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I KAc RURAL NEW-YORKER \ 
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Boston Produce Markets 
aiti.es ease off a little. 
Doalcrs agree that the apple market 
lias been .sagging off lately. Several of 
them figured the decline to average about 
lioc a barrel, as compared with a week 
or two ago. The weakness may not be a 
very deeji-seated affair. Some blame the 
cold weather; others say too many apples 
intended for export have been thrown 
back on the local market for lack of 
steamer space, and some of these got 
frozen while waiting. .V good many hold 
that choice apples are .selling as high 
as ever and that only the off-colored fruit 
is off in price. The great bulk of Bald¬ 
win arrivals bring $2.50 to .$2 per bbl., 
corresiionding to about Massa<*husetts 
Grade B, or good ungraded stock. Bet¬ 
ter ones—bright, clear color being of first 
importance this season—bring $d to $4, 
and a few $4..50 and even $5. (Greenings 
and Sjnes sell about the Siime as Bald¬ 
wins. and Starks a little lower. Eastern 
Ben Davis sell, from $2.25 to .$-.75. Rus¬ 
sets are not wanted, hut a few buyers 
will take them at $2 to $2.25. Nmirby 
aiii)les in markt't boxes sell from 
.$1.50. hilt about S5c for “ordinary stuff. 
Said Hall & Cole: “We get a little 
blue sometimes on the ai)ple market and 
then comes a gleam of hope. It would 
look better if they woiild let the export 
api)les go aci'oss. Some of the apjile.s 
trucked in become frozen and have to sell 
as low as 00 cents i)er box. If handled 
carefully and thawed slowly they come out 
pretty well, hut a white apjile like 4 bj- 
man Sweet will never come hark. \ve 
dealers like barrel stock_ to handle, hut 
more and more nearby shippers are trnek- 
ing them in boxes. They get eight C('nts 
for the box and nothing for the barrel. 
Being an ojien package, the box dodges 
the grading laws. The trucks carry 100 
boxes or so. heaping full, and porhai)S 
the owner comes along with the load and 
sells his own fruit. 'J'hey pick out the 
mild days and then we are swamped with 
them. In a year like this, with only about 
10 per cent, of fine fruit in many 
orchards, they jnit that 10 per cent, on 
top of the boxe.s. It may bring in more 
dollars that way when the crop is so 
poor, but if the crop were .50 per cent, or 
more (trade A it would Ik* better to grade 
the apiiles. Which jilan is best from the 
shipjiers’ point of view depends a good 
deal oil the ci'op.” 
VEGETABLES AIOSTLY AT Film PKIC’ES. 
“It is not so much of a year fo” the 
dealers.” remarked a fTiiiton Street niar- 
ketnian. “Sales are not so large as usual. 
Some of onr buyers who usually take a 
great deal of ordinary grade iirodiice are 
keeping out. because they say they can¬ 
not charge enough to itay express and a 
fair in-ntit. They have a class of trade 
that can't stand these jirices. They could 
save a little sliipiiing by freight, hut don’t 
dare to this weather, and so they won’t 
buy.” Cabbage ‘holds at $5 to .$5.50 per 
barrel and siiuash at $4 to $4.i)0.^or $80 
to $85 per ton. Beets are .$1.75 to $2 
per box, av(*raging a little lower because 
of some coarse, overgrown stock. (Ither 
vegetables are about steady, with carrots 
$1.50 to $1.75; iiarsnips. .$1.‘25 to $1.50; 
native onions. $2..50: letriici*. NOc to .$1; 
parsley, $1.75; turnips. $1.‘25 to $1.50; 
artichokes. $2 per box. Hothouse toma¬ 
toes are 30c lb.; mushrooms. 40c; sprouts, 
14c to 15e qt.; celery. $1.50 to .$2 doz. 
Yellow turnips are $2 per 140-l.b. bag, 
and the supply seems to be shoi'toniug 
up. causing some deah'rs to predict higher 
Iirices. 
POTATO Y.\I.rES AIAINTAINED. 
