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TZhc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
Since the beginning of the year ship¬ 
ments have been steadily shrinking as 
compared with the December movement. 
Well below 1,000 cars of leading native 
fruits and vegetables moving in daily, but 
this amount is more than double the rate 
in early January of last year. Most, lines 
are clearing up in a fairly satisfactory 
way. Prices, compared with a year ago, 
are about 10 per cent lower for potatoes, 
one-third lower for onions, nearly one- 
half lower for cabbage and from one-sev¬ 
enth to over one-third lower for field 
beaus. Apples are one-fourth higher this 
season. Cranberries and celery, lately, 
have been much higher than a year ago. 
POTATO OUTLOOK FAIRLY GOOD. 
Some improvement in the potato mar¬ 
ket is observed in the North Central 
States, where the country’s greatest pro¬ 
ducing sections are being rapidly cleared 
up. and prices show disposition to advance 
in such markets as Chicago, S.t Paul and 
Minneapolis. No special change is noticed 
in such markets as Chicago, St. Paul and 
or in the Eastern and Southern States. 
In general, the wholesale prices East, 
South and the Middle West range from 
$2 to $2.60 per 100 lbs. Growers are get¬ 
ting anywhere from about $1 in Colorado 
and Idaho to nearly $2 in Maine and 
New York State. 
The statements on potato shipping sit¬ 
uation and markets, recently given over 
my initials, should be revised and brought 
to* date by the statement that: The stock 
of potatoes available for carlot shipment, 
as reckoned on the basis of the previous 
season’s shipping movement as compared 
with the total crop, is apparently only 
from one-half to five-eighths the amount 
waiting to be shipped at this time last 
year. It should be noted in this connec¬ 
tion that the stock of potatoes already 
shipped but still in the hands of_ the 
dealers, unsold, is estimated 10 to 15 per 
cent more than a year ago, but the gain 
in this report does not represent an amount 
large enough to be of permanent import¬ 
ance compared with the stock unshipped. 
The increase in dealers’ hands equals per¬ 
haps about a week’s total shipments at 
average rate. The statement of stock yet 
to be shipped must be taken with reserve. 
Last year more potatoes would have been 
shipped if prices had kept up. As it was 
many went to starch factories and to the 
live stock. This year, if prices make it 
worth while, it would not be surprising if 
as many potatoes finally came out as last 
season. In other words, there are nearly 
always plenty of potatoes if the prices 
warrant shipment. The practical con¬ 
clusion is that present conditions point 
to steady markets without a slump such 
as occurred last Spring. It will need 
fairly decent prices to bring out potatoes 
enough to meet the country’s require¬ 
ments. 
ONIONS AND CABBAGE IN STEADY 
POSITION. 
A more satisfactory place seems to be 
working out for onions. The markets are 
slow, but seem able to handle the mod¬ 
erate amounts shipped, and prices do not 
show enough average difference from week 
to week. Growers receive anywhere from 
60c per 100 lbs. for lower grades in Cen¬ 
tral California to $1.75 for best grades 
at Connecticut Valley shipping points. 
Prices in the big cities range from $1.25 
to $2. but not much choice stock seems to 
be selling below $1.50. The amount in 
commercial storage appears to be light. 
Texas onions are not very likely to com¬ 
pete very severely at the end of the sea¬ 
son, owing to the small acreage planted 
down there. 
Cabbage is moving slowly, but at tol¬ 
erably steady prices, mostly $20 to $25 
per ton in bulk. 
APPLES CLEANING UP EARLY. 
Seldom in recent years has the stock of 
Eastern apples moved in such a satisfac¬ 
tory manner. It appears that about nine- 
tenths of the Baldwins in common storage 
have been shipped in Western New York. 
This means that the cold storage stock 
will come out rapidly, and it is hard to 
see anything but high prices the rest of 
season for stock of good keeping quality. 
Northwestern boxed apples are reported 
not keeping well, and for that reason they 
have not been so strong in city markets 
as barreled Eastern stock, although all 
apples average say 25 per cent higher 
than a year ago. 
FIELD BEANS MOVING SLOWLY. 
The lack of demand for beans is the 
sorest spot on the market just now. 
Western growers have a big crop, some 
of it damaged by weather conditions, and 
all of it had to be moved except for a few 
by Government orders for export. The 
growers eomplair^ that the crop cost them 
a great deal more to produce than the one 
of the year preceding, while the price this 
year is 10 to 25 per cent lower, and few 
buyers at that. The various Government 
restrictions on profits of middlemen are 
said to have made dealers unwilling to 
buy and hold the stock, knowing that 
they could not make much anyhow, while 
they might lose a great deal. Or it may 
be the stock of old beans left over and the 
offering of low-priced foreign beans, which 
is at the bottom of the prevailing dull¬ 
ness. The export demand seems to be the 
only hope, together with a campaign to 
urge less eating of meat and more of the 
almost equally nourishing baked, beans. 
Hand picked white beans sell at $6.50 to 
$11 per 100 lbs. in leading city wholesale 
market centers. 
Celery reached sensational levels of $12 
to $15 ‘per crate in the rough at New 
York and m one or two other markets. 
