Tht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1255 
Market 
News 
and Prices 
r 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
A FAIRLY QOOD SEASON FOR TRUCK AND 
FRUIT GROWERS 
Supplies are increasing and the re¬ 
ceipts of leading fruits and vegetables are 
at about, the volume that would naturally 
be expected at this season. Prices con¬ 
tinue high. Good buying power is still 
present in most sections. Crop outlook 
continues good. It is a little too dry in 
some States and too wet in a few sec¬ 
tions, but the season in general offers 
little cause for complaint. Even the labor 
conditions are a little better in one or 
two States. 
GOOD OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT 
It looks like pretty nearly the best year 
on record for fruit growers. The yield, 
while not extremely large, is up to rea¬ 
sonable expectations, and there are few 
crop failures anywhere. Prices are hold¬ 
ing very well. Shipments of early apples, 
plums, pears and cherries exceed 200 cars 
per week of each kind. The July Govern¬ 
ment Crop Report shows a gain in the 
Eastern apple crop, partly offset by losses 
in the Northwest and Southwest. Prices 
of early apples started very high. _ Trans¬ 
parents reached $0 per bushel in New 
York at the opening, but supplies are be¬ 
coming liberal and there is much stock of 
low quality. By the middle of July range 
of leading varieties, including all grades, 
was 50 cents to $4. The outlook for prices 
of the main crop is fairly good, although, 
of course, uncertain. The supply of 
Eastern apples will be much greater than 
last season, according to present indica¬ 
tions, but there will be less competition 
from the Northwest and from crops in 
other countries. Canada seems to have 
about two-thirds as many apples as last 
year. The apple crop of the British Isles 
apparently is not over one-half of the big 
crop of last season, which suggests that 
export conditions may be more favorable 
for the apples of the United States this 
season. The slacking up of some lines of 
business and the high prices of sugar will 
both tend somewhat to check the market, 
and so will the fairly abundant supplies 
of other fruits, such as pears, peaches 
and plums. 
WATERMELON TIME 
Just now the main fruit is the water¬ 
melon. According to a court decision, a 
fruit is commonly used uncooked, and not 
as a main part of the meal. By this rule 
melons and cantaloupes are commercially 
fruits, although cousins of the squash and 
pumpkin. For awhile in mid-season 
watermelons come from Georgia and from 
other States at the rate of about 4.000 
cars per week, exceeding even the volume 
of potatoes at the time. The melon has 
a comparatively short, but active, season. 
Florida begins shipping in May. Georgia 
and the Carolinas follow quickly, and the 
carlot movement is at its height in July. 
Not many melons are shipped after cold 
weather begins in the Fall. The weekly 
average for the five months. May to Sep¬ 
tember, is about 1.500 cars per week. 
Melons probably have paid fairly well 
this year. Just now the price is lower 
and ranges about the same as a year ago. 
Early prices were high, a few sales 
ranging $1,200 per car. but by the middle 
of July prices had slumped nearly to one- 
half the level at the height of the season. 
SOUTHERN PEACHES FOOR 
The peach crop has been somewhat dis¬ 
appointing to Southern growers, chiefly 
on account of worm injury. Georgia 
growers practice spraying faithfully, but 
frequent rains prevented full success of 
the treatment. Quite a share of the crop 
was below best grade. Prices in Northern 
markets were good for large, well-colored 
stock, and somewhat higher than the level 
of a year ago, but undersized stock in 
poor condition was hard to sell. Northern 
sour cherries have been bringing about 
the same price as last year, notwithstand¬ 
ing the shortage of sugar. The pear crop 
will be considerably larger in the East 
than a year ago, and there will be less 
Competition from the Northwest. 
POTATOES PROMISE WELL 
The potato crop, according to the July 
estimate, is a little less than the estimate 
made a year ago. but a great deal larger 
than the crop that was actually turned 
out last year. The Western drought cut 
down estimates severely in 1010. If the 
crop this year meets with no severe set¬ 
backs the potato supply should be suffi¬ 
cient. The crop is doing well so far. and 
heavy yields are predicted in various im¬ 
portant Northern producing sections. 
