusiasm  over 
the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  plan 
for  grading  and  labelling  milk  and  selling 
it  on  basis  of  richness  and  purity.  A 
member  of  tbe  Hood  finn  said  it  would 
cost  too  much  to  bring  the  price  Avitliin 
reach  of  consumers.  On  the  other  hand  a 
number  of  farm  bureaus  and  county 
leagues  are  already  working  up  a  bill  to 
make  legal  a  system  of  grading  milk. 
Dairy  meetings  are  being  planned  to 
arouse  interest  in  the  proposed  Iuav. 
G.  it.  f. 
Boston  Produce  Markets 
VEGETABLES  SELLING  WELL, 
The  moderate  supplies  of  truck  arriving 
seem  to  be  disposed  of  without  especially 
weakening  the  general  price  situation. 
Stuff  that  comes  in  good  condition  moves 
along  promptly  in  response  to  the  good 
demand.  Dealers  are  earning  sizable 
commissions,  and  producers  are  figuring 
whether  they  are  getting  enough  more 
than  usual  to  offset  light  average  yield 
aud  high  cost  of  production.  Raid  a  lead¬ 
ing  Clinton  street  dealer:  '‘Vegetables 
are  bringing  pretty  good  prices.  Frost  is 
holding  off,  except  for  some  tender  stuff 
in  exposed  places.  An  extra  long  season 
at  this  end  would  tend  to  make  prices 
ease  off.  We  have  had  no  slump  at  any 
time;  only  a  natural  decline  when  sup¬ 
plies  increased.  At  this  time  of  year  to¬ 
matoes  usually  go  doAvn  to  40  or  50  cents 
for  a  while,  but.  we  haven't  been  able  to 
buy  them  for  a  dollar  yet.  Beans  usually 
go  to  50  or  (30  cents  at  some  time  and 
corn  to  25  cents.  But  this  year  a  com¬ 
bination  of  moderate  supply  and  steady, 
active  demand  lias  kept  the  market  good.” 
Shell  beans.  .$1  box;  wax,  $1.25,  aud 
Bilims,  $2.50.  White  corn  is  50  to  *>5o., 
and  yellow,  75  to  85c.  per  box  of  5  to  0 
dozen.  Caulitlower  is  short  and  poor, 
$1.50  box.  Fair  to  choice  Cucumbers  are 
$2  to  $8  box.  Cabbage,  $1.25  bbl.  Car¬ 
rots'.  $1.75  box.  Egg,  $1.75  box.  Onions. 
$1.40  Ih>\\  Peppers,  $1225.  Summer 
squash.  35c.,  and  Marrows,  $2  per  bbl. 
Tomatoes.  $1.25  to  $2  ripe,  and  75  to  85c*. 
green.  Lettuce,  50  to  75c.  box. 
GOOD  APPLES  IN  DEMAND. 
Apples  have  been  clearing  rather  Avell 
so  fur,  considering  that  about  5,000  bbls. 
a  Aveek  are  coming,  but  some  dealers  say 
the  market  is  draggy,  except  for  large, 
bright  fruit.  The  range  is  $1.50  down  to 
50c.  per  box,  or  $1.50  to  $3.50  bbl.  Por¬ 
ter,  large,  $1.25;  Duchess,  bbl.,  $3.  Large 
amounts  of  average  poor  pears  are  on 
hand  and  hard  to  sell  at  05c.  to  $1.15  per 
box.  Large,  dear  Bartlett  and  Clapp, 
$1.25  to  $1.50,  but  most  lots  show  ab¬ 
sence  of  repeated  orchard  spraying. 
Southern  peaches  are  $1.50  to  $2  lm. 
Damson  plums,  4c.  lb.  Hudson  River 
grapes,  12c.  basket.  Most  cranberries  are 
small  and  green.  A  feAV  briug  $2.25  per 
crate,  but  most  are  $2  to  $2.10.  Consid¬ 
erable  far-Western  fruit  held  hack  around 
tin*  time  of  the  threatened  railroad  strike 
lias  been  oversupplying  the  markets 
lately. 
POTATO  SUPPLY  INCREASING. 
Arrivals  so  far  this  season  have  been 
more  than  double  those  of  the  correspond¬ 
ing  time  last  year,  yet  the  market,  has 
iiem  held  at  much  higher  levels  because 
of  the  strong  buying  power.  Maine  stodc 
is  $2215  pep  2-bu.  bag.  This  year  for  the 
first  time  ft  large  amount  of  flotwtoeg  are 
coming  in  luO-lb.  bags  or  10  pecks.  These 
sell  at  $2.75. 
BUTTER  FAIRLY  STEADY. 
Receipts  of  butter  are  about  right  for 
the  season  and  quality  is  good.  Total 
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