Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-24
ACTIVITY SHOWN
IN fruit MARKET
Peaches, Pears, Watermel
ons and Cantaloupe Are
All Very Plentiful.

J pears, W0termelOnS ana CantaIOupe
being plentiful ana were purchased
quite freely by the wholesale dealers
Vegetable offerings are good and prices
normal. Grain receipts are fair. but
dealers are not yet buying heavily and
will not do SO until the threshing sea
son is over. The general tone Of the
market is good and prices fairly steady
Following are the quotations.:
Retail Markets.
Corrected daily by W. ]. Campbell &
SOM
New potatoes, per cwt., SIPS; celery
6 and loo bunch: cauliflowcr. 10c pei
pound: leaf lettuce, 10c per !b.; green
peppers, 15c dozen; cucumbers. &c each:
spinach, 10c pound; egg plant, Toe each;
radishes, punches for SC; new onions,
punches for sc; new turnips, sc per
bunch; new beets. &c per bunch. new
carrots. &c per bunch: cabbage, &c per
pound; sweet potatoes. sc per pound;
golden wax beans. pounds for CSC;
green beans, 3 pounds for 25c: onions.
Sc per pound: summer squash, &c each;
green corn, 15c per dozen; pumpkins, &c
per pound; egg plant, 10c each; squash.
&c per pound; celery &C and Zoe per
bunch.
Local fruits--Apples. 75c: canta-
'1oupe, $1.25 per crate: watermelons,
.1Ac per pound; peaches, 20@25c per
basket, SOC and 75c per crate; tomatoes.
&c in canning lots; green tomatoes, &c
per pound; pears. 15@25c per basket;
crabapples. &c per pound; plums. 10
and 15c per basket; Flemish Beauty
pears. $1.25 per box; wild plums, 15c
per basket; huckleberries, zoe per
quart: Worden grapes. 35c per
basket; Delaware and Moore's Early
grapes, CSC per basket; Wild Goose
plums, 25c basket; Strawberries, zoe
box; Bartlett pears for canning, $l.25
box; peaches for canning, 50G75c per
case.
Tropical fruits-Oronges, per dozen,
35c to 65c: lemons. per dozen. 36c;
bananas, 3 pounds for Csc; cut off
bananas 15c per dozen: California
grape fruit, 10c each. cocoanuto 100
15c each: Mexican lines. zoe per
dozen: prunes. loo basket.
Eggs. butter and honey--Ranch eggs,
per dozen, soc; eastern creamery but
ter. S5c per pound; local creamery but
ter, 40c; ranch butter, 30m35c; honey,
15c.
pounds. s6.75: lard, per 10-poUnd pail.
$3.50
Fish-Halibut, zoe; salmon, 2nc per
pound: brook trout. soc per pound:
salmon trout. soc per pound.
Poultry--Hens, zoe: ducks, csc:
geese. zoe; frys. 35 to Coo.
Wholesale Markets.
rA~Afa At, ~
Capital Brokerage and Commission
ompanyl-Lettuce. 10c per pound:
cabbage, S5cmS1 per cwt.: potatoes 75c
to 81 per cwt.: beets. Sl25mi.5O per
cwt.; turnips. s1.25 per cwt.; tomatoes
&c per pound; onions, slm1.25 per cwt.
Local fruits Corrected daily by the
Falk grocery)-Apples. soc per box;
peaches, 40M45c per crate; plums, 1lac
per pound: cantaloupe, 81 per crate;
watermelons, 1c per pound; pears. 75c
Q$1 per box; pruncs, 1isc per pound
Eggs. honey and ranch butter
Fresh ranch eggs, per case. $3.50;
honey. per case. s2.40; ranch butter,
csc per pound,
Dairy produce-(Corrected daily BY
the Jensen Creamery Co.)-Creamery
butter. solid pack, 31c; prints, extra;
cream. per gallon. 81; milk. per GAL
lon. zoe: per hundred pounds. >1.7O;
butter fat. 31c per pounl.
Livestock Corrected daily by the
Boise Butcher company - Cows, s4dl
$50 cwt.; steers. s475m5.5o: fat hogs,
S@s cwt.; medium, s6.I5m7 cwt:
stock hogs, 36@6,5O cwt.; shearings
se.50d3 cwt.; spring lambs. s25o@3I
per head: hens. 9MlOc; spring chick
ems, 1904 per dozen; ducks, &c, live
weight. 121sc per pound dressed;
breakfast bacon. lie; ham, tic;
lard. fierce base, 12c per pound.
Hay and grain-tCcrrected daily by |
the Central Commission company
Alfalfa, ss@9 per ton. baled; loose, SO
$50: loose timothy. s1Oal2; baled, :ll
@12: clover. baled s1oa11 per ton;
wheat, s1.10M120 per cwt.: oats. s1O5
q Ito per cwt.
Livestock Markets.
Chicago, Sept. 24.-Caltie-- Receipts,
$4,000; market steady to Toe lower. |
Beeves. so.s0M11: Texas steers, $3.50
M6.3o; western steers. sGM9.30; stock |
ers and feeders, s44Om6.7o: cows and |
uCHSis, |o.oVWo, caves, $bWll.5O. |
Hogs - Receipts. $4,000; mark ct |
steady to shade higher. Light $S.25 a. |
SIS; mixed. $s.10MS.S2k heay., $3.50
ass; rough. $7.90ds.1O; pigs, s5@S;
bulk of sales. $S.25mS.7O
Sheep-Reccipts, $1,000 market |
weak to zoe lower. Native, 1880 |
40: western. $3.50d4.5O: yearlings,
$4.50M5.45 lambs, native, $4.75m71O;
~estern, $4.s5@7.3O.
Omaha, Sept. 24.--Cattle--Receipt
1890; market for best steady. others
lower. Native steers. $5S5d1O.35;
cows and heifers. $3.50G650: western
steers, $5@S.50; Texas steers, $4,000 |
$50; range COWS and heifers, $3.50 |
$50; Gamers. $3@4.25; stockers and
feeders, $450@S.15; calves. 500:
bulls. stays. etc., $4.25M55o.
HoEs-Receipts, 1000; market 10c
higher. Heavy. $S.30GS.50: mixed,
e0.lO0e5O; light, $8.5O@S.65: pigs. Sc |