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THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS, 
WHOIiKSALB PRICKS. 
New York, July 30, 1903. 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, Northern, Duluth, 
921^; No. 1, hard. New York, 94; No. 2, red, 
83%. Corn, No. 2, mixed, 58%. Oats, No, 2, 
mixed, 40. Rye, new crop, August delivery, 
62%. Seeds, Toledo clover, October deliv¬ 
ery, $5.57%; Timothy. $1.65. 
BEANS.—Marrow, choice, bu, $2.80; com¬ 
mon to good, $2.30@>2.75; medium, choice, 
$2.27%; pea, choice, $2.27%@2.30; medium and 
pea, common to good, $2.05@2.25; red kid¬ 
ney, choice, $3.25; common to good, $2.60@ 
3.20; white kidney, best, $2.65@2.70: black 
turtle soup, choice, $2.65@2.70; yellow-eye, 
choice, $2.70@2.75: Lima, California, $2.50. 
FEED active and firm. Middlings, $17.90 
@19; Spring bran, $16.75@17; Red Dog, $23@ 
23.60; linseed meal, $25; cotton-seed meal, 
$27 @28. 
MILK.- Exchange price remains at 2% 
cents per quart in 26-cent freight zone. Re¬ 
ceipts for week ending July 25 were 212,887 
40-quart cans of milk, and 10,986 of cream. 
The largest quantity, 37,935 cans, came over 
the Lackawanna Railroad. 
BUTTER.—Creamery, extra, 19@19%; 
firsts, 17%@18%: seconds, 16@17; thirds, 16@ 
15%; State dairy, half tubs, extras, 18; tubs, 
firsts, 16%@17%; seconds, 15@16; lower 
grades, 14@14%; Western Imitation cream¬ 
ery, extras, 17%; firsts, 16%@17: seconds, 15 
@16; lower grades, 14@14%; Western fac¬ 
tory, June, firsts, 16; current make, firsts, 
15; seconds, 14@14%; thirds, 13@13%; reno¬ 
vated, extras, 17; firsts, 16@16%; seconds, 
16@15%; thirds, 13@14; packing stock, June 
make. No. 1, 14%@15: current make. No. 1, 
14; No. 2, 13; No. 3, 12@12%. 
CHEESE.—State, full cream, small, fey., 
10 %; fair to prime, 8%@10; large, colored, 
fancy, 10; white, fancy, 9%; fair to prime, 
8 %@9%; light skims, choice. 8@8%; part 
skims, choice, 6@6%; prime, 5%@5%; fair to 
good, 4@5; common, 2%@3; full skims, 1% 
@ 2 . 
EGGS.-Nearby, fancy, selected, white, 
22 ; fresh gathered, extras, 20; seconds to 
firsts, 15%18: Western, fresh gathered, ex¬ 
tras, 19; firsts, 17@18; seconds, 14@16; thirds, 
12@13%; very inferior, 9@11; dirties. No. 1 
(candled), 12@12%; No. 2, 10@11; checked 
eggs. 7@9; inferior culls, 6@7. 
HOPS.—New York State, 1902, choice ,1b, 
20%@21%; medium to prime, 18@19%; ordi¬ 
nary, 15@17; New York State, 1901, 10@15; 
olds. 4@7; German, crop 1902, 36@42. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, Long Island, 
bbl., $2@2.12; Jersey, $2; Southern, $1.50@2; 
seconds. 75^1; sweet potatoes, Va., red, 
bbl., $2.50@3; White yams, Va. and N. C., 
$2.60@3. Beets, 100 bunches, $1.50@2.50. Car¬ 
rots, 100 bunches, 75@$1. Celery, doz., 10@ 
50. Corn. South Jersey. 100, 60@$1: Hack¬ 
ensack, 75@$1.25; Southern, $1@2. Cabbage, 
Long Island, 100, $8@5. Cucumbers, Balti¬ 
more, basket, 50@75; Norfolk, 60@60; bbl., 
$1.25@1.75; Monmouth Co., N. J., crate, 75@ 
$1; South Jersey, 50@75. Egg plants, Nor¬ 
folk, large crate, $2.50@3; Jersey, crate, 75 
@$1. Lettuce, Western New York, doz., 30 
@70; Boston, doz., 60@75. Lima beans, N. 