Cranberries hold the surprising figures of 
$16 to $20 for best stock, and lettuce ad¬ 
vanced, owing to a freeze in California. 
g. B. F. 
Buffalo Markets 
The advancing Winter season finds a 
good display of all sorts of green stuff in 
the city markets and the general abund¬ 
ance keeps most of them at moderate 
prices, especially when compared with 
other things. Potatoes have advanced a 
few cents, both in city and country, and 
apples are stiff in price, being now quoted 
by the bushel mostly. Consumers com¬ 
plain that while apples were so plenty 
that they could not all be gathered the 
retail price is high. Butter remains 
about at the top, but eggs show signs of 
sagging. Poultry would have gone down 
if the receipts after Christmas had not 
been light. The promised increase of pork 
soon may affect poultry. Live fowls are 
quoted in the country as low as 22c. 
Potatoes are $1 to $1.30 per bu. and 
sweets $2.40 to $2.80 per hamper. Apples 
$1.75 to $2.25 for best and 75c for wind¬ 
falls. Onions are easy at 60 to 95c. 
Beans are dull, but not declining, at $6.90 
to $7.S0 per bu. It will take another crop 
to reduce them, and that the Western 
New York farmer will hardly undertake, 
after four failures. 
Vegetables are steady in price at $1.25 
to $1.50 per 100 lbs. for cabbage and the 
same for Winter squash. Seldom is either 
so low. Turnips at 50 to 75c per bu., 
with white inclined to be highest, are also 
low. String beans are $3 to $5.50; let¬ 
tuce. $2.35 to $3, both per hamper. Beets, 
75 to S5c; carrots, 50 to 75c; parsnips. 
$1.25 to $1.40; spinach, 75c to $1, all 
per bu.; Brussels sprouts, plenty at 15 
to 20c per qt.; celery, 70c to $1.30, for 
small to large bunch; Iceberg lettuce. 
$3.50 per crate; endive, 20c per lb.; 
cucumbers, $4 per doz.; peppers, $5.50 to 
$6 per case. 
Southern and other fancy fruits are 
quiet at $5 to $7 for oranges; $4.50 to 
$5.50 for lemons; $2.50 to $6 for grape¬ 
fruit. all per box; $1 per 100 for limes; 
$6.50 to $8 for pineapples, per box. 
Cranberries are lower, at $8 to $8.50 per 
bbl.; grapes, $2.25 per 24-lb. box of Cali¬ 
fornia Malagas. 
Butter is weak, but not declining, at 
67 to 72c for creamery; 56 to 62c for 
dairy; 50 to 61c for crocks, and 42 to 45c 
for common. Cheese is steady at 36 to 
38c for best full cream; 40c for brick; 
34 to 35c for limburger. Eggs are quiet 
at 67 to 76c for hennery ; 65 and 67c for 
candled and 55 to 56c for storage. 
Poultry is slow at 41 to 45c for dressed 
turkey; 26 to 35c for dressed fowl or 
chicken; 26 to 27c for old roosters; 25 
to 32c for geese and 40 to 45c for ducks. 
Live geese and ducks are about the same 
as dressed; other fowls about 3c higher 
for dressed. Rabbits are 60 to 75c for 
cottontails and $1.25 to $1.50 for jacks, 
per pair. 
Maple sugar is no longer quoted, but 
honey is 32 to 35c for fancy and 28 to 
30c for dark, per lb., extracted; 26 to 2Sc 
for comb. Market quiet. j. w. c. 
The American Pomological Society 
The report of the Boston meeting, is¬ 
sued this month, will be excellently illus¬ 
trated and will contain several papers of 
particular value to both amateur and pro¬ 
fessional pomologists. The regular mem¬ 
bership fee for the biennial period is $2; 
January 11, 1910 
for life. $25; for associate societies, $10 
and $5 respectively. Further information 
upon the subject of the society and its 
program of activities may be procured by 
addressing the Secretary. 2033 Park Road. 
Washington. D. C. The next meeting 
probably will be held in some Eastern 
center the latter part of 1919. It is ex¬ 
pected that New 7 York, Pennsylvania. 
Delaware, Maryland and the District of 
Columbia will be in the race for the con¬ 
vention. A feature of the 1919 session 
will be another student judging contest. 
Committees in charge of the several 
phases of the society work will soon be 
announced; in particular will an an¬ 
nouncement be made of the committee in 
charge of the score card, judging contest, 
exhibits, and of the State vice-presidents, 
who, now being elected in many cases un¬ 
der the new membership plan, will be 
held as the State center-posts around 
which the activities of the American Po¬ 
mological Society in each State will fo¬ 
cus, thereby making numerous locally 
organized agencies for the encouragement 
and promotion of our varied national 
pomological interests. These centers will 
also permit of making better arrange¬ 
ments for transportation of delegates and 
members to the meetings; of arranging 
for exhibits; of promoting the publicity 
work of the society ; of advancing the in¬ 
terests of district, State and national 
judging contests. All members receive a 
copy of the new report. 
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Helen? The pie crust doesn’t half cover 
the pie.” Mrs. Newedd : “I know', dear; 
your mother told me that you like your 
pie crust very short.”—Louisville Courier- 
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