Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-14
General Produce.

The fruit market is still enjoying a
good deal of activity, and this activity
promises to increase. B. Presley d Co.,
st. Paul, have been appointed sole north
western agents of the Florida Orange
Growers association and will be
the only house north of Chi
cago receiving the fruit direct
in car lots packed expressly for this
trade and fresh from the groves. They
Will receive the first car about the 18th and
then three cars per week thereafter. The
time IS now getting short for the ship
ment of apples with safety, which has
caused considerable activity the past week
and the hurrying forward OF supplies;
prices remain about the same, although
there are quantities of inferior qualities in
the merhet that are being palmed of for
choice. We quote Missouri at $3.50 to
1915 per barrel; Michigan 1915 to 1926
per barrel; Fancy Premium $3.50. B.
Presley 6 Co. have about 1000 boxes of
choice winter pears, consisting of w. Mel
lis, Easter Burras, G.. Marceaus, Wears,
etc, at $3.5O93.75 per box. Malaga
grapes, $79750 per barrel. Domestic
grapes. coming fresh twice week from
Ohio and New York, very fine, 6@7c for
Concords, 10012c for Catabaws and Dele
wars. Choice cultivated cranberries are
quoted at from $3.50 to $40 per barrel.
The first supply of Duffy's Rochester cider
was received this wesk--bsrrels IS, half
barrels 81 80, casks 25c per gallon.
Lemons ere firm, with an upward ten
dency; new Palermo lemons, $3.50 per
box; 10 to 20 boxes, Sc. Louisiana
oranges are now coming in; 81 to IS per
barrel or $3.50 per 100. PIorides So to
$3.50. Choice Aspinwau bananas, So. so
to 81 per bunch Sweet potatoes Illinois,
1915 to 81; Musoatine, 1915 to 81. O.
W. Aiiller's Triangle brand oysters, stan
dards, soc; selec5s, l0c. Cocoanuts, choice
Clearinghouse, 81 per 100. Dates, new Ara
baiau IN trails, Sc per pound. Peanuts,
fancy hand picked polished, 13o per
pound, foreign nuts, Teragona almonds,
22o; California almonds, Is c; new Naples
walnuts, 20c; new Grenoble walnuts, 15c;
new Brazil, l2c; Sicily iilberts, he; BARGE
Iona filberts, l0c; Pecans, l2c; Sicily she'll
ed.almonds, 35c. Dufey's Rochester, N.
Y, cider, barrels IS; casks 10 to 80 gallons
25c per gallon. Other cider 81 to $3.50
per barrel, and 20 to 22o per gallon.
Hoas-Are in good supply and have
again declined. Dressed, $5.00@ $50;
live, $325d +.25.
CArrLE-For some time the supply of
native cattle has been quite limited, and
extra steers have been very scanty indeed,
IL l.
kets. The consequence is that prices are
firm and possibly may go higher, as the
Montana shipments over the Northern
Pacific road are about to close for the
season. Nearly all the stock that arrives
here are grass fed, and not in the best of
condition. Fancy steers $5.5O1 5.75 per 100
pounds; No. > STA $50, mixed butchers
stock SS.25a3.75. Veal calves $566.
ON1oNs-Are quoted at $50 400 per
bushel, outgoing from 30 to soc; Bermu-
das, 81 25aI 90 per box.
SHEEr-Are in good supply and quota
tious are unchanged. The range is, good
to choice, 81 75G4 90; fair, So 80.
Provisions change Is noted
in provisions. The decline previously
noted still continues, especially
in lard and mess beef Mess pork, $12,
&c; clear bacon, scarce, I2I &c;
spiced and breakfast bacon, $50 1916;
shoulders, s liaS4c; tierce lard Sllci keg
lard $50; wooden pals, twenty pounds;
sc: TN pals, three pounds, Ice; ten
pounds 9lsc;mess beef, Sll q 1l.50 per bar
rel; smoked beef, 1SiSc per pound.
FuouB-Is steady and quiet
at the following figures: Orange Blossom,
81; Red Cross, straights, So; Capitol fam
ily. s.. 80; Bakers XXXN, $3.50; in bar
rels, 25o extra; low grades, S29250; rye
flour, 1915 per barrel; graham, S4-ko par
barrel.
BREWERS SUFPLrEs-Malt has advanced
to zoe; hops, both Washington and New
York, are quoted at PC.
BUTTER-The butter quotations have
not changed; creamery is now
quoted at 26I30c; choice dairy I6S 22c;
store packed ia loo.
DRESSED MEATs-Beef sides dressed. 81
GGlsc Mutton, city dressed, 7971sc.
Veal, S Gle.
HIDrs are IN fair demand ana are
firm st quotations. Green hides are
coming in slowly and quotations are IN
changed.