Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-09
Boston Wholesale Market
Review
"a. Mall Endina Nav 19ZZ
Fruits and Vegetables


Trading continued quite with the
price tendency steady to slightiy
lower on most lines. Native-Mcln-
tosh apples weak at $2.5C-$3.O0 ana
Baldwins steady at $1.OO-$l.5o
bushel box. Beets and carrots I'M
changed at 1.00-$1.50 and s75c-$1.0o
bushel respectively. White ana
Savoy cabbage weak at mostly $l.Oo
a barrel. Caulifower unchanged at
$1.5O-s2.25 box. Celery firm at
s2.5O-$3.OO box for white and $3.50
1915 for Pascal. Cucumbers lower
at $4.0O-$8.0O a box. kale higher at
4Oc-6Oc a box and greenhouse lettuce
at S5c-$10O a box. Parsley higher
at 75c-$1.O0 box. Parsnips 25c
lower at $1.00-s1.50 q bushel. Squash
steady at $2.0O-s2.75 a barrel.
Turnips draggy at 75c-s1.o0 bushel.
Shipped In-New York State A
grade Mcintosh apples steady at
$3.50 a barrel. Northwestern extra
fancy Jonathans weak at S1.5O-$2.2o
box. Connecticut Brussels sprouts
firm at 15-1Sc a quart. New York
State Danish cabbage weak at S1.00-
1925 a barrel, or s1G.00-$20.00 q ton.
Massachusetts cranberries slightly
weaker at $1,000 a bushel. New
York State Concord grapes dull at
55-65c a AZ quart basket. Idaho Ice
berg lettuce active but weakened at
the close to s5.00-5.50 a crate. Middle
Western onions steady at $1.50-2OO
and Massachusetts onions at $1.00-
1.25 per 100 Id bag New York State
Kieffer pears draggy at $1.50-2.00 a
barrel. Maine potatoes steady at
$140-15O per 100 lb. bag. Baltimore
spinach firm at $110 a bushel basket.
Ohio Blue Hubbard squash steady at
$40. 00-45OO ton. Virginia sweet po-
tatoes very dull at s1.75-1.90 a barrel,
and Delaware Sweets at G575c a
bushel hamper.
Dairy and Poultry Products: Butter
market rules firm on all graz es and
prices on the top grades have advanc-
ed another cent. Trading was fairly
active during the week with the ma
jority Of sales on storage butter.
Fresh butter is in light supply and
large percentage of the trade has
turned to storage goods. Western
extras fresh 49c, storage 45c northern
extras fresh 40 1-2-50c. Cheese mar
ket firm with prices only a fraction
higher. Trade has no. been active
as the buyers were showing very
little inclination to buy beyond their
immediate needs. Fresh made goods.
both York State Twins and Wiscon-
sin Daisies, continue to make up the
bulk of the trading. Twins 26-22c.
Daisies Is 1926 1-2c, Young Ameri-
cas- Is 1925 s-4c. Eggs ruling firm
on real fine goods and about steady
on medium and ordinary eggs. Fancy
, eggs are short and in good demand
while there are liberal supplies Of or
| being freely offered but moving slow
| ly. Ordinary receipts 30-44c; firsts
45-52c; extra firsts 53-62c; extras 60
/ zoe; trades and dirties 22-25c. There
| is only a fair amount of trading In
! storage eggs as users are not buying
beyond their immediate needs. Re-
frigerator firsts 2S-29Ac, extra firsts
! 80 -3OAc. Dressed poultry rules steady
at prices about unchanged from last
week. Supplies have been liberal
| with only a moderate demand. Heavy
fowl are short and wanted, CAS- ID.
average 33-35c; chickens liberal sup
ply. smaller sizes prices trifle extra;
| (3-Ss Id. average) 27-2Sc. with 4 lb.
chickens up to 35c. Broilers are
| short, 2 Id. average SS-40c, 2a-S Id.
average 32-40c. Live Poultry quality
running very poor, only a few lots of
fancy birds arriving, and they are
bringing a premium over ordinary
stock. Fowl 20-24c, chickens 20-22c,
Leghorns 1890.
distributed through the Z. s. De-
partment Of Agriculture, Boston Of
flee, Bureau of Agriculture Econom-
les, 402 Atlantic Avenue.)