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Hops. —The crop of the country at large 
is decidedly short, especially in New York, 
which promises about 75 per cent, of an 
average crop. The quotations represent 
transactions in the crop of 1889 and previous 
years. Growers are reluctant to make any 
contracts for this year’s crop, and it would 
be difficult to secure any material quan¬ 
tity of new State at less than 45 cents de¬ 
livered here and 40 cents for Pacific coast. 
The shortage in the present crop, com¬ 
bined with the fact that old lots are nearly 
all out of the growers’ hands has caused 
the advance. The quality is said to be 
generally good. In regard to the English 
supply, the Kentish Observer says that 
there will not be a failure of the crop, after 
all, and the knowing ones w T ho have been 
predicting such a disaster will find they are 
nowhere. Prospects have very much im¬ 
proved. The weather has been gloriously 
fine. The day temperature has been very 
high and the nights have been unusually 
warm. Many grounds which had been 
given up will produce a few hops, and some 
will give a fair crop. Still the aggregate 
crop will be only an average one. 
California Fruit. —Last week broke 
the record on receipts of fresh California 
fruits. The total number of cars received 
was 57, most of which was sold at auction. 
From present appearances the total for this 
week will equal if it does not exceed this. 
The most of the fruit arrived in good con¬ 
dition although some was overripe. Grapes 
will soon arrive in larger quantities than 
ever before. At the several auction sales 
Bartlett pears sold from Si.10 up to S3 85, 
the latter for smooth green. Peaches 
brought from SI 30 to S-J75: nectarines, 
SI. 60 to SL35. Egg plutns, SI 55 to $2 10 ; 
other, $ 1.20 to SI 85. Muscat grapes, $2.90 ; 
Tokays, $2.60 to $3 25; other, SI 95 to $2 95. 
Fresh prunes. $1 to $2.65. The range of 
prices this week has been ahont the same. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, August 30 , 1890 
Beans.— Marrows—New. 82 85982 90; New Mediums 
choice. 82 35 ; Pea. 82 85; Red Kidney, 84984 10; White 
Kidney, choice, (2 49982 50 ■ Foreign Mediums, 82 00 4 
$2 10; Green Peas. 81 05981 10. 
Buttkb— New—Elgin, hest, —9—c: Western, best 
23 44924c; do prime, 20 "22c: do good, 17919 do poor. 
11916; State Dairy, half-firkins, tubs. best. 21,922c; do 
prime. 19020: do fine, 16918: Welsh tubs, fine, 18920c; 
do good, 14916c. Western Imitation Creamery, best, 
15917: do fine. 12914 : Western dairy, fine, 139i4c ; do 
fair U<S12c: do poor. 7910c; do faer.orv. fresh, best 
12913c, do prime. 119 2c. do,good, 899k>: do poor, 5 
9644”. 
Cheese.— Fancy White. 844c : fancy colored. 85fc ; 
fair. 6449744c; light skims, 5449 64£c; skims, 292Ric.; 
Ohio, Flat, 5449744c. 
Eoos.—Near-by, fresh. 2192l4sc: Canadian, 199 
21c.; Southern, 17®19c: Western, best. 20a21c. 
FBUIT8.—Fresh.—A pples per bbl. 83 009*4 00; Lem¬ 
ons. per box. 85 50989 00; Huckleberries, 791 lc; Black¬ 
berries, I4ai6c; Peaches, 812598250 per basket. Wate-- 
melons, 879*20 per 100: Musk melons 50c (9*3 00 
per bbl Le Conte Pears, 43 50"$550 per bbl. Cooking, 
do, $3 0 1 84 00 ; Sugar, do, 83 509 84 : Bartlett, do. 8-59 
*7. Southern Grapes, 2o@60c. per basket. Plutns, 40 
@75e. per basket. 
Domestic Dried -Apples—Evaporated, old, 11913c.; 
do choice, new. 14@15c; prime, 1291344c: sliced, new, 
744984 bc ; do old. 344935fc: Chopped, 49 44jc; Cores and 
skins, 15f92c. Cherries new. 24926c: do, old, 89IUc. 
Raspberries. 28932c; Blackberries, 798c. Peaches, 
Delaware, evaporated, peeled, 20925c; dodo, unpeel¬ 
ed, 7910c; Georgia, evaporated, peeled, new, 18 «20c; 
do do do, unpeeled, 799140: do do, sundrled, l49'9c. 
Huckleberries, new, 89:0e. Plums, new. 103120 
Game.— Plover, per doz, 81 00981 75 : Snipe do do, 
81 00982 00. 
Hat and Straw.— Timothy, best, 80990c; do good, 
65975c: do medium, 40C950; Clover, mixed. 30940c; 
shipping, 30935c. Straw— Vo. 1 rye, 70975c.; short rye, 
35910c, oat and wheat, S0S35c. 
Honey— In one-pound boxes. White Clover 11912c: 
Buckwheat. 1091 lc Beeswax- 22923c ; State, pr. and 
choice, 20922c.: State, good, 18919c : State, common, 
15" 17c.;State, 183s, prime. I0«i4c.; state, do. common, 
7910c.; State, 18S7.3is.5c.; Pacific Coast, 18921c. 
Hops.— State ’89 , 25 927c; do, good, 22924c; do 
'•ommon,20@2tc;do 1*88. nest. 17<sil9e; dodo prime,159 
17c, do do common. 12913c; California, New, best, 239 
27c; do good to prime, 19923c do Old, best, —®—c. 
do common and fair, —9—c. 
NPTS.—Peanuts are quiet. Fancy,hand-picked,quoted 
999>4c, and farmers’ grades at 75f985fc, Pecans, 10911. 
