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Countrywide Produce Situation 
llERKI/'S WELL SOLD 
Strawberry shipments are falling off, 
which means that the Northern markets 
are being supplied mainly with the near¬ 
by crop. About three-fourths of the car- 
lot shipments of strawberries are from 
the South and Southwest. The greater 
part of the Northern crop is shipped or 
marketed in small lots. The Southern 
commercial crop was not quite equal, in 
quantity, to last year’s, but prices have 
held up well, ranging 20 to 35c. The 
high prices offered by preserving com¬ 
panies have tended to keep inferior stocks 
out of the general markets, and prices 
have been maintained even more firmly 
than last year, when the season’s general 
jobbing range was 15 to 35c, quart basis, 
compared with 10 to 35c in 1018. with 7 
to 25c in 1017, and with 0 to 23c in 1916. 
EARLY PEACHES COMING 
Georgia peaches are the first tree fruit 
to reach the markets in large quantity. 
The early shipments are of small, inferior 
varieties. They soil at $2 to $3.50 for 
carriers holding somewhat less than a 
bushel, and growers have been getting 
about $1.75. The Georgia peach crop is a 
large one. but too much wet weather may 
hurt its shipping quality, as happened last 
season. The late varieties should do bet¬ 
ter in the markets than the early kinds. 
Early Georgia stock has sold somewhat 
higher than for the past two seasons. The 
peach crop seems to be a failure in Texas, 
Arkansas and adjoining States, and is 
light and very uneven in the North, 
Probably the crop in New York State 
will be a little better than last year ; 50 
per cent better, says a large grower in 
Orleans County, but another heavy pro¬ 
ducer in Monroe County considers the 
crop practically a failure. In making 
comparison it should be recalled that the 
crop in New York State last year was 
extremely light. The crop seems to have 
made a good set in some of the Central 
States. 
MELONS START HIGH. 
A few shipments of watermelons have 
reached the markets from Florida. Most 
of them were picked a little too early, but 
they brought high prices, exceeding $1,000 
per car in some instances, which would be 
equivalent to about $1 per melon of aver¬ 
age commercial size. The crop in the 
Southeastern watermelon section seems 
to be fairly good, though unfavorably af¬ 
fected by too much cool, wet weather. 
There is a very heavy crop of can¬ 
taloupes moving eastward from California 
and prices started very high, reaching $15 
per crate in some instances, but quota¬ 
tions soon declined to an average around 
$5. The growers figure that anything 
above 83.50 will be net profit. The South¬ 
ern California melon area under irrigation 
produces an average of about 150 crates 
per acre. g. b. f. 
Buffalo Markets 
The appearance of Southern peaches 
and melons in the market shows how fast 
the season is rushing forward after the 
slow start. Potatoes are more plentv, 
but the price does not come down much. 
Apples are about gone. Strawberries are 
ripening, but the crop will not be large 
enough to make them cheap. They need 
irrigation to make a sure crop. Tree 
fruits are doing pretty well, but cherries 
and peaches do not promise what the 
blossoms did. 
BUTTER—CH EESE—EGGS 
Butter, easy ; light demand. Creamery, 
50 to 59c; dairy. 45 to 52c; crocks. 45 to 
51c; common, 3,8 to 42c. Cheese, quiet; 
light demand. Daisies. 29 to 30c; flats. 
28 to 30c; longhorns. 32 to 33c; Swiss, 
45 to (10c. Eggs. fair. Hennery. 47 to 
50c; State and Western, candled. 43 to 
47c. 
POULTRY 
Poultry, quiet: light demand Dressed 
turkeys. 54 to 58c; fowls. 32 to 43c; 
chickens. 36 to 43c; broilers. 50 to 60c; 
ducks. 38 to 40c; geese. 30 to 32c; live 
fowl. 36 to 40c; old roosters. 25 to 29c; 
ducks. 38 to 40c; geese, 25 to 28c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples only in Western boxes; bu„ $4 
to $4.50. Potatoes, easier. Home-grown, 
bu.. $4 to $4.75; Danish. $3.75 to $4: 
Bermudas, bbl.. $10 to $14; Southern, 
bbl.. $13.25 to $11.25; sweets, crate. $2 
to $2.25. 
BEANS—ONIONS 
Beans, steady. Kidneys, ewt.. $12 to 
•814; marrows. $11 to $12; pea and me¬ 
dium. $8.75 to $!). Onions, dull. Yellow, 
cwt., $5 to $5.75; home-grown, bu., $3.50 
to $4; Texas, crate. $1.75 to $2. 
FANCY AND SOUTHERN FRUITS 
Strawberries, weak; Southern or home¬ 
grown. qt., 2;> to 40c. Pineapples, easier; 
ij'^te. $7 to $7 50. Bananas, firm ; bunch, 
2Z to $8 50. Oranges, quiet; box. $6 to 
$6 ho ° nS ’ ^ ’ grapefruit. $6 to 
PEACHES AND MELONS 
, Peaches, a few Georgias. Orate. $2.75 
l ° Melons, lower. Watermelons, 
«a e ok ^ Cantaloupes, crate, 
v«.-d to $5.25. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, easier. Asparagus, doz. 
bunches, $2 to $3.75; beets, !K)e to $2; 
carrots. 50 to 65c; pieplant, 35 to 50c; 
radishes, 10 to 30c; parsley, 50 to 60c; 
string beans, hamper. $5 to $6; cabbage, 
new. crate. $2 to $4.25; cucumbers, bskt.. 
$2.75 to $3; peppers, box, $3 to $4 ; 
spinach, bu.. 40 to 50c; tomatoes, hot¬ 
house, lb., 40 to 50c. 
SWEETS 
Honey, quiet; light, 35 to 40c; dark. 
30 to 33c. Maple sugar quoted, lb., 30 
to 33c; syrup, $2.75. 
Peed 
Hay quoted: Timothy, baled, on 
track, $38 to $42; clover mix, $35 to 
$40; wheat bran, carlots, ton. $56.50 
midd’ings. $60.50; red dog. $72.50; cot 
tonseed meal. $72.50; oilmeal, $65, 
hominy. $73 50; gluten. $77.25; oat feed, 
$50; rye middlings, $62. j. w. c. 
59 
sr. 
50 
46 
57 
52 
42 
56 
52 
53 
48 
53 
49 
42 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
JUNE IS, 1920 
MILK 
The New York price to producers lias 
been fixed until October 1 as follows: 
June, 100 lbs.. $2.83; July. $2.95; 
August, $3.35; September, $3.65. These 
prices are for 3 per cent milk at points 
200 to 210 miles from the city, with 4 
cents per 100 lbs. additional for every 
tenth of 1 per cent butterfat over 3 . 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy lb. as @ 
Good to Choice . 55 @ 
Lower Untiles. 44 a 
City made. 40 a 
Dairy, best . 56 @ 
Common to good . 44 a 
Packing Stock. 37 a 
EGGS 
White, nearby, choice to fancy. 54 a 
Medium logood . 4 ! a 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 50 @ 
Com rnon to good. 44 a 
Gathered, best, white. 52 a 
Medium to good, mixed colors ... 44 a 
Lower grades. 37 a 
LIVE POULTRY 
Market generally easy. Business is re¬ 
ported at : Fowls, 37 to 3Sc; broilers; 50 
to 65c: roosters. 18c; ducks, 23 to 25c J 
geese, 20 to 22 c. 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers. . 12 00 @17 50 
Balls . 8 00 a 13 00 
Cows. 5 00 a 12 00 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lbB. 15 00 @17 00 
Lulls. 7 00 @11 00 
flov*.15 00 a 16 25 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 4 00 a 650 
Lambs . 1300 @16 50 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice In. 54 a 56 
Fair to Good. 35 a 50 
Fowls. 33 a 43 
Capons. 52 @ 57 
Roosters. 25 M 26 
Ducks . 32 @ 35 
Geese. 25 @ 31 
Squabs, doz. 3 00 a 9 00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEAT. 
Calves, best . 24 @ 25 
Com. to good. 15 a 20 
Lambs, hot house, each.5 00 @10 00 
MEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.Jloo ai2 00 
. 8 00 a 8 25 
Medium . 8 00 @8 n 5 
Red Kidney.15 00 ai 6 00 
White Kidney,.15 00 @1550 
Yellow Eve . 1050 @10 75 
Limn. California.H 75 @|2U0 
FRUITS 
Apples. Baldwin. 7 00 @lo no 
Albemarle. 8 00 @14 00 
Winesap, box. 3 50 a 5 25 
Newtown, box. 2 50 @5 00 
Oranges, box ....‘ 3 00 a 8 50 
Lemons, box . 2 no a 4 00 
Grape Fruit. 4 50 a 8 50 
Straw berries, qt. 10 @ 30 
Peaches. 6-bkt. crate. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Muskmelons. bu. 400 @6 00 
Hues leberries. Southern, qt. '*0 @ 30 
Blackberries, qt. 10 it 25 
Watermelons, carload. 400 00 @700 00 
POTATOES 
Old. 180 lbs. ]2 00 
Southern new bbl. 3011 
Sweet Potatoes, nu. bkt. 2 00 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus doz. bunches.1 00 
Beets, bbl. 100 
Cabbage, bbl . 2 00 
Carrots, loo bunches. 6 00 
Lettuce, lialf-bbl. basket. 25 
Onions, new. bu. 50 
Squash. new,bu.. 1 00 
Egg Plants, tin. 200 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 3 00 
Tomatoes. 6 -bkt. crate. 1 50 
Radishes. h, bbl. bkt. 25 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 1 50 
Peppers, bu. ' 1 no 
Ronuiine. bu. 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 30 
Spinach, bbl. 75 
Kale, bbl. 1 00 
Peas, bu. 1 no 
Sweet Corn, Southern, bbl.5 00 
« 13 00 
@11 50 
a 4 25 
@ 4 00 
a 2 (III 
@ 4 50 
@ 8 00 
@ 75 
iai 1 10 
3 00 
3 50 
5 00 
3 25 
75 
4 50 
@ 2 50 
@ 1 25 
@ 1 00 
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@ 1 50 
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Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, best, lb. 65 to 
Good to choice. 60 to 
Eggs, nearby, doz. 70 to 
Gathered . 60 to 
Potatoes, l'b. 7 to 
Onions, lb. 5 to 
Lettnee, head . 5 to 
Apples, doz.60 to 
Fowls, lb.48 to 
Bacon, lb.40 to 
Lamb chops, lb. 45 to 
Bib roast, lb. 25 to 
Pork loins, lb.30 to 
68c 
64e 
75c 
65 c 
9c 
10c 
10c 
75c 
50c 
50c 
60c 
30c 
35c 
Where Butter Profits 
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corn, No. 2. yellow, $2.06; oats, $1.33; 
rye, $2.58; ha Hey. $1.70. 
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