Shipments of early potatoes are somewhat 
Jess than usual at this season, and prices 
continue very high, ranging from $10 to 
•Flo per barrel in Northern and Western 
markets. 
The potato situation continues to con¬ 
trast with the onion situation, which 
seems unable to recover much from the $1 
P't bushel level that has prevailed lately. 
1 lie early onions from New Jersey are 
meeting a bad market situation in com¬ 
petition with Texas onions, which have 
Been held in storage awaiting a market 
outlet. Reports of condition of truck 
• rops and finite show improvement over 
he early part of the season in nearly all 
"' s ( enadian fruit and garden truck 
e.ops are reported also doing well. 
c. R. F. 
Local Up-State Prices 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
Beef, sides, prime, 14c; medium, 11c; 
veal, prime. 22e; common. 19c; lamb, 
26c; pork. 19c; live pigs. $6 each. 
Fowls, live, lb., 3S to 40c; dressed. 5S 
to 65c; ducks, live. 45c; dressed. 55 to 
70c; guinea hens, live, 40c; broilers, live, 
50 to 0f)c; dressed. 80c; turkeys. 45c. 
Cherries, qt.. 20c; per crate, $5.50 to 
$6 strawberries, qt.. 25c; per crate, $7; 
gooseberries, qt., 20c; currants, qt.. 15 
to 20c; black raspberries, qt., 30 to 35c; 
red raspberries, qt., 50c. 
Asparagus, per doz. bunches, $1.75; 
beaus, butter, qt., 25c; per bu., $4.50; 
beets, doz. bunches, 50 to 60c; beet greens, 
bu., 75c; cabbages, per doz. heads, $1.75 
to $2.50; carrots, doz. bunches. 50c; cel¬ 
ery, doz. bunches. $1.25 to $1.50; garlic, 
doz. bunches, 25c: horseradish roots, lb., 
10c; bottles, grated, 15 to 25c; lettuce, 
leaf, 30c; Boston, doz.. 40 to 75c; onions, 
green, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; parsley, 
doz. bunches, 60c; peas, peck. 60c; bu., 
$2: radishes, doz. bunches, 25 to 30c; 
romaine. bunch. 10c; rhubarb, doz. 
bunches. 50c; spinach, bu., 75c; sage, lb.. 
10c; Swiss chard, doz. bunches, 50c; tur¬ 
nips. doz. bunches. 50c; tomatoes, qt., 
35c; potatoes, old, bu., $4; new, $5; pop¬ 
corn. bu., $2. 
Butter, lb., 65 to 70c; cheese. Italian, 
lb.. 65c; eggs, 55 to 60c; duck eggs. 70c. 
Alfalfa, extra, ton. $37: hay, No. 1. 
ton, $38; No. 2. $35 to $36; No. 3. $30; 
Timothy, $30; straw, rye. ton, $18; oat, 
$20; oats, bu.. $1.40. 
ROCHESTER LOCAL MARKET 
Wheat, white Winter and others, bu., 
$2.75; corn, shelled, bu., $2.10 to $2.15: 
oats, white, bu., $1.13; rye, bu., $2."0 to 
$2.15; ha}, $28 to $32. 
Dressed beef, carcass, lb.. 16 to 22c; 
forequarters, 14 to 18c; hindquarters, IS 
to 24c: dressed hogs, light. 22c; heavy, 
18 to 20c; Spring lambs, lb., 36 to 38c; 
yearling lambs. 34 to 36c; mutton, lb., 
18 to 22c; veal. lb.. 22 to 25c. 
Eggs. 47 to 55c; fowls, live. 30 to 32c; 
roosters, live, 24 to 26c; broilers, live, 
lb., 40 to 42c; geese, live, lb., ISc; tur¬ 
keys. live, lb.. 40c. 
Currants, lb.. 13 to 14c; cherries, black, 
lb., 11 to 12c: white, 11 to 12c; sour. 
8 to 10c; gooseberries, 13 to 14c; straw¬ 
berries. qt.. 20 to 25c: crate. $7 to $8. 
Asparagus, small, doz. bunches, 75c to 
$1 ; large. $2.25 to $2 50; beet greens, 
per bu.. 30 to 35c; beans, per 14-qt. bskt., 
$125 to $1.50; beans, butter, per 14-qt. 
bskt.. $1.25 to $1.50; cabbage, doz. heads, 
$1.75 to $2; carrots, doz. bunches. 25c; 
celery, doz. bunches, $1.50 to $1.75: cu¬ 
cumbers. doz. bunches, $1.25 to $1.50; 
green peas. $2.25 to $2.50; lettuce, Bos¬ 
ton, per doz.. 50 to 75c; mint, green, per 
doz. heads. 30 to 35c; onions, green, doz. 
bunches. IS to 20c; potatoes, bu., $2.90 
to $3: Summer squash, per doz.. $1.50 
to $1.75; tomatoes, per bskt,. $2.25 to 
$2.50; per lb.. 20 to 25e; watercress, doz. 
bunches. 30 to 40c; radishes, doz. bunches, 
12 to 15c. 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT PUBLIC 
MARKETS 
Fowls, live. lb.. 35c; dressed, 42c; _tur- 
keys, live. 45e; dressed, 50e: eggs. 50c; 
duck eggs. 60c: butter, lb.. 62c; butter¬ 
milk, qt., 5c; milk, qt., 9c; cream, qt., 
SOc. 
Brisket bacon, lb.. 25c; ham. lb.. 40c; 
veal, lb.. 18 to 40c; pork. IS to 25c; per 
ewt.. $10 to $23; pigs. each. $5 to $6; 
rabbits, dressed. 30c; lamb, Spring. 40c; 
beef, lb., 12 to 35c. 
Potatoes, peck. 75c; new, $1.20: let¬ 
tuce. bunch. Sc; peas. peek. 15c: ouions. 
peck, 75c; beets, bu.. $1.25; cabbage, lb.. 
10c; dandelion greens, peek. 20c; green 
onions, three bunches. 35c; radishes, 
bunch. 5c; rhubarb, four bunches. 25c; 
spinach, peck. 25c: turnips, bu.. 90c to $1. 
Cherries, qt.. 17c; gooseberries, qt.. 
16c; strawberries, qt., 20 to 22c; apples, 
bu.. $1.50 to $2.50. 
Buckwheat flour, lb., 6c; cornmeal. lb.. 
5c • cottage cheese, lb.. 5c; hickory nuts, 
qt.. 23e: honey, lb.. 33c; pickles, doz. 
20c; maple syrup, gal . $3; vinegar, gal., 
40c; woodchuck, lb., 30c. 
Boston Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Northern creamery extras, 59 to 59%c; 
Western creamery extras, 58M> to 59c: 
Western lirsts, 56 to 58c; renovated, 51 
to 52c; ladles, 46 to 47c. 
EGGS 
Fancy hennery and near-by. 68 to 70c; 
Eastern extras, 58 to 60c; Western ex¬ 
tras, 53 to 55c; Western extras, firsts, 
4S to 50c; Western firsts, 44 to 47c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Northern fowl, large. 43 to 44c: me¬ 
dium. 40 to 42c; native broilers. 60 to 
65c; Western ice-packed, large fowls. 39 
to 40c; medium. 35 to 36c; small. 30 to 
32c; native squabs, $5 to $7 doz.! pig¬ 
eons, $3.50 to $4 doz. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowl, 36 to 37c; broilers, 45 to SOc; 
old roosters, 23 to 25c. 
APPLES 
New transparent. $3 to $4.50 bskt.; 
early Ilarveys, $2.50 to’$3.50. 
FRUITS 
Oranges, late Valencias, $5 to $S.50; 
grapefruit, $3 to $7 bx.; strawberries, na¬ 
tive trays, 30 to 40c; erts., 18 to SOc; 
raspberries, pts., 15 to 17c; blueberries, 
28 to 45e; currants, 15 to 18c; blackber¬ 
ries, 15 to 25c; gooseberries, 15 to 18c; 
pineapples, $3.50 to $7.50 crt.; canta¬ 
loupes, California, standard erts., $3.50 
to $5; pony erts., $3 to $4; flats, $1.50 
to $2; watermelons, 70 to 90c each; 
peaches, 75c to $5 per 6-bskt. carrier. 
POTATOES 
Aroostook, Green Mts., $7 to $S per 
100 lbs. on track; new Southern, $10 to 
$12.50 bbl. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage. $1.75 to $2.25 bbl.; celery, 
white. $2.50 to $3 doz.; cucumbers, $1.50 
to $8 bu. bx.; lettuce. 20 to 50c,bu. bx.; 
peppers, $1.50 to $2.75 crt.; spinach, na¬ 
tive. $1.25 to $1.50 bu. bx. ; tomatoes, 
hothouse, 30 to 35c; radishes, $1 to $1.25 
bu. bx.; asparagus. $3 to $7 bu. bx.; 
squash, marrow, $2.50 to $3 bbl.; green 
peas. $2 to $3 bu. bx. ; string beans. $1 
to $2.50 bskt.; cauliflower, $1 to $1.75 
bu. bx.: rutabagas, $3.50 to $4 bbl.; rhu¬ 
barb, 75c to $1 bu. bx. 
HAY 
Per ton : Timothv. No. 1, $44 to $46; 
No. 2 Timothv. $39 to $42 ; No. 2 East¬ 
ern. $35 to $37; No. 3 hay. $30 to $34; 
clover mixed. $30 to $37 ; fine hay. $30 to 
$32; rye straw, $26 to $27; oat straw, 
$18 to $19. 
MILLFEED 
Per ton : Spring bran. $57.50; Winter 
bran. $58.50; middlings, $63 to $67; 
mixed feed. $64 to $70; red dog and sec¬ 
ond clears, none offered; gluten feed, 
$75.12; hominy feed. $72.40; stock feed. 
$74; oat hulls, $54.50; cottonseed meal, 
$69.50 to $73. 
Philadelphia Wholesale Markets 
BUTTER 
Fresh, solid-packed creamery, fancy, 
high-scoring goods, 59 to 61c. the latter 
for jobbing sales ; extras. 58c ; extra firsts, 
56 to 57c; firsts. 51 to 55c; seconds. 45 
to 50c: sweet creamery, choice to fajicy, 
60 to 62c; common to good, 51 to 59e; 
ladle-packed, as to quality. 44 to 46c: 
packing stock. 38 to 41c; fancy brands of 
nearby prints were jobbing at 67 to 69c; 
good to choice, 59 to 66c; fair, 56 to 5Sc. 
EGGS 
Nearby firsts. SOc per doz.; do., current 
receipts. 48o per doz.; do., ordinary to 
fair. 43 to 47c: Western extra firsts. 
50c; do., firsts. 46 to 48c; seconds and 
poorer, 30 to 43c; fancy, carefully se¬ 
lected candled eggs were jobbing at 59 
to Ole per doz. 
FRUITS 
Apples. Jersey, per bskt.—No. 1, $1 to 
$2; No. 2 and drop. 25c to $1. Oranges, 
per box, $3 to $8: grapefruit, Florida, 
per box. $2.75 to $5.15: pineapples, per 
Crate, $4 to $8; peaches. Georgia, per 
crate, $1 to $3 25; watermelons, Florida, 
per car, $200 to $500; cantaloupes. 
Western, per standard crate. $1.50 to 
$3.50; cantaloupes. Southern, per fiat 
crate. 50 to 75e; blackberries, per qt.. 15 
to 26c: huckleberries, per qt.. 20 to 30c; 
currants, per qt.. 16 to ISc; raspberries, 
Jersey, per pint, 10 to 14c. 
