Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-23
Boston Wholesale Market
Review
For Week Ending Nov. 81, 1922
Fruits and Vegetables

Trading has been quiet, but some
lines of winter vegetables sold a little
better. The activity that usually pre-
cedes Thanksgiving has not set in get.
Native: Good Baldwin apples steady
ct S1.25-1.50 a blu. box. but good Nc
intosh higher at $2.J0-3.50 a box.
White cabbage steady at 75c-1.0O bar
rel, but Savoy advanced to S1.o0-1.2o
a barrel. Cauliflower firm at s1.5o-
2.25 box. Celery firm at s2.0O-9.Oo
box for white and S3.00-3.75 for Pascal.
Cucumbers scarce and higher at S9.CO-
1890 a box. Lettuce trif1e loW4r at
?5-65c a box. Radishes lower at Sl.Io-
200 a box. Squash firm at S2.50-3.o0
q barrel. dollhouse tomatoes firm at
2S-30c pound. Root vegetables I'M
changed at S1.25-1.50 a bu. for beets
end parsnips. and 75c-St.00 for carrots
and turnips. Shipped In: Unclassified
Maine Baldwins firm at s2.75-3.50 bar
rel. New York State Danish cabbage
steady at mostly $1.10-1.15 barrel.
Cope Cod cranberries draggy at $1,000
1900 a barrel. Idaho iceberg lettuce
scarce and higher at $500 crate.
Onions in light supply and slightly
higher at s2.00-2.10 per 100 ID. bag for
Michigans and s1.25-1.50 for Connecti-
cut Valley stock. Maine potatoes in
heavy supply and weak at $1.4o-1.3o
per 100 lb. sack. Baltimore spinach
higher at s1.1O1."5 a Blu. basket and
Norfolk spinach at $3.50 barrel. Nir-
ginia sweet potatoes little higher fat
SI.75-o.G0 o barrel. Canadian Ruta-
baga turnips unchanged at s1.00-l.50
per 40 lb. sack.
Dairy and Poultry Products
Butter market rules firm on all
grades of both fresh and storage goods.
Euying interest has been good and
trading was fairly active the past
week. Street stocks of fresh butter
are comparatively light and the bulk
Of the trading has been confined to
storage goods. Cheaper butter scoring
s7-SS points has been in demand and is
selling around 3S-39sc. Western eS-
tras fresh soc: storage Acc. Northern
extras fresh 50-50ic. Cheese continues
firm on all styles with the dealers as
rule working out their held and short
held lots. Buyers are very conserva
tive in thetc purchases and are not in
o;incd to speculate in anticipation of
their future requirements. Trading
has, however, been fair on all styles
with the most interest being shown on
the York State Twins. York State
Twirs 26-27c. S. Daisies 25l-26sc.
Noung Americas 25a-26ac. Eggs are
holding firm with q continued good
demand for finer quality fresh goods.
Medium and ordinary grades are NOV
ing slowly but street stocks of these
grades are gradually being reduced.
Storage eggs are showing more activity
and considerably better feeling is
evident. Buyers are interested mostly
in the finer packs Of Aprils but there
is fair movement in the later summer
eggs also. Fresh ordinary receipts
s0-45c. Firsts 46-55c. Extra firsts
5c-s5c. Extras 66-75c. Trades and
Dirties 22-25c. Refrigerator seconds
?G-27c. Firsts 29-29ac. Extra firsts
3c-30ac. Extras 31-3lic. Dressed poul
try receipts continue liberal on both
fowl and chickens with the market
trife easier. Choice heavy fowl
t4a.6 lb.) 32-34c. Chickens <3-3a lbs.)
26-oSc with ID. up to sac. Broilers
short g lb.) 3739c;(2a-3 lb. av.) 81
csc. Live poultry about steady with
any desirable stock bringing premium
anG finding a ready sale but poorer
lots are very slow. Fowls 21-24c-
Chickens 20-22c. Leghorns 1920.
Distributed through the Boston Of
fee of the L. S. Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics.