1152 
October 6, 1917 
•Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Notes from Department of 
Foods and Markets 
204 Franklin Street, New York City 
September 27, 1917. 
Trading was very quiet on "Wednesday 
of this week, which was a Jewish holiday, 
Ilutter, eggs and poultry, fruits and vege¬ 
tables arrived in the usual quantities and 
accumulated. Trading on Thursday was 
quite brisk, but quantity moderated the 
l»rice. Peaches and pears declined, pota¬ 
toes advanced full 50c per barrel over last 
week. 
Eggs —Nearby henneries firm. Fancy 
lai-ge white, 58 to 02; hennery brown, 48 
to 50; nearby gathered white, 4.5 to 55. 
To avoid breakage, use new cases 
Avith No. 1 flats and fillers. Place excel¬ 
sior on top and bottom of case. Always 
candle your eggs before shipping, and do 
not pack cracked eggs, 
Ptttter —Market higher. Best cream¬ 
ery, 45% to 40. Prime to fancy, 4.3 to 4.5; 
fancy Eastern dairy, 44 to 45; Eastern 
dairy in mixed packages, 42 to 44, 
Live Potjetry —In libenvl supply. Mar¬ 
ket lower. Fowls, 20 to 27; old roosters, 
20 to 2.3; I>eghorn broilers, 26 to 28; 
colored broiler.s, 28 to .32; State ducks, 20 
to 2.3; Long Island ducks, 25 to 20. Live 
rabbits wanted, 25c. 
I.ivE Calves and Hogs —Fancy calves, 
10 to 17; good to prime, 1.5% to 10; com¬ 
mon, 1.3% to Ll% : buttermilks, .‘?9.75 to 
$10; yearlings, .$8.50 to $9; live hogs, 19 
to 19%. 
Dressed Cai.ves and Dressed Pork—• 
Continued light supply. Fancy white 
meated calves, 25 to 20; good to prime, 
24 to 25; common, 18 to 19; butte^L-milks, 
15 to 10; dre.s.sed hogs, 24% to 25%; 
roasting pigs, 24 to 27, 
Peaches —In modei’ate supply and 
selling slowly. State Elbertas, 50c to $1 
per ba.sket, .$1 to $1.50 per bu. basket; 
State Crawfords, 50 to 05 per basket, 00 
to 85 per bu. basket. State Niagaras, 40 
to ,50; State Champion, 40 to 05; State 
Carmans, 40 to 50; State Elbertas, in 
carriers, $1 to $1.75. 
Pears —There was an accumulation of 
pears here on Thursday, and the market 
was lower on all varietie.s. Clapp’s Fav- 
vorite, fancy, ^.5 to $0.50 bbl.; Bartletts, 
$4..50 to $0.50 bbl.; Kieffer, $2 to $3; 
Beurre Clairgeau, $3 to $5. Best Seckel 
pears sold from $0.50 to $7 barreL 
Grapes. —Many arrivals here showed 
effects of the recent cold weather and 
sold slowly. Worden, 70 to 90 crate; 
Concord, 70 to 85 crate; Delaware, 75 
to 90; Niagara, 50 to $1. Black, per 
4-pound basket, 9 to 11; 20-pouud bas¬ 
ket, 50 to 70; white, 20-pound basket, 40 
to (50. 
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Apples —There are a few fancy apples 
arriving. Most of the fancy have been 
bought up, or placed in storage. There 
is a good demand for fancy fruit. Or¬ 
dinary stock selling as quoted. Good de¬ 
mand for crab apples. Wolf River, $3 
to .$0; McIntosh, $3 to $6; "Wealthy, 
bbl., $3 to $G; .Tonathan, $3 to $0; 
Duchess, $3 to $4.50; Gravenstein, .$3 
to $5.50; Pippin, $3.50 to $5; Northwest¬ 
ern Greening, $3 to $5.50; green cooking 
apples, $1 to $1.75 basket. Large crab 
apples, bbl. $4 to $8. Small Cherry 
crabs in barrels, $8 to $10. 
I’otatoes. —Potatoes higher j.nd firm. 
.Ter.sey round, bag .$3.75 to $4; Jersey 
long, .$3.25 to $3.60 165-lb. bag. Long 
Island No. 1., $4.75 to $5 bbl.; Maine, 
.$3.90 to $4 lC5-lb. bag. 
Onions. —In good supply, moderate de¬ 
mand. Jersey white and yellow, $1.75 
and $2 bu. basket; Jersey red, 50 to 75; 
State yellow, $2.50 to $3.25 per 100-pd. 
bag. 
