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Auction  of  Native  Apples 
As  the  season  approaches  for  sale  of 
Winter  fruit,  the  auction  system  looms 
larger  as  a  possible  means  of  disposal. 
The  plan  is  already  in  use  extensively  for 
sale  of  Western  and  foreign  fruits.  It 
was  tried  last  Fall  in  a  small  way  with 
Bn stern  apples  and  was  considered  suc¬ 
cessful  when  shipments  were  adapted  to 
this  plan  of  selling. 
The  auctioneers  and  agents  admit  that 
small,  miscellaneous  or  poorly  packed 
shipments  cannot  be  satisfactorily  sold 
at  auction.  It  succeeded  well  with  stan¬ 
dard  Winter  varieties,  well  packed  in 
barrels,  and  fancy  apples  packed  in  reg¬ 
ular  shipping  boxes,  similar  to  those 
used  for  Western  apples.  They  encour¬ 
age  the  method,  not.  so  much  for  small, 
unknown  shippers,  ns  for  neighborhood 
and  co-operative  packing.  Advantages  of 
shipments  in  not  less  than  carload  lots 
are  saving  In  freight  and  avoiding  truck¬ 
ing  charges  in  moving  from  one  side  of 
the  city  to  the  other. 
Said  Geo.  S.  Scott,  a  prominent  ship¬ 
pers’  agent:  “Let  the  shippers  get  vol¬ 
ume  enough,  standardize  the  fruit,  give ’t 
a  brand  and  hold  the  quality  up  to  it. 
Don't  ship  all  at  once  but  keep  a  steady 
supply  coming,  and  the  reputation  will  be 
established.  It  is  a  business  for  organ¬ 
ized  shippers.  Rrobnhly  at  the  start,  the 
best  that  could  be  done  in  many  locali¬ 
ties  would  be  to  get  together  a  few  of  the 
best  shippers  and  have  them  agree  to 
pack  in  the  same  kind  of  packages  and  in 
the  same  general  style,  and  load  enough 
to  fill  a  ear.  Of  course  a  more  perfect 
way  is  to  have  all  the  apples  put  up  at  a 
central  packing  point  in  the  neighbor¬ 
hood  and  graded  under  one  management. 
A  carload  packed  in  the  ordinary  way 
would  usually  be  sold  each  shipper’s  lot 
b.v  itself,  several  barrels  from  each  lot 
being  sampled  before  selling. 
“It  is  desirable  to  have  an  agent  rep¬ 
resenting  the  shipper.  The  shipper  him¬ 
self  may  come  to  the  city,  watch  the 
shipment  and  attend  the  sale.  Most  ship¬ 
ping  concerns  prefer  to  hire  some  agent 
who  makes  a  specialty  in  that  line.  Ill's 
experience  is  of  great,  service  in  avoiding 
delays,  securing  proper  delivery  of  the 
goods.  Tho  goods  are  consigned  to  the 
agent;  he  sees  that  they  are  properly  cat¬ 
alogued  and  samples  fairly  taken.  He  at¬ 
tends  the  sale  to  protect  the  interests  of 
the  buyer.  It  is  necessary  at  auction  to 
sell  if  two  bids  are  received,  but  the 
agent  can  refuse  to  accept  the  first  bid 
if  unreasonable  and  can  prevent  more 
than  one  lot  being  sold  if  the  price  is  too 
low.  After  tho  sale  the  agent  receives 
the  account  from  the  auction  firm  and 
sends  a  check  to  the  shipper.  At  the  fruit 
auctions  there  are  200  to  250  people  pres¬ 
ent.  The  advantage  from  the  buyer’s 
point  of  view  is  more  fruit  and  better 
prices.  The  sales  of  native  fruit  would 
he  close  to  where  the  Western  fruit  is 
sold  and  its  sale  would  immediately  fol¬ 
low,  insuring  attendance  of  plenty  of 
buyers.  From  the  buyer’s  point  of  view, 
the  auction  method  insures  prompt  sale 
at  competitive  prices.  ’There  is  some 
saving  in  expense.  The  auctioneers 
charge  5  per  cent,  of  the  sales  of  carload 
lots  and  4  per  cent,  for  less  than  carloads. 
In  unloading  small  shipments  there  is  an 
additional  charge  at  the  rate  of  $3  per 
carload  for  unloading,  and  if  these  small 
shipments  have  to  be  carted  across  the 
city  to  the.  auction  room  in  Charlestown, 
the  cost  is  3c.  per  box  or  5c.  per  barrel 
for  cartage.  The  agent  who  represents 
the  shipper  would  charge  from  2  to  5  per 
cent.,  according  to  the  size  of  the  ship¬ 
ment.  Total  expenses  are  somewhat  less 
than  by  consignment  to  commission  mer¬ 
chants.  The  shipper  of  course  may  pick 
out  his  own  agent  or  act  as  agent  himself 
if  he  thinks  he  has  the  necessary  experi¬ 
ence.”  0.  B.  F. 
