Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-20
BERRY SEASON IS
NOW ALMOST PAST
Trade Is Turning to Later
f, Fruits-Activity on the
= Livestock Market.

The berry season is almost over, the
demand having fallen off materially in
the past few days. There are still Of
ferings of raspberEies and dewberries
but the demand is turning to peaches
and other fruits Another carload OF
California canteloupe arrived this
morning. The vegetable market is well
supplied and today sweet corn and new
potatoes declined in price.
The livestock mark ct is quite active
4. present. with the exception of hogs.
A decline of IS cents per hundred in
the price of top cows was noted today.
Retail Markets.
(Corrected daily by w. j. Campbell &
SOM
New potatoes. 8 pounds for 25c; green
peppers, soc per pound; parsley &c per
lunch; onions, for SC; dry onions, &C
mound, radishes, for sc; carrots, DC
ner bunch; head lettuce, 10c per
mound: dollhouse cucumbers, 1Oc each;
rnubarb sc per bunch water cress, &c
per bunch: green pepas, pounds Tor
Che: new bcets, &c per bunchi new tur-
Mrs. Sc per bunch new carrots, DC
per bunch; cauiiflower, 10c per head;
wax beans. pounds for 25c; green
beans. two pounds for 25c; sweet corn,
sweet corn, @0c per dozen.
Local fruits-Apples, lbs for 20c;
pie cherries, Csc per basket; currants'
25c per basket; raspberries. ) boxes Tor
Csc. per crate 81; blackcaps, Toe box;
dewberries, . boxes for Csc, SIPS per
crate; local peaches. csc per basket;
apricots. $1.35 per crate.
Tropical fruits-Bana-as pounds
for 25c: cut off bananas, 15c anc, zoe
per dozen: Florida pineapplcs R1sc
pound; grapefruit, 15c each; California
tomatoes. 15c per pound; oranges, 2oc
to soc per dozen; canteloupe, 1OQ1S &c
each
Eggs. buttel and honey-Ranch eggs.
per dozen, csc; creamery butter, 3Oc
per pound; ranch butter, Zoe per
pound; honey 15c per pound.
Sugar and lard-Bect sugar, per cwtr
$500, cane sugar per cwt.. $3.50; lard,
per 0-pound pail. $3.50; maple sugar
25c rer pound
Fish-Halibut zoe per pound; salmon,
zoe per pound perch zoe per pounC'
salmon trout, soc per pound; salt COD
15c per pound.
Poultry and meat-Hens, 2Oc; -ks,
23c: spring frys, soc to Csc; roasting
chickens, 22c; turkeys, Use; geese Use
per pound; spring ducks, 23c per
pound: Jones dairy rm bacon, Soc;
cod, 15c per pound.
WholesaIs Markets
Crhe following are the prices paid to
the producers and not what the whole
sa!er charges the retailer. except in
vegetablesD
Vegetables-(C Corrected daily by the
Capital Brokerage & Commission COM
panyD-New potatoes, SEQ per cwt.;
new cabbage, SIPS per cwt. turnips, 81
per cwt.
Local fru.t-(Corrected daily by w
j. Campbell & Son)-Cherries. zoe pei
gallon: currants, zoe per gallon; rasp-
berries. 75c to soc per crate; blaekcaps
$1@1.15 per crate; dewberries, 81 pei
crate: peaches, 500 soc per crate.
Dairy produce-tC Corrected daily 10y
the Jensen Creamery companyO-
Creamery Dut' n, solid pack, &c; -.rir
extra. cream. per gallon, 81; milk. pc
gallon, zoe; per hundred pounds, $40
butter tat. 22c per polno.
Livestock-( Corrected daily by thu
Boise Butcher company Cows, SAL
as per cwt: steers, S5.50@5.7O; IA
hogs, $6.75Q7 per cwt.; medium. $3.50
heavy, IS; shearling wethers, s3,500
per cwt.: ewes, 3@31ac per pound
spring lambs, &c per pound; sprinl
chickens, 15c per pound. like weight
hens, 1Oc per pound cockerels, Sc pc
pound; turkeys. 121sc per pound, liv
weight, Ice per pound dressed; break
fast bacon, 19c per pound; ham, lie pc
pound: lard. tierce base. 12hc pc
pound.
Eggs honey and ranch butter
Corrected daily y w. j. Campbell
SOM Fresh ranch eggs. per case, $J.2
@5.50; honey, per case, $3.50 40
ranch butter. 200221ac per pound.
Hay and grain-Alfalfa, SO pc
ton, baIed. timothy, baled, SHOE
wheat. Sl.4001.45 per cwt.; oats, $1.3
@1.35 per cwt.