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American Agriculturist, August 4,1923- 
Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets and Prices 
SUMMER APPLES PLENTIFUL AT 
NEW YORK 
HERSCHEL H. JONES 
S UPPLIES of summer apples in the 
New York wholesale market are al¬ 
ready becoming fairly heavy in spite 
of the short crop reported in most 
Eastern States. New Jersey has a 
large crop and most of the New York 
receipts are from New Jersey, Mary¬ 
land and Delaware. 
William’s Red, Dutchess, Yellow 
Transparents, Starrs and Astrachans 
are coming from all three of these 
States. Some Wealthys in from Dela¬ 
ware and Maryland. New York State 
sections have not begun to.ship yet. Vir¬ 
ginia is sending some mixed varieties 
and Transparents. 
Such a large proportion of the early 
apples are small, due to drought, that 
there is a wide range in prices from 
the fancy large apples to the poor and 
ordinary. The market is really over¬ 
supplied with poor stuff that is hardly 
worth shipping. For the best interests 
of everybody, much of this stuff should 
have been fed to pigs, or left in the 
orchard. 
No products of farm are more un¬ 
wisely marketed on the whole than 
these early apples. If you were to 
walk through the wholesale market 
most any night at this time of year, 
you could count on the fingers of one 
hand, the shipments of apples that 
show any evidence of modern grading 
and packing. Conspicuous among these 
few would be the shipments of the New 
Jersey Fruit Growers’ Cooperative As¬ 
sociation, which packs and markets for 
its members early apples and peaches 
under the “Jersey Jerry” brand. They 
are putting out in round bottom bushel 
baskets a standardized pack of uni¬ 
form size and quality, that has been 
averaging about 25 to 50c more per bas¬ 
ket than other ungraded apples of the 
same quality. 
While the market is really good now 
only for large size fancy apples, a bet¬ 
ter demand is expected as soon as ber¬ 
ries are out of the way. Berries have 
been so high that pie bakers may 
be forced to turn to apples. Here is 
hoping they use apples that are not as 
sour as some the writer recently at¬ 
tempted to eat in a pie. 
The following wholesale prices rep¬ 
resent sales of early apples from New 
Jersey, July 26, per bushel basket: 
transparent, 50c@$1.75; Starrs, $1@3; 
William’s Red, $1.25@$2.50; Dutchess, 
$1(2)1.25; Mixed varieties, 50c@$2. 
L. I. POTATOES MORE PLENTIFUL 
Long Island potatoes were more 
plentiful in the market last week and 
the quality showed improvement. The 
market for them was good. Cobblers 
from east end of the island brought 
$5 @5.25, per bbl., while those sold in 
farmers’ public markets from nearby 
brought $4.50 @ 5. New Jersey Cob¬ 
blers are not coming in very heavy in 
the wholesale market. They are of ii’- 
regular size and quality, selling at $3 
@ 4 per 150-lb. bag. Up to July 21 
New Jersey has shipped only 37 cars 
as compared with 686 to July 22 last 
year. 
CANADIAN BERRIES ARRIVE 
Strawberries and cherries from Can¬ 
ada appeared in the New York market 
last week. The strawberries sold at 
from 3c to 25c per quart, depending on 
quality. The cherries, Montmorencys, 
were of small size and sold at 40 @ 60c 
per 6-qt. basket. 
Supplies of RASPBERRIES, 
BLACKBERRIES and BLACK CAPS 
from New Jersey and Hudson River 
Valley sections are diminishing rapidly. 
CURRANTS and GOOSEBERRIES 
are nearing the close of their season. 
CHERRIES were in light supply ex¬ 
cept on Tuesday of last week. The 
quality from the Hudson Valley and 
Western New York sections was irregu¬ 
lar and demand moderately active for 
fancy large fruit, with a slightly 
stronger market after the middle of the 
week. 
The following quotations represent 
wholesale sales of small fruits on July 
26: BLACKBERRIES, per qt., best, 
25 @ 27c; fancy, large, 28 @ 32c; 
small, ordinary, 22 @ 23c. BLACK 
CAPS, per pt., best, 12 @ 13c; fancy, 
large, 14 @ 15c; ordinary, 9 @ 11c. 
