RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1095 
Notes from Department of 
Foods and Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
Septembeb 6. 1917. 
Eggs. —Xeiu-by hennery eggs tirm. 
Quality variable. Extra fancy large white, 
62c to 54c; hennery brown, 4Gc to 49c; 
nearby gathered white, 42c to 4()C. To 
avoid loss from breakage, use new cases 
with N.. 1 flats and tillers. I'lace excel¬ 
sior on top and bottom of case. Always 
candle your eggs before shipping and 
do not pack cracked eggs. 
Butter. —Market higher. Best cream¬ 
ery, 48 %c to 44i^c; prime to fancy, 
42i^c to 481/4C; fancy Eastern dairy, 4ic 
to 42c; Eastern dairy in mixed packages, 
37e to 40e. 
Live I’ouetry. —In liberal supply. 
Market firm. Fowls, 2.6c to 27c; old 
roosters. 17e to 18c; Leghorn broilers, 
28c to 80c; colored broilers, 80c to 82c; 
State ducks, 18c to 20c; Long Island, 
22c to 28c; geese, loe to Kic; I've rab¬ 
bits, 20c. 
I.iVE Calves and Hogs. —Fancy calves 
10(r to 17c!; gooel to prime, 1.6%c to 16c; 
common, L8Vec to 14%c; buttermilks, 
.$9.75 to .$10; yearlings, .$8.50 to .$9; live 
hogs, 17c to 19c. 
Dressed C^alves and Dressed Pork. 
—In light supply. Market Arm. Fancy 
white-meat«‘d c.alves, 24c to 2.6c; good to 
l)rime, 20c to 24c; common, 18c to 19c; 
buttennilks, 15c to Itic; dia^ssed hogs, 28c 
to 25(.‘; roasting pigs, 28c to 25c. 
Peaches. —In heavy supply. Jersey 
I'ilberta, .$1 to .$1.50 per carrier. Some 
pool’ and over-ripe stock sold as low 
as 75c. Fancy Elbertas, $1.75 to .$2; 
Belh' of Ha.. 75c to .$1.50 cai-rier. Best 
Delaware and Maryland sold at .$1.00 to 
.$L.60. New York State Carmans in bas¬ 
kets, 50(; to 70c. 
I'EARS.—('lapp’s Favorites, f.incy, $4.50 
to $6.25 per bbl. In baskets, $1..60 to 
.$2.50 each. Average run of Clapps in 
barrels .$5. .lerse.v Bartletts in bushel 
baskets, .$]..60 to .$2.50; B.41e .$8..60 to 
.$5 bbl.; Kiert’er Southern, $1.50 to .$2.50; 
Bi'urre Clairgeau, Delaware, ,$1..60 to 
.$2.50; New Y^ork State Bartletts, .$5.00 
to $6.50 barrel. 
Plxtms. —Maryland and' Delaware, 75c 
to $1.50. carrier; New \"ork St.ate, 8-lb. 
ba.sket, 25c to 50(*; Delaware and Mary¬ 
land peach basket, 75c to $1 ; Delaware 
and Maryland, 20-lb. basket, 50c to 76c. 
Crapes. —(fliampion, crate, 6.6c to 75c; 
Moore’s Early, 7.6c to 90c; Worden, 75c 
to 00c; Delawan', $1.25 to .$1..60; Black, 
4-lb. basket, 9c to 12c. 
Appj.es. —Ai)ples in fair supply and 
good fruit selling freely. Cood demand 
for crab apples. Wealthy, bbl., ,$2.50 to 
.$5; 1 Jutchess. .$2..60 to .$5; Cravenstein, 
.$2.50 to .$4.50; Summer .Pippin, .$2.,60 
to ,$4; Northwestern Creen'‘ng, bu. bas¬ 
ket, $2 to $2J15; Green cooking apples, 
50c to ,$1.75 basket. Large crab apples, 
bbl., $4 to $6; bushel baskets, 7.6(; to 
$1.25 each. 