C.. half bbl. basket, $2@3; Md. and Del., 
bag, $3@3.50; bu. bag, $1.75@2; South Jer¬ 
sey, flat, bag, $2@2.25. Onions, Kentucky, 
bbl., $2; bag, $1@1.05; Va., yellow, bbl., $1.50 
@2; white, $1.50@2; Southern, Potato, bkt., 
60@75; Jersey and Southern, yellow, bkt., 
75@$1; white, bkt., 76@$1. Okra, carrier, $1 
@2. Peppers, Southern, carrier, 60@$1.25; 
Jersey, box, 75@$1.26. Peas, Western New 
York, Teiephone, bu. bkt.. $1.25@1.50; bag, 
80@$1.60; Long Isiand and Jersey, bag, $1@ 
1.60. String beans. Western New York, bu. 
bkt., $1.25@1.60; Boston, box, $1.25@1.60; L. 
I. and Jersey, bag, $1@1.25; Jersey, Md. and 
Del., bkt., 75@$1. Squash, White, bbl., 60 
@$1; yellow, crook-neck, 50@$1: marrow, 75 
@$1. Turnips, white. 100 bunches, $1.60@ 
3.50; nearby, Russia, bbl., $1.25@1.50. Toma¬ 
toes, Va., carrier, 30@60; Del. and Md., 30@ 
60; Monmouth Co., N. J., box. 60@$1; South 
Jersey, 40@65. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 
fancy, lb, 6%@7%; choice, 6%@6%; prime, 5% 
@6; common to good, 4@5%; sun-dried, 
quarters, 3%@6; chops, 100 lbs, $2,50@3; 
cores and skins, 100 lbs, $1.40@1.75; huckle¬ 
berries, 1902, 14%@15; blackberries, 1903, 7; 
cherries, 1902, 18. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, Astrachan, 
choice large, d. h. bbl., $2; average prime, 
$1.50@1.75; Bough, choice large, $2@2.50; av¬ 
erage prime, $1.50@1.75; poor to fair, $1@ 
1.25; Jersey, half-bbl. bkt., 50@$1.25; Va., 
Md. and Del., half-bbl. bkt., 60@75; crate, 
30@50. Pears, Ga. and Fla., Le Conte, bbl., 
$1@4; Clapp’s Favorite. $3@4; Bell, $2.50@3; 
Bartlett, Md. and Del., bkt., $1.50@2; near¬ 
by, common, bbl., $1@1.75. Plums. Md. and 
Del., Burbank, qt., 4@5; six-till case, 65@ 
$1.25; 8-lb bkt., 20@25; Wild Goose, qt., 3@5; 
Up-river, keg, $1.25@1.60. Peaches, Ga., fey, 
carrier, $2.25; average prime, $1.75@2; in¬ 
ferior, $]@1.50; Md. and Del., $1@2; basket,^ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
75@$1.25; Jer.sey, common, bkt., 60@76. 
Grapes, N. C., Delaware, 20-lb carrier, $2; 
Niagara, 20-lb carrier, $1@1.25. Apricots, 
Western New York, 4-till case, 75@$1.50. 
Blackberries, South Jersey, Wilson, qt., 6 
@10; Monmouth Co., N. J., 8@9. Raspber¬ 
ries, Up-river, red, pt., 7@12; Western New 
York. 5@8; upper Jersey, 6@8. Huckleber¬ 
ries, N. C., qt., 6@8; Md. and Del., 6@8; 
Jersey, 6@8: Pa. and N. Y., Mountain, 8@ 
11. Gooseberries, large, qt., 8@10: small to 
medium, 6@8. Muskmelons. S. C., crate, 60 
@$1; Ga.. 50@$1.50; N. C., 75@$1.50; Balti¬ 
more, bkt., $1@1.50; crate, $1@5; Md. and 
Del., crate, $1@3; Texas, crate, $50@$1.25; 
Norfolk, bbl., $1@1.50; crate, 50@$1; Cali¬ 
fornia, crate. $6@7. Watermelons, Ga., 
carload, $100@200. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—Calves, 
veals, prime, Ito, 11; fair to good, 9%@10%; 
poor, 6@8. Pork, Jersey, iight, 8%@9%; me¬ 
dium, 8%@8%. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Spring chickens, near¬ 
by, lb, 15; Western, 15; Southern. 14; fowls, 
15; roosters, 9; turkeys, 11; ducks. Western, 
pair, 60@80; Southern and Southwestern, 40 
@70; geese. Western, pair, $1.12@1.25; South¬ 
ern and Southwestern, 90@$1: live pigeons, 
old. pair, 30; young, 25. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, young 
hens and toms, average best, 13@15; old, 14 
@16; broilers, Phila., 4 lbs and over to pair, 
22; mixed sizes, 20@21; State and Pa., 4 lbs 
and over to pair, 20@21; mixed sizes, Ib, 17 
@19; State and Penn., small, 14@15; West¬ 
ern, dry-picked, 4 lbs and over to pair, 17; 
scalded, 16; Southern, scalded, small, 13@ 
14; fowls. Western, scalded, fancy, 13%@14: 
dry-picked, 14; Southern and Southwestern, 
dry-picked, 13%@14; scalded, 13@13%; ducks. 
