Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-29
NUMBER ID.
hosToN PRODUCE MARKET
Week Of March 14-1s, 1921
: .epared BY the United States Bureau
Of Markcts.)
Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and Vegetables
Apples. onions and potatoes. which ad-
vanced last week. receded again this
week. Cabbage, spinach and tomatoes
closed higher, caulihower much lower. and
other important lines practically un-
changed.
New York State Baldwin apples were
slightly lower at $5.00-$5.75 per barrel.
Some highly colored Massachusetts, Bald
wins sold $3.50 $500. while fresh pack.
common storage Maine Baldwins sold
s400-$5.00.
New York State Danish cabbage ad-
vanced slightly from the disastrously
low prices of last week to 75c-S1.00
barrel. New Texas cabbage held steady
at $2.50-$3.00 a barrel, but advanced
sharply to 1926 at the end Of the week.
California caulifiow sr dropped under
heavy receipts from an opening price Of
s250-s30o to $1.s0-$2.00 per crate.
Florida oranges and grapefruit continue
plentiful and moderate in price. selling
mostly s3.25-$4.00 per box for oranges
and S3.00-H.50 for grapefruit, depending
on quality and size. California Iceberg
lettuce was firm at S4.00-$4.50 per crate.
Connecticut Valley onions declined 10c
under heavy receipts to $1.00-$1.15 per
100 lb. bag. Norfolk spinach was de-
pressed under heavy supplies to $500
$3.50 per barrel, but recovered to $3.50
at the end Of the week.
Aroostook County potatoes lost 15c OF
last weeks gain. closing at $1.35-$1s0
per 100 b. bag. Canadian rutabaga tur.
nips were steady at $2.00-$2.25 per 4o
ID. bag. Native grown Green Hubbard
squash continues in good demand at &c.
&c per 'pound.
Native grown beets were unchanged at
s1.00-$1.60 and turnips at 76c-$L00 per
bushel, while carrots declined slightly to
N.00-I-S and parsnips sharply to $l.25-
s1.50 per bushel.
Native grown hothouse vegetables sold
at the following prices: cucumbers sl2.O0-
$500; dandelions $3.50; and lettuce 7oc-
SLIPS per bushel radishes 40c-6oc dozen
punches; and rhubarb 13c-15c and to-
matoes 2oc-30c per pound.
Dairy and Poultry Products
Poultry seems to be the only one Of the
dairy products that can hold its own IN
the up and down markets noted recently.
and even this has had none too healthy
position until the holiday demand served
to clean up the surplus supplies Of fresh
birds. Fancy roasting chickens have
been in especial demand. prices on these
advancing to 4Sc for the best and +Sc
for the AS pound sizes with few capons
reaching up to s0c
Eggs have been accommodating and the
money situation and general unsettled
feeling In regard to what viii be the low
price Of the season has caused trade to
hold on buying for speculation and
storage, and prices have receded steadily.
The ordinary grades Of western eggs are
now 2c-4c lower than a week ago. Near
by eggs have been held back by the
farmers for Matching purposes. and prices
on these have not been Influenced to as
great an extent fancy brown hennery
Eggs now bringing S7c-40c. with demand
good.
The butter market has been the weak
est Of the lot, prices dropping steadily
each day until dealers lost about all con-
fdence. and as usual, the extreme dull
trade has contributed to force prices
lower than necessary. Fresh fancy so-H
score is selling at I3c-4sc. and storage
Of the same grade slow at f0c-4zc.