New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-03
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.
New York. December 2. 1913.

New York December .. 1913.
BEANS AND PEAs-Receipts for week. week;
beans, 362 peas; imports. 7.i16 beans. $40
peas. There has been further recovery IN
state marrow beans because OF nght re-
ceipts; late jobbing sales at IS 400 20 40.
Much OF the trade is being supplied with
Imported marrow at 81 90qs5; the quality
is fine. Domestic marrow drag az 20 20.
More interest in choice pea. and with hlgner
Western advices best lots held firm at 80 40.
Exporters have taken very few red kidney,
and the market is only steady. White KID
ney quiet. bur in small supply. Very rev
yellow eye here. Black beans nominal
California lima steady and selling fairly.
otch and imported green peas have raw
81 4Oas5 IS; imported. 81 9OGs5; medium.
So 70. pea. SO 10; imported. SO 40aS3 so;
red kidney, choice. s. 3Oas5 80; Old best,
kidney choice, IS SOC s. IS; yellow eye, IS:
s. 90 81: green. Imported, 81 75as2 90.
BUTTER-Re Receipts for week, 81 400 pkgs;
exports. 220 to tropical countries; imports;
435. High grade fresh creamery has ruled
irore I'm sellers favor with a firm feeling
At the close on the basis OF 34435c; most
side figure. and for an occasional lot that
scores very high 4 n &c more IL obtained.
Below butter that can be used by the best
trade there is very unsatisfactory market.
Accommodations are burdensome. and there
is pressure TO sell. which has resulted In A
decline on average frsts and ali seconds
prices have declined ABOUT lCs ana AT lnt
lower figures trade still drags heavily.
Quality Is OF lower average than for some
time past. so that the top figures seem eM-
IRENE with comparison TO what the bulk
Of goods have to sell at Some trading IN
faTcy held creamery at 304 &c, but other
qualities are greatly neglected. Not much
demand for process, and outside quotations
becoming more extreme. Factory and pack
ing stock feel the effects Of importatlons or
Siberian butter, and prices for all grades are
lower. Creamery. extras. 34g 35c; nrsts'
J - 4, o. De I n n I.
&c: held. extras, 30G 32c frsts ~ 29c;
seconds % y I.6c; thirds. 22is a. state
dairy. fnest. 3oq32c; good 70 prime 26a
.ras 2jts, 2Ghc: drsts. 24d24iac seconds.
n =. n 22iac imitation creamery. hrsts, ~
24i2c; factory held frsts 22i2 N 23c: cur
rent make. frsts. % 22i9c; seconds. 20 2 n
2li.c: thirds, 1917 zoe; packing stock, held,
dc; current make. No ,, zoe; No 3, 1Sn
1910.
CHEESE-Recepts for week. 500 boxes.
exports. 249 boxes 10 Europe and 20 TO trop-
cal countries. Market steady on leading grades
OF whole milk cheese but trading quiet and q
little more willingness 10 make concessions on
average fresh receipts OF both state and West
ern state whole milks. held, specials 49, a
1870; average. fancy, l6hc: fresh. specials,
l6tc; average, fancy, l5isul6c: undersrades'
l2l24l5i,r daisies. held, best. l6Aql7c; Wis.
twins and flats. held. best, 1914 dl6i2c. daisies.
held. best. l6G l6lsc: state. skins held, spe-
cas. 13dl5 isc; choice, l1i2al2i2c; fresh, spe-
cas. l2Gl2i2c; choice, Hall 'sc. skins, poor
10 fair, 5GlOc; skins or badly defective. "a
! a4c.
EGGs-Rcceipts for week. 2i.OG6 cases.
! imports. 1883 cases. Arrivals have continued
small and the market has been lightly sup
piled with fresh eggs OF good TO fine quality.
Holders have been expecting some Increase IN
receipts and have been disposed 20 keep their
stock cleaned up verv close. but the demand
has so far been sufficient TO absorb Western
and Southern offerings, at well sustained
prices. Undergrades however. have ruled dull
and irregular and a good deal OF seriously
mixed stock. including common 10 falr grades
! OF fall packed eggs has had 10 20 IN range o
| 30q37c. Storage eggs firm, but only moder
ate trading Nearby in better supply and
prices have fallen little under pressure 10
! clean up, especially for whites, which have
ruled dull. Receipts OF foreign eggs more lib
eral. arrivals being equal 70 about 5000 Amer
lean cases. most OF which. however are not
\ yet on the market. Sales have been IN range
| OF 2lT20c for lined. 25d2sc for refrigerators
and from 26d3sc for fresh stock, but with few
at top figures. Most of the so-called fresh
| have sold at 2Sd32c. Fresh gathered, extras,
dozen, 46G4Sc: extra firsts. iilf45c; frsts "a
| 43c: seconds, 3Na+lc: thirds and poorer. 800
SIC; dirties. 25a29c; checks, 23d25c; iefrlger-
| ator. special marks. fancy, 3Od3Osc: nists,
| 2Sle q29lsc: seconds. 2IQ2sc; lower grades. =
M26Iac; dirties. 22d26c nearby, hennery
| whites fine 10 fancy. $4,000: gathered. fine 10
! finest 54G5Sc: fair to good. 46n52c small or
| defective, 40l45c: Western. gathered. 40GJ0ci
nearby. hennery, brown, 1850; gathered and
| mixed, I2q iSc.