The potato market is wc'll off from the 
to]), hut considerably above recent low 
figures and apparently in a firm position 
for the time. Dealers quote from $3.75 
to $3.85 per 2-bu. bag at the yards, or 
.$1.85 per bn. in carload lots in hulk. 
Said F. W. Hazard & Co.; “The market 
is firm, with supply and demand about 
<‘(iual. Receipts are hampered by scarcity 
of cars in the country. Railroad^ and 
warehouse reports indicate about 35 per 
cent, of the crop is left in the shipping 
sections, but the estimate may be 5 to 10 
per cent, away from the facts. The 
Canadian arrivals are mostly in bond for 
Cuba. We look for fairly steady pricers 
for the present.” According to A. F. 
Heald: “Maine shippers are looking for 
.$2 per bu. and are very firm in their 
views of the market. The demand seems 
good all the time. The West is buying 
potatoes, which largely accounts for the 
car shortage. It takes a long time to 
jjet a boated car back from tbo ost. 
Potato prices would be high <'ven with 
plenty of cars, but not so high as now.” 
BUTTER TRADE .SLOIV. 
Demand for butter seems to be falling 
behind the supply and stocks of lower 
grades accumulate. The small proportion 
of fancy butter .si.11 finds a ready mar¬ 
ket. Extras are 38c; firsts. 36e to 37c; 
dairy. 32 to 35e, and cold storage. 35 to 
.‘He. Sales are mainly in small lots, buy¬ 
ers hoping for better terms, and the 
market rather leans to the buyer’s side, 
because of the wish of dealers to clear 
out certain classes that are in surplus 
receipt. Said Charles H. Stone & Co.: 
“The price ha.'- dropped half a cent on 
some leaf ' ^ -ades in sympathy with 
Western luaiKets. Demand is light and 
customers buying from hand to mouth. 
Yet with some dealers there is a feeling 
that prices will be higher before lower. 
The chain stores must soon come to the 
January 27, 1917. 
end of their holding.? and become large 
buyers Tor immediate consumption, thus 
reducing the now moderate stock in stor¬ 
age. Dealers are selling a little, hut 
not pressing sales. The cheese market 
is quiet, with jirices unchanged. Lack 
of space prevents exports, and. as in the 
blitter market, conditions favor the 
buyer.” 
EGG ARRIVALS STILL MODERATE. 
Egg receipts are increasing, but rhe 
market has held up very well so far. 
Nearbys have kept above 50c most of the 
time, while Western eggs of best grades 
have sold nearly as high as Eastern. 
Cold weather West seems to have checked 
production, and the car shortage helps 
keep back the shipments. Eastern eggs 
are 40c to 52c: Western. 32c to 51 c; 
cold storage. 38c to 40c. and in good 
demand. 
FIRM Axn QUIET POT-LTRY MARKET. 
I.ive poultry is in a good jiosition. be¬ 
cause receipts are light at this season. 
Good fowls or <-hickcns bring 21c. and 
ducks 10 to 20c. The market for dressed 
poultry is quiet, even dull in some lines, 
but prices hold ah<nit firm._ Native re- 
ceijits are mostly fowls, selling at ‘2-tc to 
2.5c. if heavy, and 20c to 2‘2c for light¬ 
weights; Western, ‘ilc to 24c: soft- 
rueated Eastern chickens. 20c to 30c: 
cimrse, staggy birds. ‘23c to ‘20c: old 
roosters in good demand at 18c. “The 
best restaurant cooks buy them.” a dealer 
a.sserted. “to make into chiekeu i»ies. 
They cook them thoroughly, adding a 
little vinegar, and the i>ies are as good 
as can be had.” 
VEAL HIGHER. 
Fresh veal is in active demand and 
choice heavy lots bring 18c. Mutton, at 
1.3c to 14c. IS in rather light supply, like¬ 
wise choice yearlings at 1.5c, and lambs 
at 10c to 17c. Country-dressed hogs are 
selling well at l‘2t/4c to 14c: choice West¬ 
ern beef. 14c to 15c. and cow lieef. 10c. 