Potatoes. —.Jersey round, bbl., .$2.50 
to .1:8; No. 2, .$1..60 to .$2 bbl.; Long 
I.sland No. 1, .$8.25 to .$.8.75; No. 2, 
|2.25 to .$2.50; Norfolk No. 1, .$2.25 to 
Onions. —('ontinue linn for sound 
stock. Long Island, bbl., .$8 to .$4.25; 
Jersey white and yellow, .$1 to .$2,25 bu. 
bkt.; .Jersey red, .$1 to .$1.2.6; Orange 
County red, 100-lb. bag, $1.75 to $2.50; 
Orange (kiunty yellow. 75c to ,$1..60; 
Orange C’ounty white, $1 to $1.75 bas¬ 
ket. 
\ EGET.Mtr.ES. — Beans —In liberal sup¬ 
ply, few fancy, poor beans low. Buffalo 
wax and gi-eeu, 50e to $1.25 bushel; 
Jersey wax and green, 50c to $1.50 bas¬ 
ket; Long Island wax and green. 50e to 
$1 bag. (hibhar/e —75e to $1.25, Jxing 
Island. Carrots —Bbl. $1.75 to ,$2..60. 
Cetera —New York State. .$2 to .$4, crate. 
Cauliitower —I.ong Island, bbl., .$2 to 
$2.50. ^ Coni —New York State, 100, $1 
to .$1 .;>(). Cueunihrrs —Albany County, 
bbl. .$2.50 to .$8; 7,6c to ,$1.50 per bushel; 
Maryland and Delaware, ,60c to 75c. 
J^<J0 Plant —Jersey, box 50c to 85 <l T.et- 
tuee —Orange County, 2-doz. crate, 50<? to 
.$1.,60; Orange County, basket, 2.6c to 75e, 
Lima Beaus —Jersey, $2 basket. Okra — 
Jersey, bushel, $1.25 to $2.25. Peas — 
Buffalo, bu., .60c to .$2..60. New York 
State, bu., 7.6c to ,$2. J.ong Island 
telephone, bag, 25c to $1.7.6. Tomatoes — 
,60<,* to .$1.2.6 per crate. 
Boston Produce Markets 
(Continued from page 1078) 
(iOOD TRADE l.N VEGETABLES, 
turnips at $1.25 seem rather low. Pota¬ 
toes, too, appear s.-igging aw.ay steadily 
from the. fairl.y good level they have been 
holding. “It has been a fairly good selling 
season, on tJie whole.” rem.arki'd Gnstin 
A .Saumlcj-s. “Most of the stuff has gone 
;is well as could be exjiected after the 
siiecijil (‘Iforts to increase proiluction. 
Once in a while the market was stuck on 
lettuce, beans, corn, etc., but tlnue was 
good recovery except with <-abbage which 
still drags, although the crop is (»f fine 
quality. We quote: C<'rn 59 to tiOc per 
box for white and TOc for yellow; cab¬ 
bage, .60 to 75c bbl.; cauliflower, 50c to 
$1 box; carrots, $1.50; beets, 75c to $1; 
parsnips, $1.75 to $2; radishes, 75c to .$1; 
egg turnips, 75c; cuke.s, 50c to $1; egg 
plant, .$1..60; shell beans, $1 to $1.50; 
string beans, $1.85 to $1.75; lettuce, 75c 
to $1; sugar pumpkins, 75c; peppers, 
75c; red cabbage, 75c. Savoy cabbage is 
75e bbl. Celery is 7,6c per doz. and Win¬ 
ter s<iuas‘h ranges from $1 bbl. for com¬ 
mon ^larrow to $1.75 for best Turban.” 
Some Southern squash is selling as low as 
50e bbl. The preceding figures quoted are 
for native produce. Native, Conn. Val¬ 
ley and York State onions sell on basis 
of about $1.65 bu. White pickling onions 
bring $4, but small yellow culls of same 
size sell at .$2 or less. Tomatoes have a 
wide range, not many bringing $2 and 
othei'S down to $1. A few green toma¬ 
toes at 7.6c to $1. Field beaus are slow 
and draggy. Fowle, Hibbard & Co., 
large dealers, quote N. Y'. Pea at $8 bu., 
Californias $8.50, Y’'ellow Eyes $8, Red 
Kidneys $7.25. They report acreage of 
new crop large, but yield uneven, and 
advance contracts asserted to have been 
made at $11 to .$1,3 per 100 lbs.” 