Boston  Produce  Markets 
BUTTER  AGAIN  ADVANCED. 
The  trend  of  the  butter  market  is  still 
upward.  Demand  seems  to  follow  the 
rising  loved  so  far.  Receipts  are  falling 
of  somewhat  with  the  advancing  season. 
The  lowest  price  for  extra  tub  creamery 
is  35c.;  firsts  are  ,34c.  and  seconds  .3.3c. 
Dairy  grades  are  28  to  22c.,  and  cold 
storage,  8.3%  to  -35c.  Said  a  Clinton 
street  dealer:  “Males  are  heavy  lately  be¬ 
cause  dealers  are  buying  ahead,  as  they 
have  been  doing  for  some  time  past.  We 
hardly  supposed  the  public  would  stand 
such  prices,  bat  they  seem  to  want  the 
goods.  Whether  the  market  is  being  over¬ 
done  is  a  question.  If  heavy  export,  con¬ 
tinues  we  seem  to  be  in  for  a  Winter  of 
high  prices.” 
Cheese  continues  to  advance  under  the 
leadership  of  foreign  markets.  The  host 
grades  bring  20%  to  21  e. ;  fair  to  good, 
18  to  19c.,  and  skims,  14  to  IGe. 
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EGG  ARRIVALS  MODERATE. 
The  public  seems  to  have  resigned  it¬ 
self  to  the  high  price  level  and  is  buying 
more  freely.  Maid  a  large  dealer:  “Hen¬ 
nery  eggs  are  beginning  to  sell  a  little 
better.  Tbe  shortage  on  common  eggs 
seems  to  be  increasing,  and  even  storage 
eggs  are  held  at  very  firm  prices.  .Soon 
the  Thanksgiving  season  will  be  in  sight, 
and  probably  the  next  change  will  he  to 
higher  prices.”  Nearby  eggs  hold  at  44 
to  45c.,  and  appear  scarce.  Eastern  ex¬ 
tras,  10  to  42c.;  Western  prime  firsts,  85 
to  30c.,  and  cold  storage,  30  to  32c. 
POULTRY  IN  MORE  LIBERAL  SUPPLY. 
The  commission  stores  seem  heavily 
Stocked,  especially  with  live  chickens  and 
fowls,  but  the  frequent  Jewish  holidays  at 
this  season  cause  active  demand.  These 
various  holidays  conclude  with  the  Feast 
of  Laws,  Oct.  19-20,  for  which  live  ducks, 
fowls  and  chickens  will  be  wanted  in  the 
market  around  Oct.  10  and  17.  Prices 
are  sagging  off  slightly  under  pressure  of 
heavier  receipts.  Said  Batchelder  &  Sny¬ 
der:  "'The  market  is  easier.  It  is  the 
Hush  time  of  year  and  more  stuff  is  com¬ 
ing.  The  market,  has  already  held  up 
better  than  ever  before.”  lave  fowls  are 
mostly  19c.;  light,  thin  Leghorn?  18c.. 
and  fancy,  plump  yearlings  heavy  fowls, 
20c.  Broilers  and  light  weights  sell  for 
hardly  more  than  fowls,  but  heavy  chick¬ 
ens  bring  23  to  25c.  Young  ducks  aro  1G 
to  20c.  Eastern  dressed  fowls  arc  22  to 
23c. :  and  chickens,  23  to  30c.  Dressed 
ducks  are  22c.  and  geese  25c.  A  few 
young  Western  turkeys  have  sold  dressed 
at  35c. 
GREEN  VEGETABLES  IN  GOOD  DEMAND; 
Frost  held  off  later  than  the  average  in 
Southern  New  England,  allowing  much 
late  planted  stuff  to  ripen.  Tomatoes  and 
Lima  bonus  have  been  coming  in  liberally 
at  tbe  end  of  the  season,  cansing  prices 
to  weaken.  At  one  time  good  Limas  were 
selling  as  low  as  75c.  per  bn.,  and  toma¬ 
toes  for  tbe  first  time  went  below  $1. 
