Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-17
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

RiCb1lO4ND lODA1OO NIAthhIls
Richmond, Va, July 10. 1896.
Auction offerings on Change to-day. II
packages, and l taken In. Highest price,
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar
cites, s,3So06; tobacco, $3.50. Total,
Sl,99S.l1
Private sales reported to-day: Wrap
pers. 8: filters, Il; smokers. q dark-leaf,
%; Tugs, 3. Total, 43 hogsheads
shelburne Banner had No, ] sale
of Sun-cured tobacco to-day. Nothing
very fine offered; highest price. SIS.
CONDITION OF THE TOBACCO CROP.
Numerous Inquiries among tobacconists
and planters elicit nothing more definite
OF worse about the damage to the TO-
bacco crop By continuous rains than has
been published already, though there was
n general expectancy to hear worse news
which seemed altogether justifiable, from
so much rain.
The crop early planted Is very forward
and where not flooded or badly washed Is
showing ia the main fine spread, with
some nrifavorable symptoms OF frenching
growing with narrow leaves far apart on
the plant. The most generally accepted
opinion Is that dark tobacco Will be thin
and too early ripened. Very considerable
injury is noted about and above Lynch
burg Va. The reports are pnfavorable
about Farmville, without definite damage
done. From Crewe, Va, planter writes
spindling. narrow leaf, and inclined TO
button from too much rain.
A prominent Blackstone firm writes:
"The crop Is not good in this section. 1t
has gone back-some drowned, some
frenching, very little Of proper growth
for fine tobacco. There Will be size
enough. but deficiency in body" From
the two last reports the deficiencies are
OF different and almost opposite nature
attributable to the same cause. In the
same neighborhood and section one re-
port is OF narrow, spindltrg tobacco; the
other of fine leaf and thin tobacco. This
Is but an example OF tho wide differences
in crop reports
A Caroline planter says Topping IL not
general, but In some places bad IN his
county. When this kind Of tobacco
freshens up at night. as IL does in many
cases, even though 1t looks ruined by
day there is hope for Il. In the worst
lowland drowning condition, the crop be-
ing forward, and the roots strong
sucker crop can be raised as a last rosort,
which would give the plant seventy-hve
days 10 mature before the usual frost
time
Flopped tobacco Wsing the colloquial
term), when bad, will simply dry up TO q
cut green, is unfit for use.
Petersburg merchants consider South
side Virginia crops IN very bad shape.
From Louisa county there are hopeful
Ina a warehousenan and correspondent
writes from Sumter that the bright crop
was never larger or better. From OK
ford, Warrenton, Wilson, ard Rocky
Mount, OF Eastern North Carolina there
Is greater complaint than from any other
bright section, with estimates Of damages
from 10 10 10 pei, cent, much OF which Is
due TO weedy condition OF the crop, and
TO growing suckers, which the wet ground
has prevented rectifying by work.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW XOD IrIy Eflnnr--IlnIl nd
unsettled; market unchanged; southern
-four unchanged and easy.
Wheat-Spot market dull and easier; OPP
tons steady; September, 62lsc.; October,
Corn-Spot dull and easier No. q 33Ikc
In elevator, 3ic. afioat: options quiet and
steady at &c. decline, following wheat
and on favorable crop reports; July, S31sc. !;
Oats-Spot steady and more active; OPP
lions dull but steady; July axe; August,
202ac. September, 207sc; spot. No. 2. 2lAc. !;
No. white 22lzc..; mixed western, DC
domestic, fleece, l6g22c.; pulled, l5433c. !;
Beef-steady but slow; family. sS.5Ogs3;
extra Rrer m Hsm;s @gfi5, at u45Oous.
Tierced Beef-Inactiye; city extra India
mess, $ll4$l3.
Cut-Meats- Steady and in fair demand;
picked bellies, A75; shoulders, {LRi2q
No ndis., >Sftelp.
Lard-Dull and weak; western steam. 81;
city. s3.254$3.30; September. 1895; refined
active; Continent si.25; South American,
$685. compound, $ius45.
Pork-Dull but steady old mess ssass-5o;
Butter-Steady but slow; State dairy,
l0Qlilsc. DO. creamery, lika1i%c.; west
ern dairy, i5c.; Elgins, l5c.
Eggs-Steady and in fair inquiry; State
and Pennsylvania, 13isgl4c.; western.
fresh. uGllc; DO. per case. sl.504s3.l0.
Tallow-Dull; no demand
Cottonseed- Otl-Dull; crude. 2Oc.; yellow,
pr Rns0 S d Sst of sfes sasde strained raj COM
mon ts1't to good. S.sOsas2A
Turpentine-Easy at 2ii1425c.
Rye-QuIst and steady; domestic. fair to
Molasses@steady; New Orleans, open
kettle. good TO choice, HG57c.
Peanuts-Quiet.
Conee-Barely steady; Gals points down;
july ssS segtembbe. !. go Se sV no, No No
dull and easy; No. Z. S2.s7lz asked
Sugar-Raw dull but steady fair rehn-
ing, 23s :; centrifugals (ss-degree tesU,
33sc.; refined quiet and unchanged
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
NEW YORK, July l6.-Huckleberries-
Maryland and Delaware, per quart, 3u6c.
Pears-Per crate, sl.b. -
Watermelons-Per carload, 1900 $225;
do per hundred, sl2Q$22.
MuSkmel0ns-Per basket, h4%LLS, GO.
per barrel. SOC. Hs2.75.
Peaches-GeofgiaS per carrier, 5On70c.. :
do. Maryland and Delaware, per crate.
zoe. GIsl: do. per basket. i0a75c.; do. per
Grapes~Per case. Joc.Qs2; do. per bas-
ket, 15G20c.
Appies-Per crate. 60dsgc.
Cucumbers--Per barrel, Nqn.50; do. per
basket 75c.u$l.
Eggplant-Per barrel. sl.5og$2.5o; do. per
basket, 75c.UN.
squash-Per barrel. 25nfcc.
Tomatoes carrier. soc. Wsi.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
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