1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Among the Marketmen. 
WHAT / SEE AND HEAR. 
A Strap of Oranges.— Florida tan¬ 
gerines and mandarins are quoted at so 
much per strap. A strap, in the market, 
means simply two cases fastened to¬ 
gether by straps, the two, when thus 
combined, making a package just about 
the same size as an ordinary orange box. 
The choicer fruits are packed in these 
smaller cases, and at present are selling 
for very fancy prices. 
X X X 
Kieff'er Pears and Ben I>avis Ap¬ 
ples in LiOndon. —Our English corre¬ 
spondent says that the Kieffer pears are 
sold there for eating fresh as a dessert 
fruit, and those coming to hand in good 
condition are much sought. The Ben 
Davis apple is called a grand apple for 
sale there. Its fine appearance and 
good keeping qualities make it one of 
the best for the retail trade. He says 
that shippers would do well to send only 
the best graded fruit, as it is only this 
which is sought, at good prices. Small 
and inferior fruit simply tends to disor¬ 
ganize markets and prices. Still any 
well-colored, large apples will always 
pay to send there. Now we know what 
to do with the Kieffer pear and Ben 
Davis apple. 
X X X 
Hothouse Asparagus. —In one com¬ 
mission house, I met the commission 
merchant, the grower of hothouse aspar¬ 
agus, and a would-be buyer of the same. 
Together we watched the opening of a 
box from the grower. It contained three 
dozen bunches of large asparagus, and 
one dozen bunches of small. The buyer 
said that he could use the large at the 
price quoted, 83 per dozen, but could not 
use the small, even at 81 per dozen, at 
which price it was offered to him. The 
result was that it was necessary to re¬ 
pack the three dozen in another box, 
making extra work for the handler, and 
risking the bruising and injury of the 
asparagus. The grower said that he 
packed the bunches of small size with 
the others, because he did not have 
enough of the former to make a separate 
box. Usually this is poor practice, be¬ 
cause buyers who can use the best grades 
are usually unable to use the poorer 
grades. The grower said furthermore 
that he could not afford to grow aspar¬ 
agus at these prices, and unless the 
prices improved, he would abandon the 
crop. Just now it is very plentiful, hence 
prices are lower than common. 
X X X 
Pigeon Prices. —A reader writes 
about seeing pigeons quoted in The R. 
N.-Y. at 10 cents per pair, and wishes to 
know where he can buy them at that 
price. They were quoted there as low as 
10 cents per pair, but this extremely low 
figure is not the ruling price for pigeons. 
The pigeons were poor, young and weak, 
or they would not have been sold at those 
prices. This quotation was the lowest 
given. These pigeons are sold mostly to 
shooting clubs, and about the holidays 
there is an extra demand for them. The 
result is that large numbers are received. 
These clubs require strong-flying birds, 
and any which are young or weak are 
not wanted at any price. These are the 
birds that are offered for such low prices. 
It seems a little strange that any one 
wishing to buy an article that is quoted 
in market reports, always expects to buy 
at the lowest quoted price, while any 
one having an article to sell always ex¬ 
pects to get the highest quoted price. 
Another fact about these pigeons is that, 
after these shooting matches are over, 
the pigeons which have been killed are 
gathered up and shipped back, generally 
to the same commission house from 
which they were purchased alive, and 
are resold, although at somewhat lower 
prices than previously. Is this business 
sport, or is it murder ? f. h. v. 
EVERGREENS 
!lOO, « to 8 In. $li 18 to 18 In. $8.50. 
.100, 8 ft. $10 prepaid. 100. 4 to 6 ft. 
‘ varieties, $15. 45choice Fruit trees. 20 
varieties, $10. Ornamental & Fruit 
KTrees. Catalogue and prices of 50 
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