Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-31
LOCAL MARKETS.

LOCAL MARKETS.
The peach is the king of fruit In
the local market at present. Dealers
have large supplies on hand and the
choicest yet offered in the market can
be secured this year at low prices. The
price of peaches is at rock bottom and
will go up soon, according to dealers
Pears, plums and crab apples are on
the market, but are not moving fast
as people are not buying fruit this year
as strong as last season and the rea-
son Is attributed to the high price of
sugar. Squash and pumpkins are on
the market and are being brought by
dealers at one cent per pound. The
livestock market is active with prices
steady today.
Wholesale Markets.
(The following are the prices paid
to the producers and not what the
wholesaler charges the retailer. ex-
cept in vegetables:)
Vcgetables-(C daily by the
Capital Brokerage &, Commission COM
pany,) -P otatoes, SLIPS per cwt.; cab
bage. 81 per cwt; squash, lie per pound;
pumpkins. 1c per pound.
]. Campbell & Son)-Blackbe berries, 81
par crate; peaches soc per crate; wat
ermelons 75c per cwt.: grapes 4@5c
per pound; tomatoes; &c per pound
apples, 65@75c per box.
Dairy acknowledgements daily by
the Jensen Creamery company
Creamery butter, solid pack, 32c; prints
extra cream, per gallon, 81; milk. per
gallon, zoe; per hundred pounds, $40;
butter fat, SIC per pound.
Livestock-(C Corrected daily by the
Boise Butcher company $4.75
@5 per cwt. steers. $5.5o@5.7O; fat
hogs, $S@S.25 per cwt.; medium, $7.25
@T75; heavy, $7@7.50; shearling weth-
ers, $4,000 per cwt.; ewes, 3@31@c
per pound; spring lambs, DC per pound;
spring chickens. 12hc per pound;
hens, SC per pound; turkeys, 12@c per
pound, live weight; Ice per pound
dressed; breakfast bacon, zoe per
pound; ham, 19c per pound; lard, tree
base, 12kc per pound.
Eggs, honey and ranch butter
Corrected daily by w. ]. Campbell &
Son.)-Fresh ranch eggs. per case. Sc:
honey, per case $2.40@2.75 ranch but
ter, 25 a 30c per pound.
Hay and grain-Alfalta, $8@S.50 per
ton, baled; timothy. baled, $10@11;
wheat, $115@125 per cwt; oats. SIG
$1.1o per cwt.; barley. anc0$1.
Retail Markets.
Corrected daily by w. ]. Campbell
& SOM Potatoes, IA pounds for Csc;
per cwt. $3.50; green peppers. csc
per dozen; parsley, sc per bunch;
onions. for SC; dry onions, &c
per pound; radies, for SC; car
rots, &c per bunch: cucumbers, two for
sc; new beets, sc per bunch; new car
rots, sc per bunch; cauliflower, 10c
per head; wax beans, pounds for Csc;
green beans, pounds for 25c; sweet
corn, Is @20c per dozen; celery, &c per
bunch; egg plant. 10c each; summer
squash, sc each; dill, 10c per bunch.
Local fruits-Apples, pounds Csc,
per box, 81; local peaches, 15@25c per
basket; per apple box $1@1.15; per
crate choice, soc; plums, zoe per bas-
ket; watermelons, 1c per pound; can
taloupe, 5Q10c; tomatoes, SC per
pound, 55c per crate; Damson plums,
sc per pound crab apples, 4c per
pound.
Tropical fruits-Bananas, pounds
for 25c; cut off bananas, 15c and zoe
per dozen; Florida pineapples. 124c per
pound; oranges. zoe to soc per dozen;
lemons, 35@4oc per dozen. Tokay
grapes, Csc per basket.
Eggs, butter and honey-Ranch eggs.
per dozen, csc: creamery butter, 40c
per pound; ranch butter. 3oc, best CSC
per pound; honey, 15c per pound.
Sugar and lard-Beet sugar, per
cwt., $7@725; cane sugar, per cwt.,
$7.25@S; lard, per lob pail, $3.50;
maple sugar, 25c par pound.
Fish-Halibut. zoe per pound; sal
mon, zoe per pound; perch. zoe per
pound; salmon trout zoe per pound;
salt cod. i5c per pound; smelts. zoe
per pound.
Poultry and meat-Hens. zoe; ducks.
22c; spring frys. soc to 65c; roasting
chickens. 22c; spring ducks. 22c per
pound; cod. 15c per pound.