The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-02-25
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14.1s, 1921
prepared by United States Bureau of
Markets.



Lower prices for potatoes, onions. let
tuce, turnips and spinach prevailed this
week other lines remaining about steady
Common storage apples are about
cleaned UP nearly all offerings now be-
ing from cold storage New Hampshire
Baldwin apples were steady this week at
IS. 00-$5. so per barrel and New York
State Baldwins at $4.50-5.50 Maine and
New York State Danish cabbage was in
slow demand at $125-s150 per barrel,
while new Florida cabbage declined from
$300-S3.75 per crate early in the week to
S3.00-$3.50 at the close. California Ice
berg lettuce opened at s3.00-$350 per
crate, declined under heavy supplies to
s2.00-$2.25 by Thursday. but showed
signs of recovery at the close of the week.
Cape Cod cranberries were in light
supply and firm at $1,000 $4,000 per bar
rel, Connecticut Valley onions opened at
81 co. 1.25 per 100 pound bag but declined
to 75c-$1O0. Texas spinach, which sold
at 81. so per bushel last week. again
declined to $1.00-s1.25. Maine and Ohio
Green Hubbard squash was in good de-
mand at $120s125 per ton bulk.
Aroostook County potatoes lost 10c from
last week, dosing at $125-$1.40 per 100
pounds. Delaware and New Jersey sweet
potatoes were about steady at s1.75$2.0 90
per bushel. The first carlot shipment of
Florida strawberries arrived this week
and brought $4,000 per quart for the best
with soft and moldy berries selling down
to 15c.
Native grown turnips declined to CO.
75c per bushel, and Canadian rutabagas
to s15O-$1.75 per 14O pound bag. Other
native root vegetables were steady at
the following prices:-Per bushel Beets,
81 00-$1.75; Carrots. s1.oO-s1.5O and Pars-
nips. $1.50-s175.
Dairy and Poultry
Taken as a whole, local dairy markets
have been irregular, but gains have more
than offset losses and the week has
shown a slight advance in prices. Trade
has turned from storage to fresh butter,
and the increased demand has sent prices
rapidly upward, the fresh butter advanc-
ing about 4c and storage lie. At the
close fancy fresh 80 score was bringing
iSc, and storage 43-44c.
Egg prices, as customary at this time
IF year, have been very erratic, prices
Tor fresh westerns First" dropping from
TIC down to 34-35c and selling back to
1880. Receipts have been liberal. have
included seven cars of eggs shipped from
China and Japan, and have been more
han the demand could clean up, so prices
nave reacted to the daily supplies. Near
1y eggs have not been as plentiful how
ever, and prices for these have ranged
about unchanged at 46-50c.
Cheese has been selling well, but the
demand for something cheaper" has af-
ected prices as in other commodities.
Fresh cheese has sold readily at 24-26c,
,ut top grades of older, cured lots have
zone slow at 26-29c. Country markets
lave been about unchanged.
Neither dressed nor live poultry have |
hown any marked changes, but have had |
opposite tendencies the dressed and |
rozen birds being easier and slightly |
over while live fowl had been trmer. |
7ery top grades Of soft meated chickens |
md fowl have been moving but other |
rades are dragging with many expect |
ng drop in values. Fowl have ranged |
5-42c and chicken 35-50c according to |
lie and quality. The live fowl from |
earby points went generally at 1880 |
With western receipts at 34-37c. while
hickens ranged 32-36c.