CHERRIES, Hudson River, per 4-qt. 
basket, black and red sweet, $1 @ 1.35; 
red sour, best, 75c; black sour, best, 
85 @ 90c; Western New York, red and 
black sweets, $1 @ 1.25; red sour, 60 @ 
65c. CURRANTS, per qt., red, best, 
10 @ 11c; small, ordinary, 8 @ 9c; 
black, best, 25c. GOOSEBERRIES, 
per 4-qt. basket, best, 75 @ 85c; fancy, 
90c @$1; medium, 65 @ 70c per qt.; 
best, 17 @ 18c. RASPBERRIES, per 
pt., red, best, 20 @ 22c; fancy, 23 @ 
25c; poor to ordinary, 12% @ 15c. 
VEGETABLES TREND UPWARD 
Prices on GREEN PEAS advanced 
during the last week and the quality 
was somewhat better. On July 27 
creamery extra advanced 2%c per lb. 
over the previous week, then dropped 
back to 41@41%c per lb. Thursday, 
July 26. Reports as to reduced produc¬ 
tion because of drought had much to do 
with the advance. A material improve¬ 
ment in the European financial situa¬ 
tion would have a marked effect on the 
butter market, as the prospect of im¬ 
portations is the only check on the buy¬ 
er’s fear of a shortage. The quality of 
current receipts has been poor, and 
firms that had contracts to fill for 
creamery extras began buying against 
these contracts last week. The demand 
is very strong for creamery extras that 
have been officially inspected. In the 
middle west there has been an increase 
in the demand for sweet cream and for 
From a Man Who “ Tunes In ” 
“ TN regard to your market service by radio, I would say that it 
x is the best money-maker for the farmers that there ever was. 
It is as quick as lightning, and the farmer doesn’t have to ship at 
the wrong time. If the radio service was stopped the rural people 
would loose something great.—So don’t stop it. I have a receiving 
set and I am making arrangements with our local telephone system 
to transmit the market reports over the wire as they come in. I have 
the only one in this community. A few of your blanks would be 
very useful then. I don’t have any suggestions, only that you keep 
it up.”—J. F. O’Harah, Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pa. 
These market reports are broadcast every Tuesday, Wednesday, 
Thursday and Friday at 9:50 Standard time, from Station WEAF, 
492 meters. 
State GREEN PEAS sold at $2.50 @ 
3.25 per bushel basket. Small ship¬ 
ments of CAULIFLOWER were re¬ 
ceived last week from the Hudson River 
Valley, and found a steady market for 
the fancy large stock, with a wide 
range in prices of $1.50 @ 7.00 per 
crate, depending on quality. FIRST 
TOMATOES from the Hudson River 
Valley section arrived last week and 
sold at $1.50 @ 1.75 per 12-qt. basket. 
GREEN BEANS were in light supply 
from up-State sections, but plentiful 
from nearby, and demand was limited 
with market dull; prices on July 26, 
per bushel hamper, green, $1 @ 1.50; 
wax, best, $1.50 @ 1.75; fancy, $2; or¬ 
dinary, 75c @ $1.25. LETTUCE sup¬ 
plies from up-State sections were again 
liberal; poor quality stock was neg¬ 
lected, wholesale prices July 26 per 
crate, Big Boston varieties mostly, 50c 
@ 75c; some fancy as high as 90c; 
Orange County Lettuce, 25 @ 65c. 
BUTTER MARKET ADVANCES 
There was a “bull” market for butter 
last week. The wholesale prices for 
milk for condensing. In Wisconsin, both 
the Cheese factories and the Condens¬ 
ing Plants have paid better prices than 
the butter factories. 
The Cheese market was unsettled and 
irregular last week, with a tendency 
toward further weakness on both New 
York State and Wisconsin Cheese. State 
whole milk, flats, fresh, average run, 
American Cheese were quoted at 24%c, 
on July 26th. 
FANCY WHITE EGGS STEADY 
Fancy nearby white eggs moved 
more freely last week and the market 
was steady. The top quotation of 45c 
per doz. for New Jersey, hennery 
whites, closely selected extras, con¬ 
tinued, and premiums above this price 
were paid in some instances. Ordinary 
average qualities of nearby eggs are 
dull, however, and moving slowly. 
The total receipts of all grades of 
eggs fell off a little last week. Short 
held cold storage eggs entered directly 
into competition with fresh receipts, 
causing a surplus of the latter, which 
had to be moved into cold storage. In 
Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to 
eastern farmers sold on July 26: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) New York Buffalo 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extras... 41 @45 . 