Lima  beaus  arc  $1.50;  string,  $1  to  $1.25 
per  box;  beets,  $1.25;  carrots,  $1.25  to 
$1.75;  celery.  .$1  to  $1.25;  corn.  $1  to 
$1.50;  cucumbers.  No.  1,  $4  to  $4.50; 
cauliflowers.  50  to  75c. ;  lettuce,  a  wide 
range  of  quality  ut  10c.  to  $1  per  box; 
Winter  squash.  $2  to  $2.50  per  bbl. ;  to¬ 
matoes,  ripe,  75e.  to  $1.50;  green,  GO  to 
75c. ;  white  turnips,  $1.25  per  box  :  yellow, 
$2.25  per  bag;  native  potatoes,  $1.25  per 
bu. ;  cabbage.  $1.50  per  bbl.;  red  cabbage, 
$1.75  per  box. 
FRUIT  DOING  BETTER. 
There  are  still  too  many  low  grade  Fall 
apples,  but  fancy  large,  bright  stock  is  in 
demand  at  a  general  range  of  $1  to  $2 
per  market  box  or  $2  (<i  $3.50  per  bbl. ; 
common  lots,  50  to  85c.  per  box.  Various 
minors  of  sales  of  Winter  apples  ft  or¬ 
chard  range  from  $1.50  to  $2.25.  One 
dealer  said  a  grower  refused  his  offer  of 
GOe.  :t  box  for  No.  1  Baldwins  at  the  or¬ 
chard,  dealer  to  supply  boxes,  hut  this 
was  fairly  clear  fruit.  Most  orchards  are 
reported  having  much  dark,  spotted,  and 
scabby  fruit.  Export  business  is  quite 
active  and  nets  of  choice  Fall  apples  are 
reported  at  $1.75  to  $1.90  in  Boston. 
Winter  apples  are  beginning  to  he  sent 
across,  l’ears  arc  selling  better,  the  later 
kinds  showing  better  quality.  Sheldon 
and  several  standard  kinds  are  $1  to  $2 
per  box;  mostly  nearer  $1.  Native, 
peaches  are  75c.  to  $1  per  basket,  and 
New  York  peaches,  $1.50  to  $1.75  per  bu. 
Damson  plums.  25c.  per  8-lb.  basket. 
Barberries  are  $1.50  to  $2  per  bu.  New 
York  Concord  grapes  plentiful  at  10  to 
11c.  small  basket.  Native  jelly  Concords, 
$1.50  per  bu.,  and  wild  grapes,  $2.25  per 
bu.  Every  year  some  dealer  wants  to 
know  why  some*  growers  do  not  raise 
wild  grapes  instead  of  neglected  Con¬ 
cords.  Wild  grapes  generally  sell  con¬ 
siderably  the  higher.  Cranberries  are 
now  giving  a  bolter  account  of  them¬ 
selves.  Said  W,  Benjamin  &  Co.:  “The 
season  opened  poorly,  but  looks  better 
now.  They  rushed  in  a  lot  of  unripe, 
poorly  colored  fruit  and  the7  weather 
turned  hot,  the  price  was  forced  down  to 
$4.50  to  $5.  Now  the  quality  is  good 
and  the  weather  cooler.  Demand  has 
picked  tip  and  the  price  is  up  $1.  to  $5 
and  $5.50.  These  are  early  blacks.  The 
best  late  kinds  begin  about  November  1. 
There  are  no  New  Jersey  berries ;  they 
seem  to  have  been  taken  care  of  in  the 
West.  Most  things  are  against  us  this 
year.  The  berries  aro  late  and  some 
were  caught  by  early  and  late  frosts. 
Sugar  is  high  and  apples  plenty.  But 
we  think  the  public  will  buy  freely  around 
the  main  holiday  seasons  to  use  with 
their  poultry.  There  is  no  need  of  hurry 
to  ship  the  berries.” 
POTATO  MARKET  STRONG. 
Dealers  talk  confidently  of  the  potato 
outlook,  and  tho  price  has  been  gradually 
working  upward.  The  stock  offered  now 
seems  riper  and  fit  to  keep,  and  there  is 
considerable  buying  for  Winter  sale  and 
use.  The  price  for  best  stock  is  $2.50 
per  120-lb.  bag.  Receipts  here  have  been 
nearly  double  those  of  the  corresponding 
time  last  year,  but  much  stock  has  been 
reshipped  to  other  markets.  Western 
buying  is  reported  Very  heavy,  and  so 
much  of  the  Maine  stock  has  been  called 
out  by  the  high  price  that  dealers  are 
wondering  where  the  usual  supply  will 
be  coming  from  later  in  the  season.  Fifty 
per  cent,  of  the  Aroostook  crop  i.i  re¬ 
ported  already  moved,  the  tendency  being 
to  ship  rather  than  to  store,  and  Boston 
dealers  find  it  hard  to  make  contracts  for 
stock  to  be  delivered  at  a  future  date  for 
a  fixed  price.  The  general  opinion  leans 
toward  still  higher  prices.  G.  n.  F. 
