Daily globe., 1883-04-18
General Markets.

The fruit market has struck a boom of
very large proportions, and at no time in
the history of st. Paul has there been so
much demand for all varieties of green
fruits as there is the present season. All
parts of the world are levied upon to con-
tribute to the demands of the people who
find in ST. Paul a market from which to
supply their wants. The oranges and
lemons received this year are of a very
superior quality, choice high colored Va
lencia, 42O in a case, have advanced to
So to $40 per case; choice to fancy sweet
Messina, $3.50 to So per box; fresh Cali
fornia oranges, $3.50 per box; choice to
fancy Messina and Palermo lemons, 81
to $3.50 per box. Liberal discounts from
these prices both on oranges and lemons
in ten to twenty or fifty box lots, and
special prices are given on car loads. APP
pies are in good supply. Small GeEitons,
$3.50 per barrel; choice to fancy Genitons,
$3.50 per barr Ell: fancy Winesap and other
varieties, for stand use, $4.50 to $5 per bar
rel. California pears are in good supply.
Large pound or Bell pears, So per box.
The dealers in st. Paul have ar
ranged to pack their own California
fruit the coming season in the or
chards and ship direct Dufy's New York
cider, $3.50 per bbl; 26c per gal. in
casks. This clarified cider is very fine and
prepared to keep. Special prices can be
made on five or ten barrel lots. Kentucky
cider S7.50per bbl. Figs are in good supply
at1Sc per pound. Arabian dates in trails 1Oc;
golden in skins SC. Cranberries, choice
Bell and Bugle $14 per Dbl. Sweet potatoes
$4 per bbl. Choice new Vermont maple
in hria aIve IN
Cocoa nuts Sc per 100. Bananas 81 to SIS
per bunch for choice Aspinwalls. Peanuts
fancy hand picked White Virginia, 10c per
ID. Foreign nuts.-Teragona almonds
18c; new Naples walnuts, 15c; new French
walnuts 13c; new Brazil nuts, 12c; new
Sicily flberts, 14c; new Baraco flberts,
10c; pecans, 12c Fruit, baskets, fancy, at
low prices.
CATTLE-The supply of cattle is lin
tied with good demand and higher prices.
What the prospects are for prices it
is difficult to prophesy. Quo-
tations are as follows: Choice steers
$650@7; fair to good, $5@575; good
mixed, $4@ 450; milch COWS, $4O@65;
veal calves, $6@7 per 100 lbs.
DRESSED MEATs-Dressed mutton has
advanced a little. Beef sides, city dressed,
are quosed at ~ Sc per pound. Mutton,
city dressed, l0@11c; country dressed,
quotable at 61a@915c. Veals, 1O@11c.
ONIoNs-In regard to onions the market
is very dull, the demand being very light.
Quotations may be said to stand as follows:
From 80 to 35c for incoming; SOC for out
going.
HoGs-Yery few coming in. Quotations
have advanced to 9@10c. Live hogs are
out of the market and may be quoted at
$6@6.75.
SHEEP-Are in very poor supply and
quotations have advanced to $5.5O@6.25;
city dressed, 10@11c; country dressed,
812@91ac.
Provisions pork, $19.25@19.5O;
hams, 1215c; clear bacon, scarce, 1870;
spiced and breakfast bacon, 13c; shoul-
ders, Sc; tierce lard, 12c; keg lard,
12I@1212c; wooden pals, 20 pounds, 1224
tin pals, 3 pounds, 14Ac; 10
pounds, 14c; mess beef, $12.50@13 per
barrel; smoked beef, 1115c per pound.
BEANs-$1.50@2.75 per bushel for medi-
um to choice hand picked.
BREWERS 'SUPPLIEs-Malt is unchanged
and Is still quoted at $4,000; hops main
tanned the advance previously noted; $1.1C
firm for Washington to 81 10 for New York
LIME, CEMENT, ,ETC.-Quotation are as fol-
lows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee
white lime, $1.25 per bbl.; Milwaukee ce-
ment, $3.50 per bbl.; Louisville cement
$1.65 per bbl.; plaster paris, 1925 per bbl.;
plastering hair, 35c per bushel; st. Louis
No. fire brick, $45 per thousand; fire clay:
$3.50 per bbl.
Flour Patents, $6@6.75; clears, SIS to
1925; straights, $3.50 to $5.75; common
brands, 81 to S5; in barrels, 25c extra.
Dr. l..
81 to 1925. Graham, $3.50 to $5.25.
BUTTER-Choice fresh stocks are in
good demand and sell quick but no other
grade is in demand. Medium and all the
lower grades are selling for packing.
Board of Trade.
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