FRUITs-DRIED-Only an occasional lot
market. mostly choice. at 9l2c; prime cold
storage upstate closed quiet but strong at -.
! Qsc o b; futures quiet but firm. Export
demand quiet and demand domestic ac-
count small; holders firm. and at the close
SIC was bid fer Decsmber-January delivery
| prime. b, and Sac asked. February can
probably be bought at SIC. chops, December
January. quiet but firm at 2ssG2'.c for prime
| In bbls, b, and waste has oased OF, clos
ing at 2'.c for prime loose b. Raspber
n b For huCkleberfi6S. baCkDerrcS
and cherries holders are asking their own
prices. APPLES, evaporated. fancy, ~ lOis9
! l2c; choice, 9SG9ac prime, new, sl.gS &c;
old. sasAc; APRICOrS. California, Royals,
| choice to fancy. 1870 l5c; Moorparks. TAG Use.
PEACHES. unpeeled. 6i9ds re; PRIMES. Cal
ifornia. zoos to 3os, n. 3%al2hc.
| FRUIrS-FRESH-Re OF apples. 81,
1853 bbls. Apples plenty, demand active and
market gaining strength. Pears hrm. Gran
| berries higher. Oranges low. Grapefruit high
] err under light receipts. APPLES, Jonathan
81; Snow. SO JOqs4 -; spitzenterg. Greening
and Baldwin. 81 50d$i 80; York Imperial, SIT
81 50 King. s3aSJ; Hubbardson, 81 5OaSi.
Ben Davis, 81 25as3 %; Ear Western no box i aP
siGs7; cIalrgeau. 81 50dst; D'Anjou. $50
| So 500 Louis Bonne. 81 50qs 80 90; Seckel ana
Howell sSasS sssldSR; S5ssS 90 5o pSs1f -
| GRAPES, black. 10 basket crate. 81 IogS2; NJ
agara 10 basket crate. 81 IoqSS; 10 basket
1890: black. N basket loglss; CRAN-
/
| York crate. 81 I5aS2 20. Early Black, bbl. sou
81: standard crate, 81 1882; New York. 81 81
| Tsi rs: defective Dbl, 50 J0nSo; Long Island.
late. si6se; Early Black. sGqsT: Jersey. fancy.
large. late ssdSs 80; ordinary sorts. 81 JOgsi 30:
| crate 81 75dS2 %: STRAWBERRIES, Florida.
| quart. 75cQ$l: California. pint. lOuioc; CIT
RON Dbl 75ca$1; TANGERlNES, Florida
half box, 81 25GS2: SATSUMAS. Florida. halt
hox. 81 o5GIS1 rs: ORANGES, Florida, box, 100
Gso 50 Porto Rico. socdsl 10; Isle OF Pines.
SOc6fS1 30; Jamaica, sldSi 80; Nassau. Sln
81 10: California SlGs4 80; GRAPEFRUIT,
Florida. box. 81 50dSi; Cuban and Jamaica
81 5OGs2 so; Isle OF Pines 81 I5as2 20; Porto
Rico 81 5Od$3 80; Nassau. 81 50qS2 %; PINE
| AppII,s Porto Rico. crate, 81 2odS3; Cuban.
SiGso so: Florida, S1d$2 80.
UAy AND sTRAW-Receipts increasing
| Market on average receipts slow and top quo,
| ,a,ions more difficult to reach. Large baled
bav ton. timothy. No !, S2l4$2l 90; No , 70
Standard $50 500: light clover, mixed. SIS 81
Ssia so: other mixed. siiG$ls 80; No clover
s,7Sfsls SO; RYE STRAW, Sl7 small baled
Iay oi5i5c lower than large.
aHOPS-Recepts for week. 4,i3i bales
.xnorts 8 462 The local market for state
Sops mas been strong. Pacifcs a little easier
| u,r,her lots have gone abroad. and exports
, since september total 6i.io6 6aies. tht