Other hennery whites, extras. 38 @43 ' . 
Extra firsts. 34 @37 33 @35 
Firsts. 30 @33 . 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts. 30 @36 . 
Lower grades. 26 @29 . 
Hennery browns, extras. 34@38 . 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras.. 29 @33 32 @33 
Pullets No. 1.. 26@32 . 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score. 42@42% . 
Extra (92 score).. 41@41% - 42@43 
State dairy (salted), finest... ■ 40@41 40@41 
Good to prime. 38% @39% 32@39 
Phila. 
28 
42 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 2. 
Timothy No. 3. 
Timothy Sample. 
Fancy light clover mixed. 
Alfalfa, second cutting. 
Oat straw No. 1. 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 
Fowls, leghorns and poor. 
Broilers, colored fancy. 
Broilers, leghorn.. 
U. S. Grades 
Old Grade Standards 
$25@27 
21 @23 
12 @17 
~ 25 
28 @30 
10 @12 
26 @27 
23 @25 
28 @29 
20 @25 
20 @22 
36 @37 
26@3S 
38 @40 
30 @32 
21 @23 
Live Stock (per cwt.) 
Calves, good to medium...$12.25 @13.50 $13.50 @14.00 
Bulls, common to good... 4.50 @ 6.25 5.00 @ 5.50 
Lambs, common to good... 11.00 @14.00 14.00 @14.50 
Sheep, common to good ewes. 3.25 @ 5.50 4.00 @ 6.00 
Hogs, Yorkers .. 8.00@ 8.25 8.60@ 8.65 
other words, some of the best storage 
eggs took the place of fresh, thereby 
forcing the fresh into storage, at low 
prices, of course. The total amount 
that went into storage exceeded that 
which came out. The Federal report 
for July 26 shows over 5,000 more 
cases on hand in storage on that date 
than on the same day last year. If 
production conditions have not materi¬ 
ally changed, the market might be ex¬ 
pected to follow about the same trend 
as last year, but it must be remem¬ 
bered that competition of eggs was 
stimulated last year by a publicity 
campaign. 
Medium qualities of nearby whites, 
lacking light yolks and showing shrink¬ 
age or weak body, moved slowly at ir¬ 
regular prices, ranging from 30 @ 37c, 
with the top figure only for the better 
qualities. 
Egg shippers are having much diffi¬ 
culty in securing good second hand egg 
cases. Most of the firms that make a 
business of collecting and selling used 
cases, have orders for all their supply 
for four to six weeks ahead. It is 
practically impossible to obtain prompt 
shipment of cases. Shippers are ad¬ 
vised to begin scouting for what cases 
they need at least six weeks in ad¬ 
vance, and to secure a reserve of new 
cases to tide them over any shortage. 
A list of addresses of dealers and manu¬ 
facturers of egg packages will be sup¬ 
plied on application to the Market De¬ 
partment of the American Agricul¬ 
turist. 
LARGE BROILERS IN DEMAND 
Too many small Leghorn broilers are 
coming to market before they have 
reached a weight to get best prices. 
Broilers should weigh over 1% lbs for 
New York market, not average that, 
but be that heavy as a minimum. Re¬ 
ceipts of express broilers were liberal 
last week, but well-grown stock was 
in demand. Colored fowls sold well, 
chiefly at 27c per lb. White Leghorn 
fowls were mostly poor, selling at 20 
@ 25c. Broilers sold July 26 as fol¬ 
lows: Colored, 36 @ 37c; Leghorn, 
large, 33c; Leghorn, average, 30 @ 
32c; small mixed and Leghorn, 23 
@ 29c. 
MAPLE SYRUP DULL 
There is very little demand at present 
for maple syrup or sugar. Several 
commission houses in New York have 
shipments on hand, which have an out¬ 
let at this season only through bottling 
concerns. A better market is expected 
in the fall. The wholesale prices quoted 
on commission sales at New York are 
$1.75 @ 1.90 per gal. for syrup and 20 
@ 25c per lb. for sugar in 1-lb cakes. 
Buffalo wholesale market quotations: 
Syrup, $1.50 @ 1.75 gal.; Sugar, light, 
16@18c, dark, 10@13c lb. 
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Quality Guaranteed 
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520 Washington St. NEW YORK 
SHIP YOUR EGGS 
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358 Greenwich St., New York City 
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