Beans. —Demand for new crop. Red 
kidney, 11 to 12-lb.; white kidney, 12% 
to 14%; pea, 12% to 14 lb.; white 
marrow, 14 to 14% lb. 
Comb Honey.—D emand for new crop 
honey, 14 to 16 lb. 
N. B.: “No carcasses or parts of the 
carcasses of cows, bulls, steers or swine 
shall be brought into the city of New York 
until they shall have respectively been 
inspected and passed as fit for human 
food by a duly authorized inspector of 
the United States Government or of any 
State or Municipality, and shall have 
been marked, .stamped, branded, tagged 
or labeled as having been so inspected, 
and passed. Provided, however, the 
provisions of this .section shall not apply 
to the carcasses of cows, bulks, steers or 
swine, to which are attached by their 
natural connections, the head, including 
the tongue, the lungs, the liver, the heart, 
the pleura, the peritoneum and all body 
lymph glands.” 
(As adopted by the Board or Health, 
City of New York, .Tune 28, ]917.) 
Buffalo Markets 
A -market ci’owded full of peaches, with 
the prices coming down fast, is the fea¬ 
ture. Until the local crop began to ap¬ 
pear the needs of consumers have been 
met largely by the fine shipments from 
California, which must have cut into the 
Southern crop badly. NcA-er has this 
market had so many Californias at such 
reasonable prices. The local crop soon 
cut them in two, however, and soon they 
Avent doAvn to 25 cents, whoh-sale, for fiiir 
grade 1-3 bu. basket, with retailers sell¬ 
ing at .30 cent.s. There are still some 
home-grown Crawfords quoted at .$1.50 
per bushel, but not many are salable for 
that. The crop is too large. If a force 
of AA’omen and childi’cn from the cities 
can be obtained to pick tlnun the -crop 
will be marketed; otherwise a good many 
Avill be wasted. 
Other gi-een stuff sells much a.s before. 
Potatoes are not a good ci-op here «ind 
the price still runs up to .$1..50 per bu., 
though that is about Avhat the retailer 
pays for them. Apples are so poor a crop 
here that they wholesale from $2 down, 
with Avindfal'ls not below 75 cents. "Weal¬ 
thy at $5..50 per bbl. shows the situation. 
Other tree fruits are fairly plenty at 
moderate prices. California pears still 
sell at $2 per box, but locjil-groAvn Clapps 
are $2, Avith No. 2 Bartletts $1 per bu. 
Plums are not over plenty at 25 to .35e. 
per 7-lb. ba.sket, with 40 to 45c. for 
prunes. Grapes will be a heavy crop if 
the frost holds off. They are coming in 
sparingly at 15e for pony baskets, or 
$1.40 for 20-lb. bfiskcta Muskmelons are 
still plenty. The honeydcAV A’ariety has 
had a great run, in spite of its selling at 
$1.25 to $1.75 per flat Regular can- 
teloupes are $2 to $2.25 per crate. Water¬ 
melons are out. I 
Southern fruits are rather easier at! 
$3.,50 to $4 for oranges, .$6.50 to $7..50 
for lemons per box, and 80 to 90c. jier 100 
for limes. Bananas, $1.25 to $4 for yel- I 
low and $5 to $7 for red i)er bunch. 
Pineapples are practically out of market. 
Vegetables are in large supply, with a 
good demand. String beans are $1.25 to 
$1.75; carrots, 50 to 75c; caulifloAver, $2 
to $2.25; cucumbers, 75c. to $1; egg¬ 
plant, $1.40 to $1.60; turnips, yellow, 40 
to 50e. per bu.; cabbage, $4.50 to $5.50 
per 100; celery, 35 to (iOe. per bunch; 
lettuce, 80c. to $1.25 per 2-doz. box; to¬ 
matoes, 6.5 to 90c. per % bu. The season 
does not favor cabbage, from its being so 
late, nor tomatoes, on account of latene.ss 
and lack of warm AV'eather, though there 
is no frost yet. 
Dairy products and eggs are firm and 
active, with upwai-d tendency. Butter is 
46c. for best creamery, 40 to 43c. for 
dairy, 37 to 41c. for crocks, and 34 to 35c. 
for poor grades. Cheese is strong at 27 
to 28c. for best domestic and 25c. for fair. 
Eggs are steady at 52 to 53c. for white 
hennery and 41 to 4.5c. for candled. 
Poultry is firm, with all offerings taken. 
Dressed fowls are not in full supply and 
no turkey is offered live. The frozen 
stocks are .33 to 34c. for turkey, 24 to 28c. 
for fowl, 18e. for old roosters, 33c. for 
capons, 24 to 25c. for ducks, and 18 to 
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