Long Island, Spring, lb, 17%; Eastern, 
Spring, lb, 17%; Jersey, Pa. and Va., 16@17; 
Western, 10@13; geese, Eastern, Spring, 20; 
squabs, prime, large, white, doz., $2.50@2.75; 
mixed. $2.25; dark, $1.50. 
TOBACCO.—Kentucky Light, common 
lugs, 6%@7; common leaf, 6%@8%; medium, 
8%@9%; good, 10@11; fine, 11%@12. Virginia 
shipping, common lugs, 6%@6%: good lugs, 
6%@7; common to medium leaf, 8%@9; me¬ 
dium to good leaf, dark, 9@10; light, 10@ 
11 ; good to fine leaf, dark, 11%@12%; light, 
12%@14. Seed Leaf, Connecticut ,llers, 8@ 
10; average lots, 20@25; fine wrappers, 60@ 
70; New York State fillers, 6@8; average 
lots, 12@18; fine wrappers, 40@50; Ohio fill¬ 
ers, 6@7; average lots, 13@15; line wrappers, 
14@20; Pennsylvania fillers, 7@10; average 
lots, 12@17. 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK.—Steers, common to choice, 
$4.50@5.45; bulls, $2.25@4.40; cows, $1.60@3.76; 
calves, veal, $5.60@8; grassers, $3.50@4.50. 
Sheep, $3@4.25; lambs, $5@6.60. Hogs, State 
and Ohio. $5.90@6. 
BUFFALO.—Butchers’ steers, $4.15@4.75; 
calves, $6@6.75. Sheep, $1.50@4.25; lambs, $4 
@6.25. Hogs, mixed, $5.70@5.75; Yorkers, 
$5.80@5.90; roughs, $4.75@5. 
CHICAGO.—Steers, good to prime, $5.10@ 
5.25; Stockers and feeders, $2.50@4.35; can- 
ners, $1.60@2.75. Sheep, $3@4; lambs, $3.25@ 
6.25. Hogs, mixed and butchers’, $5.15@5.65; 
good to choice, heavy, $5.35@5.50; light, $5.30 
@5.75. _ 
FRUIT NOTES. 
Strawberries in Connecticut. 
The strawberry crop in eastern Connecti¬ 
cut this year was about 50 per cent of 
average years. I have grown the Cumber¬ 
land, Brandywine and Parker Earle for 
some years. Cumberland commenced to 
ripen May 20, 10 days earlier than last year, 
was somewhat injured by early May 
freeze, and season cut short by the pro¬ 
tracted drought, still it yielded 75 or 80 per 
cent of an average crop. The Brandywine, 
being on ground naturally moist, needed 
no rain after the berries began to ripen, 
but the excessive cold rains during the last 
half of June well-nigh ruined the crop, 
fully one-half rotting on the ground. This 
berry has an exceedingly vigorous foliage, 
and requires a moderately dry season for 
best results. The Parker Earle set an un¬ 
usually large number of berries, and though 
25 or 30 per cent rotted, still we realized 
about an average crop. Mr. Walker’s in¬ 
teresting article on page 497 accords in a 
large measure with my own experience as 
to varieties. It would seem to be essential 
in order to avoid entire failure, that sev¬ 
eral varieties should be grown. Two years 
ago I had several rows of the Clyde, a 
variety having a scant foliage. It will be 
remembered that the last half of June of 
that year was intensely hot and dry, up m 
the nineties day after day—just the reverse 
of this year. In consequence about 50 per 
cent of the Clyde berries were blistered 
and baked beyond redemption, while the 
Brandywine alongside were not harmed in 
the slightest degree. Very unwisely, as I 
now think, I discarded the Clyde and aug¬ 
mented the Brandywine. Probably the 
anomalous season just past, and which, of 
course, is always liable to recur, would 
have exactly suited the Clyde strawberry. 