Poultry. Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb 139 
14c; Fowls, western, choice. 11912c; do common to, 
good, 10®llc: Ducks spring, good. 11914; SquaD: 
white, per dozen. 82259 8250; do dark, do. 8125; 
Chickens, spring. Philadelphia. 17920c.: Western 7® 
14c; Fowls, near by, 13c. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per lb, 1214914c; 
Fowls near by, per lb. 1214913c. do Western, per lb. 
1214913c; roosters, per lb, 697c: Turkeys, per ib. 11® 
13c;Ducb8, Western, per pair. 50970c ; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, 81 25981 50 
Vegetables. —Potatoes - Long Islan 1, per bbl 82 25® 
$2 3? : Jersey, per do , $2 009*2 5; Sweets, do , *3 00 
983 25. Onions-Potato, per bbl, 0o<s* 3 75 ; ton 
nectlcut Red.do, $2 75 do White, do, *3 509 84 50; West¬ 
ern, 82 759*3 00; Jersey, do, 82982 75; Cabbage. L. 
I., per 100, 8398410: Corn, per 100. 75c«81 25: Toma- 
toes, per crate, 2'93 : c.: Cucumbers, per 1,00'), 55® 
65c: Squash, per bbl., 75c(981 00; Turnips, per bbl. 
$19*1 25 . Egg Plant, per bbl., 75c.981; Lima Beans, 
per bag, 81 0o®81 50. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—The weather In the West and Northwest 
was reported as more favorable, there being no frost 
anywhere, and this helped the downward movement. 
There was some liquidation by local operators on the 
failure of a vote on the Butterworth bill, and this too, 
contributed to the decline. The early strength was 
attributed mainly to strong cables, which stared that 
the recent wet weather abroad had de ayed harvest¬ 
ing, but despite this ihe foreigners were sellers in a 
moderate way. Late cables were not so firm. Sales- 
Ungraded Winter Red, 81931 0314 ; No. 2 Red, in store, 
*1 0Hq;81 0° ; do afloat, quoted, *1035498109^; No 1 
Hard Spring, nominal, *1 25 afloat: No. 2 August, 
31 08'4 do September, 81 08 " 81 l'84A: do October, 
$1 09: do November, *1 10 ; do December, *110 11 16 « 
*1 12 1*5-16; do May, 81 14 11 169*1 17. RYE.—In light 
demand. Western, in boatloads, quoted 66-3 6«c.: 
State. 67969c. BARLEY.-The first sale of Western 
was made Wednesday, being 10,000 bushels to arrive 
In September, private terms,quoted.70975c. COHN. - 
Also ruled irregular as influenced by the fluctuations 
in wheat. The frost predictions did not materialize, 
and this added to the heaviness. Sales-Ungraded 
mixed and white, 554495754c.; No. 2 mixed, 554.95546c. 
elevator, 564495654c afloat; steamer mixed quoted 
555f ®56 l 4c. afloat; Vo.August, 6544c.: do September. 
5595554c.: do October. f5sy(9?H44c.; do November, '6® 
5646c.. do December, 56".564«c.: do May, 5 k®58J4c. 
OATS. Continued on the downward turn Sales—No. 
3 mixed, lie. elevator; No. 3 white, 4l44 f "42c. elevator: 
No 2mlxe'i,41449 4244c. elevator: No. 2 white, 42943c. 
elevator : No. 1 white. 4*0. elevator ; Ungraded mixed 
Western, 39®45c.: white do, 43"5 c.: No. 2 Chicago, 
43944c. f.>r n"w, ann 45c. old delivery : No. 2 August, 
4’ 42c.; do September, 41 u 4154c.- do October, 40)49 
41c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
REEVES.—Demand active for all grades, and prices 
advanced about 111 eems per 00 pounds. Two car¬ 
loads of Texans sold at 83 9244 • ordinary to prime 
steers at 849$’> 15; drv cows and bulls at S2 20® 8! 7s ; 
and one very prime Western belfer at 84 75. Dressed 
beef in good demand and firm at 69644c for Texas 
sides, and 651®744c. for native do Something choice 
would doubtless bring *c. Private cable advices 
quote refrigerated beef steady at 4d„ or about * cents 
per pound. Cable advices re< eive 1 this week give 
55ld or scant 1 ’44 cents as the top price for American 
steers, and the polled Angus cattle shipped were as 
good as and probably the best of any Americans on 
the market. 
MILCH COWS.—Receit ts 127 head, of which the 
larger part were consigned direct. Market steady at 
$ 40 "845 per head, and choice milkers would bring 85t). 
CALVES —Firm for all sons of calves, with grassers 
selling at 344"., fed calves at4» 544C. and common to 
choice veaL at 6@8c. 
SHEEP AND LAMB 5 .—^ood sheep and prime lambs 
were wa' ted at well sustained prices, while common 
stock was dragging but not quo 1 ably lower. Old 
bucks and scraggy ewes sold at 3 354c. per pound, 
decent to prime sheep at 4'" , 5>«c.. and poorpst to best 
lambs at54o9744c , about 344 carloads selling at the 
outside fl -lire. All hough this is the time of year when 
the sheep trade should boom at mth .street, the receipts 
are unusually light and hardly sufficient 10 attract 
many of the butchers to those yards. Is this a result 
of “ the strike.” or l< th< re a diversion of the trade to 
th» lower yards; or is the State stock later than 
usual in getting to market ? All these questions have 
been asked by commission dealers the past week with 
various explanations. 
HOGS.—Market steady, with sales at *4 50 9 84 75 for 
good hogs, a carload of culls s Id at 82 4 ’. 
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