Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-19
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET
Week Of April %-s, 1921
Prepared by the United States Bureau
Of Markets


Appiss, oranges and strawberries were
higher. new crop onions. spinach ana
Vweet potatoes were lower and other I'M
portant lines about steady.
New York State Baldwin apples ad-
vanced cents a barrel to $500 $o.e0.
California asparagus was more plenthui
and declined 800 q crate during the
week to l.00-6.00. South Carolina aspar-
lgus Is Of poorer quality and closed al
t3.00-S $500 a crate.
New crop cabbage is supplying the mar
ket entirely now. Alabama nat cabbage
In barrel crates remained practically
steady at $a50-$3.O0 and South Carolina
Wakefield cabbage at $3.00-$2.s0.
New Texas Bermuda onions sold Mon
day at 500 a bushel crate but declined
by the end of the week to Sz.T5-3.00. Old
crop onions were in slow demand *
rs cents $1.00 per 100 pound bag.
Aroostook County potatoes were bar ny
steady at $125-$1.40 per 100 POUNDS
sacked. Prices at Maine shipping points
closed is cents lower at N-1o-N.lo loo
pounds bulk for carlots delivered Boston.
Rondike strawberries from louisiana
we're scarce and 10 cents higher. closing
1t 25-28 cents a pint
Spring vegetables are beginning 70 ar
rive from Southern points. Green peas
from Mississippi in 2S quart hampers sold
Wednesday at 3.50-$4.00 but declined
later to $500. California rhuoare.
mostly Of ordinary quality. sold MONDAY
at $3.00-3.50 per box Of 40 poinds' put
later declined to s2.00-2.50. Native grown
rhubarb sold 1915 cents pound.
Native grown hothouse lettuce was
higher at $150-200 a bushel box. while
eQ 00-Q M hOY
Native grown beets were higher at
$1.5O-1.6O and spring dug parsnips at
$2.OO-2.25 bushel box. while carrots
were unchanged at S1.25-1.50 and turnips
1t .75-s1.00 a bushel.
Dairy And Poultry Products
The market as q whole has shown no
great changes from last week, and con-
tinues to reflect the uncertain conditions
Of general trade. Butter advanced
sharply, then dropped just as rapidly ana
Is now again on the upturn. Cheese
and Poultry have continued to ease on,
and eggs have held unchanged.
Fresh butter started to accumulate the
first of the week. and with conditions so
unsettled, dealers were quick 70 crop
prices to clean up stocks. but the de-
cline proved unwarranted. 30 prices
started up again. Fresh butter Ii more
plentiful, but there are no prospects OF
further imports for the present, 20 an
other advance seems likely. Fresh 30
% score Is bringing 1880 cents or aoout
the same as last week. and storage sells
at 1914 cents.
Cheese has been selling hard. country
prices continuing to drop and buyers
not anticipating their wants at all. fresh
cheese has been veW plentiful and has
declined about / cent Vermont twins
bringing u cents and New York make
a-a3 l-2 cents. Cured lots selling falr
at 16-z8 cents.
Egxs, while in considerable dfsfapor
as a speculation, have been IN demand
for regular needs. and top grades are a
shade frmer. Heavy receipts from the
southwest, especially Texas. and these
have sold mostly at 26-26 cents. Fine
westerns have had a good demand at
$3.50 cents and lots packed for storage
1t 3l-zs cents. Nearby eggs not arrtv-
ing as freely and about cent higher
At $40 cents.
The lower egg prices have been renec-
ted in an early kill Of poultry. and fresh
| fowl are starting TO arrive and prices tc
decline. Fowl are selling hard at @-fz
cents, chickens scarce at 60-S5 cents. and
frozen birds $3.50 cents as to quality
and size. Very few live fowl arriving
and the Jewish holiday ID making
fairly firm market at 3S-2a cents.