VEGETABLES 
White potatoes. Southern, per barrel— 
No. 1. $9.50 to $10.75; No. 2 and culls, 
$3.50 to $5. White potatoes. Jersey, per 
%-bu. bskt.—No. 1. $1.75 to $2; No. 2. 
75c to 81.25. Cabbage. Pennsylvania, per 
bbl.. 75c to $1.25; do . Jersey, per bskt . 
25 to 40c. Onions, Jersey, per bskt., 40 
to SOc. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, not Leghorns, fancy, heavy. 39 
to 40c: exceptional lots higher; light to 
medium. 35 to 37c*; White Leghorn fowls. 
34 to 35c; broiling chickens, fancy, yel¬ 
low-skinned. not Leghorns, weighing 1 to 
114 lbs. apiece, 45 to 4Se: White Leg¬ 
horns. broilers, weighing 1% to 2 lbs. 
anieee. 45 to 48c; smaller sizes, 40 to 
43c; old roosters. 25 to 20o: ducks, old, 
28 to 30c: do.. Spring, 30 to 35c; pigeons, 
per pair, 45 to 50c. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls, fresh-killed, dry-picked, in boxes, 
weighing 4 to 5 lbs. apiece. 42c: weighing 
3% lbs. apiece, 39 to 40c; weighing 3 
lbs apiece. 35 to 37c. Fowls, fresh -killed, 
in barrels, dry-picked, weighing 4 to 5 lbs. 
apiece. 40c: weighing 3% lbs.. 37 to 38c; 
weighing 3 lbs., 33 to 35c; milk-fed fowls, 
weighing 4 lbs. and over apiece, in first- 
class condition, will command a premium 
of B, to lc over quotations. Broilers, 
Western, dry-picked, not Leghorns. 62 to 
65c: some nearby stock higher; broilers. 
Western. White Leghorns, 58 to 60c; old 
roosters, dry-picked. Western. 27o: South¬ 
ern. 25 to 26c ; Spring ducks. Long Island, 
35c. 
BALED HAY AND STRAW 
Timothy bay—No. 1. none here; No. 2, 
$42 to 843; No. 3. $39 to $40; sample, 
$33 to $37 ; no grade. $28 to $32. ( 'lover- 
mixed bay—Light mixed. $40 to $41 ; No. 
1 mixed, $39 to $40. Straw—No. 1 
straight rye. $17 to $17.50; No. 2. do., 
$16 to $16.50: No. 1 wheat straw, $14.50 
to 815: No. 2 do.. $13.50 to $14; No 1 
( it etraw, $14.50 to $15; No. 2, $13.50 
to $14. 
New York Wholesale Quotations 
JULY 16, 1920 
MILK 
The New York price to producers has 
been fixed until October 1 as follows: 
July. $2.95; August, $3.35; September. 
$3.65. These prices arc 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. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
@ 
5744 
Good to Cbolce . 
@ 
56^ 
Lower Grades. 
@ 
50 
City made. 
® 
46 
Dairy, best . 
@ 
56 
Common to good . 
@ 
54 
Packing Stock. 
@ 
42 
CHEESE 
WboleMllk, fancy, new make...., 
2 m 
Good to choice. 
26 
Skims, best. 
@ 
20 
Fair to good. 
.... 11 
@ 
16 
EGGS 
White, nearby, cbolce to fanoy ... 
... 64 
@ 
65 
Medium to good. . 
& 
62 
Mixed colors, nearby best. 
9 
57 
@ 
50 
Gathered, best, white. 
@ 
60 
Medium to good, mixed colors 
... 44 
@ 
53 
Lower grades. 
• 
42 
LIVE STOCK 
Steer*. .. 
...11 00 
@16 50 
BqIIs ... 
... 5 50 
@ 
7 00 
Cows .•••••••••••«■•••«. . . 
.. 4150 
@ 
8 00 
Calves, prime veal,100 lbs. 