POTATOES WORKING LOWER. 
As the main digging season approaches 
there is the usual sagging off of potato 
values. I’rices ai’e already pretty well 
down in distant shijiping sections. Un- 
ripenes-s and rot are handicaps of some of 
the Northern arrivals, fjaid A. F. Ileald 
& Co.: “The Ma'ne crop looks like a 50 
per cent, yield because of rust and rot in 
many places. Many of the early ship¬ 
ments do not stand up well, having more 
or less rot and being soft and gx’een. 
'J'here is very little sound Maine stock 
yet. They sell on a basis of 90 to 95c in 
bulk at the freight yards. New .Jerseys 
are ,$2.50 per bag here or $1 bu. at ship¬ 
ping stations. N.atives .are g<x>d quality 
and bring $1.25 with sah's in a jobbing 
way at $1.40 to $1.50. The potato mar¬ 
ket acts as if it might work lower.” 
I RI ITS IN RIUSK DEMAND. 
All kinds of fruit sell actively. Poaches, 
however, are lower because of the liberal 
supjily from many sources. Not many 
native peaches br'ng over 50c per iiff-qt. 
crate or basket. Penn white are .$1.50 to 
$1.75 bu. .and southern $1.25 to .$2 car¬ 
rier. The abundance of peaches lessens 
the call for pears which are in light sup¬ 
ply and range from $1.50 to .$2 bu. Very 
few native plums are in. Wild grapes 
started at .$4 bu. and soon dropped to a 
range of .$l.iW to .$8. N. Y. grapes are 
75cr to .$1.2.6 carrier. Blueberries are 
mostly soft now and range from 1.6 to 
22c. A few, mostl.y unr:p(>, poorly colored 
Cape cranberries sold at $2 to $8.50 crate. 
.U’PLE SITUATIO.N qiTITE PROMISING. 
AVhile opinions ar<* unsettled about the 
jirice outlook for tlu^ main crop of ap¬ 
ples, sentiment is being htdjied by the 
good m.arket for the early kinds. Asi high 
as $8.50 per box was paid for sonui very 
fancy Astrachans. Good to choice 
Gravenstein, Williams, Duchess bring.$2 
to .$8 box. The barrel price for leading 
kinds is $8 to $5. Those at lowm- prices 
are mostly culls and windfalls, or unpop¬ 
ular varieties. Dealers are talking a good 
deal about the Winter croji but seem 
afraid of the level started by the early 
kinds*. Regarding the crop E. W. .T. 
Hearty, rejuited largely responsible for 
eastern estimate for the secret report of 
the International Apple Shippers’ Asso- 
tiation, says: “Present pro.spects indicate 
a yield i*ractically the same as last year. 
8'he shortage in the ban-id apple section 
will be offset by incre.-ised «iuantities of 
box ajiples ui the Pacific Northwest. All 
p»‘titions seeking removal or modification 
of the embargo on ai>ples in England have 
been denied, and any thought for the 
pr(!sent, at least, of apples being shiiiped 
from America must be dismissed from our 
calculation.” 
Man.v I'onsider tlrs crop e.stimiite too 
liberal: P. H. Wall & Co., “From re- 
pors coming to us, xve conclude the yield 
in this section is less than one-half that of 
last year, but quality is much bettor.” 
Kinney & I'o., “'The Vermont crop is light 
and size of fruit a little btdow what it 
should be. If the lu ict? starts above .$2.50, 
the market will be danerous to buy for 
storage bec.uise there will probabl.y be no 
large exports. Lord A SjxMicer, “it is re- 
erted there are western buyers in Blaine 
, g .$.8, ,$.8.25 and even .>4 for Bald¬ 
wins. One of our shippers reported he was 
offered $8.25, but gave us first chance at 
that iirice. We told him to let ’em have 
’em. We have noticed that when crazy 
buyers work the ju-ice up fo .$.8, there are 
usually heavy losse.s. liven $2.50 is close 
to the foolline. We h:ive bought .a 1,100 
bbl. orchard at .$2.25 and think it plenty 
high enough.” ’Phis was about the only 
local sale reported, but others have bu.v- 
ers out in the country and many deals 
will be put through quickly as soon as 
price levels are better established. 
