Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-20
Boston Wholesale Market
Review
For Week Ending October Il, 1927

Fruits and Vegctables-Tra1inS
las been quiet all week, with the
price tendency steady to downward
on most commodities. Native Nc
Intosh apples firm at s1.7o4 $500,
and Baldwins steady at Sl.0O0Sl.-o
a bushel box. Green beans SOC
higher at S300Ms400 a box. Bccts
and carrots steady at s1.25, S1.50 and
s1.00, s1.25 a bushal, respectively.
Cabbage steady at s1.00, S1.25 bar
rel for both white and Savoy. Caull-
Celery unchanged at $500, $3.50
box for white and S2.75, $500 for
Pascal. Cucumbers higher at $500,
$1,000 a box. Escarole steady at 15c,
CSC a box Best lettuce steady at 75c,
s1.O0. but ordinary lettuce weaker
at 10c. sec 4 box. Parsnips unchanged
at $1.25, $3.50 box. Peppers higher
changed at soc, Csc box. Spinach
lower at soc, Csc a box. Blue hubbard
squash dull at % IL, SC a pound.
Tomatoes higher at $3.50. $3.50 4 box
for ripe and $500, $3.50 for green.
Shipped in-Good West Virginia
York Imperial apples weak at $500,
$3.50 a barrel. New York State
cooking apples mostly soc, 75c a
bushcl basket. Norfolk green beans
weak at $500, $3.50 a peck hamper
Colorado pink meat cantaloupes low
CT at SOC, S1.00 fiat crate. Massa-
chusctts cranbcrries steady at $500,
$3.50 half barrel crate. New York
Concord grapes weak at 75c, soc.
jumbo basket. New York State let
tuce steady at SIPS, $500 a crate
Middle western onions weaker at
$3.50. S175 per 100 lib bag. Massa-
ChusCttS onions S1.00. s125 a bag
Maine potatoes dull at S11O, S1.20
per 100 III sack. Virginia sweet po-
tatocs steady at $780, s2.12 IL a bar
rel. Baltimore spinach lower at soc,
Csc, a bushel basket.
Dairy and poultry products-But-
ter market rules firm at unchanged
prices on all grades. Dealers express
sing considerable confidence in the
present prices and are inclined to
ask premium on any desirable lots.
Trading on the whole is quiet as
mouth basis. Western extras 45c,
Northern extras As II, Acc. Cheese
market remained firm throughout the
week with fair amount of trading.
but mostly confined to smaller lots
Tor immediate needs. Buyers not in
cllned TO anticipate their needs and
no speculative trading in evident.
Fresh York State TWINS CSC e6c.
daisies "a 1-2-25c, young Americas
"a 1-2-2oc. Egg market about steady.
Demand and movement is good on
fine quality, but medium and lower
grades are drug on the market on
account of poor demand. Ordinary
receipts 3O-32c, firsts 3S-4oc, extra
hrsts 46-o2c, extras 56-57c. Storage
eggs showing a trfle unsettled I'M
dertone with some shading of prices
occasionally. Refrigerator firsts %
aoc, extra firsts Bic; nearby hcnnerys
hrm. receipts light. demand good.
selling mostly small lots to whole
salers 50-62c, with fancy browns M
TO 6Sc. Dressed poultry market firm
with fair demand and movement
Choice heavy fowl are short and in
good demand selling a IL ID aver
age) 32-34c. chickens g IL lb aver
ase) 2s-31c with heavier chickens
Up TO 34c. Broilers g lb average)
3o-36c: q II ID average) 32-34c.
Live poultry market steady with iieht
receipts and moderate demand. Fowl
22-.6c, chickens 21-24c, Leghorns
1920
Brighton live stock and Boston
dressed meat market-Receipts of
beef cattle normal. A few common
steers sold at $500 $3.50, beef cows
and heifers s3.50-s5.00, bologna bulls
s3-oO-sS,5o Gamer cows strong at
s1.5o-s3.oO per 100 lbs. Receipts of
veal calves moderate and market
steady, medium weights selling at
s9.oo-Sl2-oo. Hog receipts normal.
bulk Of sales around 1915 per 100 lbs.
Fresh beef slow and draegy with
good beef steers $16.O0-s17.OO, good
COWS slow at $1,000. and medium and
common plentiful at $7.O0-1o.oo per
100 lbs. Western dressed veal slow.
local dressed slow at $780, $40. 90. /
ana Brighton dressed s11.O0s140 90 |,
per 100 lbs. Western receipts of |
lamb moderate and market slow and
oraggy under light demand Cho,ca