.. 14 00 
@19 00 
Culls 
... 8 00 
@11 00 
Hogs. 
{&\~ 50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
@10 00 
Lambs . 
@18 50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Business fairly active. Sales are re¬ 
ported at: Fowls, 37 to 38c; broilers, 
45 to 50c*; roosters, 22c; ducks, 25e; 
geese, IS to 20c. 
DRESSED POULTRY, 
Cblckens obolce lb. 65 @ 75 
Fair to Good. 50 @ 60 
Fowls. 33 @ 42 
Booster*. 23 @ 25 
Ducks . 32 @ 35 
Geese. 23 @ 27 
8quabs, doz. 3 00 @9 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lb*......1100 @12 00 
Pea. g 00 @ 8 25 
Medium . 8 00 @ 8 25 
Bed Kidney.1650 @17 00 
White Kidney,.15 00 @15 50 
Yellow Eye.1100 @1125 
FRUITS 
Apples, new. bu. bkt. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Granites, box . 4 00 @ 9 00 
Lemons, box . 1 00 ® 3 50 
Grape Fruit. 2 00 @ 6 25 
Currants, qt. 10 @ 17 
Raspberries, pt. 11 @ 18 
Gooseberries, qt. 15 @ 20 
Strawberries, qt. 20 @ 35 
Peaches. 6-bkt crate.1 00 @ 3 00 
Muskmelons, bu. 2 00 @3 50 
Huckleberries, qt. 20 @ 35 
Blackberries, qt. 15 @ 25 
Cherries, qt. 12 @ 1 $ 
Watermelons, carload. 100 00® 660 00 
POTATOES 
Southern new bbl. 4 00 @11 25 
Nearby. 165 lbs. 5 00 @11 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. bkt. I 00 @ 4 50 
VEGETABLES 
Asparagus doz. bunches.1 50 ® 4 50 
Beets, 100 bunches. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Cabbage. bbl . 2 00 @2 50 
Carrots, loo bunches. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @ 75 
Onions, new. bu. 50 @1 50 
Squash, new.bu. 100 @2 50 
Egg Plants, bu. 3 00 @ 6 50 
Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt, crate. 1 50 @ 4 00 
3 pk box. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 3 00 
String Beans, bu. bkt. 50 @ 1 50 
Peppers, bu.1 00 @ 2 50 
Romaine.bu. 25 @ 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 50 @ 1 50 
Cucumbers, bu. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Spinach, bu. 25 @ 1 00 
Kale, bbl. 35 @ 50 
Peas, bu. 50 @ 1 50 
Sweet Corn, Southern, bu.1 00 0 3 50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton. 46 00 @48 00 
No. 2. 4100 @43 00 
No. 3 .35 00 @39 00 
Shipping. 34 00 @36 00 
Straw, Rye.19 00 @20 00 
GRAIN 
Following are the cash wholesale pvices 
reported at New York: Wheat. No. 2 
red. $3.05; corn. No. 2. yellow, $1.77 
oats. No. 2, white, $1.28; rye, $2.43; 
barley, $1.55. 
Retail Prices at New York 
Butter, best.65 to 67c 
Fair to good. 60 to 63c 
Eggs, best . 75 to 80c 
Fair to good. 55 to 70c 
( heese, lb. 35 to 40c 
1 otatoes, lb. i to 8c 
Lettuce, head . 5 to 15c 
Strawberries, qt, ..45 to 55c 
Blackberries, qt.25 to 30c 
Huckleberries, qt.35 to 40c 
Oranges, doz. .$1 to $1 25 
Bananas, each .. 5 to 10c 
Raspberries, pt .25 to 30c 
Dressed fowls, lb. 45 to 50c 
Broilers, lb. 75c to 81 
Lamb chops, lb.55 to 65c 
Stewing beef, lb.30 to 35c 
Rib roast, lb. 28 to 33c 
Fork 'bops. lb....... .35 to 40c 
Bacon, lb. —.. 45 to 50c 