G(K)I) NIARKET FOR BUTTER AND CHEESE. 
Dtuuitnd for all gi-ades of butter seems 
good, conshlering the high price, and the 
miirk(‘t shows abilit.y to hold every ad- 
vanci'. Noi tliern tub creamery extra sells 
at 4.81,.;C, firsts at 41 to 42e and Dairy 
ninges from .8f) fo 41c. Receipts are 
moder.-ite. Aicording to Gohlsmith, Wall 
A (’<).. “’I'lie m.irket is iqi l/ic, with good 
deniiiml and light receiiffs. High price 
of milk lessens the make of butter. 
(Quality is good for the smison. There is 
some imiuiry for export, but few sales, 
at least not from this market. Cheese is 
bringing good prices, largely on specu¬ 
lative buying. A few sales have been 
made to Government agents. Cheese is a 
war ration, butter is not, hence cheese 
gains at tmies on the usual ratio of the 
two in the market.” York State extras are 
quoted 24 to 25c. 
LIVE STOCK AT BRIGHTON. 
I.ive hogs have been a leading f(>ature 
at the local stockyards for some time be¬ 
cause of the high, but fluctuating market, 
sonuwhat in line with western quotations, 
i’rices are now up to 19e for best stock 
and from that doivn to 18e for thin, coarse 
stock. Lightweights are wanted if well 
finished. Dressed hogs are quoted at 2.8c. 
Supply of hogs does not respond to the 
high market, probably because the greater 
part of the grown stock in New England 
has been sold. Beef cattle, cows and lambs 
sell about as last quoted. Milch cows 
arriving seem mainly culls which were 
not wanted on the farm and are not 
eagerly sought for here. Hence the gen¬ 
eral market is slow for the $50 to $85 
cows. There are some, however, selling 
well above',$100 or even to $1.60. 
LIGHT RECEIPTS OF EGGS. 
Shipments of eggs are well below those 
of the corresponding time last year, but 
demand has been sharply reduced, at least 
for nearby, because of the high price. 
The market recovered well from the recent 
drop of 10 cents, but is not back to the 
highest. Dealers _ have much to say of 
their shipiiei-s going out of busine.ss on 
account of feeil costs. Cold storage eggs 
now show a good profit and are being 
taken, out to a moderate extent. Said a 
Chatham Street dealer: “When hennerys 
went to 62 cents, many retailers shifted 
to Western eggs and these have improved 
somewhat in price. Hennerys are now 
58 cents and Avestern prime fir.sts, 4,6 
cents. The market is hard to forecast, 
because prices are at a level where the 
usual late Fall rise might almost stop 
the demand.” 
POULTRY MARKET STRONG. 
The .Jewish holidays from the middle 
to the last of the month help give a 
strong tone to the poultry market. Re- 
ceijits are well cle.-imsl up. Live foAvLs 
are 24 rents ami chickens 2.6' cents. 
Dressed Northern poultry seems in light 
supply and good ffiwls bring 28 rents, 
broilers, 80 cents and d^^-lb. roasters 35 
<-ents. Large, plunq) live fowls are selling 
well to Jewish buyers. Shipments should 
be timed to arrive four days before the 
holidays. The light supply of fresh killed 
poultry is helping dealers clear out the 
trouble-surplus from cold stor;ige, 
MEATH AVEIJ[. SOLD UP. 
Prices iire high, but enough people 
s<‘em able to pay, and movst lines of fresh 
ine.it.s are kept sold up. Best Western 
beef is above 22c, and young western cow 
beef is 18 to Kic. T. H. Wheeler A Co. 
quote, “Nativ(* veal, 14 to 20c; some 
fancys a little higher, 3'iiore Is much less 
trouble from heat now. Lainb.s are 18 
to 26c, sheep ami yearlings IN to ”()c.” 
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