LIVE .STOCK AT FIRM PRICES. 
Arrivals of live stock at the Brighton 
and Watertown yards have been very 
moderate and with deiuand active, the 
market has done well. Hogs sell at 11 
to lll^c and fancy stec'rs up I 0t/4c. or 
8 to 9"c for medium stock. Cow’S bring 
5 to 7c as they come, mostly low grade, 
('hoice calves sell easily .at 12 to 13c. 
while jtoorer lots bring 10 to lIVjO. 
Sheep hold at 7 to 10c. and lambs 10 
to 12c, with very light la'ceipts. Milch 
cows are the slowest feature of the mar¬ 
ket. owing ]n'rhaus to the searcit.v of 
fancy ones. Nothing above .$100 h.as 
been' reported lately and most sales have 
ranged somewhere around $50, which 
rei)resents a very ordinary cow. as val¬ 
ues run nowadays. G. R. F. 
Buffalo Markets 
Solid Winter has reduced the supply of 
green stuff in this market and advanced 
prices somewhat, but the big advance has 
boon in potutoos. which rotnil ut $2.10 oi' 
more, and are (pioted by some wholesalers 
as high as ,$2.10, with a price at $1.80 
for jiooi'er grades, while sweets are onl.v 
$1..50 and $2 per bushel hamper. If will 
probably he March before new Southern 
potatoes s«*nd prices down much. The 
quality of ])otatoes is good at least. Ap¬ 
ples have not vet gone above $5..50 per 
bhl., and may not. as the supply is good, 
both of liome grown and Western. Bushel 
))rices are from 50 cents for common to 
.$2 for best red. Gn*en colored are now 
as high as red. Onions are going higher, 
with quotations at $2..50 and for 
home-grown yellow per bn., and .$ 1.()0 for 
Sitanish i)er crate. Beans are as high as 
ever, at $8 for best marrows. ^$7.75 for 
white and red kidneys, and .$0.75 and .$7 
for medium and pea beans. 
Strawberries have come down fast 
lately, wholesaling at 32 and 35 cents for 
high-grade hothouse i)er jiuart. Gran- 
iK'i'ies are $(5.50 and .$7.2;) jicr bhl.. and 
retailing for 12 cents a (piart for best. 
Southern fruits are rather cheaper .-it 
$2.75 and $3.50 for both oranges and 
lemons per crate, good ones of either re¬ 
tailing for 15 cents a dozen up to 40 
Butter continues at 42 cents for best 
creamery, with 37 and 38 cents for be.st 
dairy and 27 for poor butter. Cheese is 
down a c(“nt, the top price being 25 cents, 
and 22 cents for fair to good. Eggs have 
stiffened up on the r<‘turn of cold weather 
to 55 cents for white hennery fresh, with 
.50 cents for Southern and 38 and 40 cents 
for storage. The supi)ly of poultry is libj 
eral and prices are not strong, being 25 
and 30 cents for live turkey, prime, ‘20 and 
21 cents for fowl, prime: 15 and 10 cents 
for old roosters; 20 and 23 cents for 
ducks; and 10 and 18 cents for geese. 
Dress(*d i)oultry is about three cents 
higher than live. 
The supply of vegetables is pretty good 
(<‘lery being very plenty at ‘20 and 45 
cents per dozen bunches; cabbage remains 
at .$4 and $5 per 100 pounds; string 
beans are .$2.75 and $4.25 per hamper; 
beets. $1.85 per bushel for old, and 05 
and 75 cents per dozen bunches for new; 
Brussels sprouts. 10 and 18 cents per 
(piart; carrots. $1.05 per bushel; par¬ 
snips, $1.15 and $1.75 per bu.; turnips. $2 
for yellow and $1.50 for white, per bn.; 
spinach, $3.25 and $.3^50 per bhl.; hot¬ 
house cucumbers, ,$1.25 and $1.75 per 
dozen, according to size; tomatoes, 20 and 
25 cents per lb. There are some fancy 
cauliflower retailing at 25 cents per head, 
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