Very likely some of 'Tuti R. N.-Y.’s corre¬ 
spondents may have grown the Clyde. If 
so, an account of this season's results 
would be of interest. It would seem to be 
the part of wisdom to grow varieties 
adapted to all kinds of possible seasons. 
Mr. Walker mentions having “about 60 va¬ 
rieties to fruit this coming season.’’ Will 
he not inform The R. N.-Y. readers what 
varieties panned out the best during the 
rather extraordinary season just closed? 
Connecticut. h. h. boardman. 
The Ward Blackberry. 
This new blackberry is a chance seedling 
found a few years ago near Manalapan, 
Monmouth Co., N. J., and is creating con¬ 
siderable interest among fruit growers in 
that section. A committee from the New 
Jersey Horticultural Society, together with 
several prominent horticulturists, were de¬ 
lightfully entertained by David Baird & 
Sons at their nursery and fruit farm at 
Baird, N. J., July 21, and were, at the 
same time, afforded the opportunity of see¬ 
ing the original planting of this blackberry 
of about one-half acre a short distance 
from the Baird farm. There were several 
rows about 200 feet long, planted four years 
ago and a few rows of two-years' gz-owth, 
all of which were loaded with fruit just 
beginning to idpen. The canes had been 
cut back to 2% to three feet in height, were 
strong and stocky, cari-ying an enormous 
crop of fruit without staking. A patch of 
the Wilson had been planted alongside the 
Ward, and these ripening earlier, the bulk 
of the crop had been picked, but in size, 
quality and yield were not to be compared, 
the latter being in every way gi-eatly su¬ 
perior. There were very few suckers, a 
distinctive and desirable feature in a black¬ 
berry. Both plant and fruit resemble the 
Kittatinny, and it is doubtless a seedling 
of that once famous vai'iety, inheriting its 
best characteristics, and thus far showing 
no tendency to rust, which was the one 
serious weakness of the parent. The visi¬ 
tors were most favorably impressed with 
the wonderful productiveness and uniform 
size of the fruit, under the most ordinary 
culture, and were unanimous in their 
opinion that the Ward is, at the present 
time, a most promising blackberry. 
Montclair, N. J. j. c. w. 
Duchess Pear Growing.— On page 532 I 
find a communication from J. R. T., Green- 
lawn, N. Y., concerning the merits of An- 
gouleme pear, with the statement that six 
yeais ago he planted 200 dwarfs of this 
variety, but though they had produced fine 
fruit, he was in doubt about increasing his 
orchard as this pear seems to have lost 
the favor it had with growers at time of 
planting his orchard. 1 was persuaded by 
an oily-tongued agent last Fall to plant 
the same number of dwarf Angouleme 
pears, and have also been much disturbed 
at reading unfavorable criticism of this 
pear in agricultural papers. a. d. w. 
Yields of Currants.— At Green’s fruit 
farm we have about half an acre planted 
to Red Cross currants. In the year 1900 
we secured the first full crop amounting 
to 6,036 quarts. The next year we were 
compelled to use a portion of this planta¬ 
tion for cuttings, removing all bearing 
wood, reducing the bearing capacity about 
one-eighth. That year, 1901, we secured 
4,201 quarts of currants. In the year 1902 
we secured 3,920 quarts. This year, 1903, 
in spite of the severe drought we secured 
5.313 quarts. Our currants sold at a better 
price this year than ever before. Currants 
during some of the past years have been 
low in price, and many were discouraged 
with the business. The high prices prevail¬ 
ing this year teach that the proper thing 
to do is to go right along growing fruit 
whether the price is high or low. It cer¬ 
tainly does not pay to stop growing simply 
because prices for a year or two are low. 
Our estimate is that our currants this year 
average about eight cents a quart, which 
would give us an income of $425 from this 
small planting of currants. Red Cross is, 
with us, a vigorous grower. It is exceed¬ 
ingly productive, and the currants are of 
large size. Further than this the fruit is 
far sweeter than ordinary currants. Red 
Cross originated with Jacob Moore, of 
Attica, N. Y. CHAS. A. green. 
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