Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
Boston Wholesale Market
Review
For Week Ending July II, 1928
Fruits and VegetabIes

The feature OF the week was the
heavy receipts of potatoes and the
marked slump in prices which offset
most of the gains in the recent price
advance. East Shore Virginia is now
supplying most of the potatoes used
in Boston and the stock averages fair
to good in quality: closing prices
were $G.00-6.25 per barrel or about q
dollar under a week ago. Water
melon supplies are running a trifle
| lighter but the stock is much better
in quality and bigger in size on the
average; South Carolina has started
| to ship melons although Georgia is
still shipping; the demand continues
the best for the larger sizes and they
are commanding premium with
prices ranging from Soc for small
| sizes to as high as $1.00 on the large
sizes. Good high colored peaches are
in demand and in light supply; the
best large, high colorcd stock closed
the week at S2.50-3.o0 per six basket
/ carrier while smaller and greener
stock closed slow at $1.75-2 90. Canta-
| loupcs are moving well from day to
| day with the market firm and receipts
growing lighter; the best standards
closed at $3.154.00 and jumbos at
! S4.25-4.50 on Arizona and California
! stock. Beans. peas and cucumberS
| tended to clean up during the week
and the present offerings are very
| light except for native stock. Fancy
| tomatoes are scarce and much of the
stock now offered is ordinary. the
best Maryland skies closed at S3.50-
| 400 per crate. Small fruits such as
blueberries, blackberries, currants
and cherries probably passed the
nG1E rnOnr1C rnoainto
week just past although New York,
New England and Nova Scotia are
still supplying the market.
Brighton Live Stock and Boston
Western Dressed Meats
Hog receipts moderate, market
| quiet, demand moderate; few sales
$6.5O-S.OO. Receipts of butcher cattle
| normal, market steady, demand light.
| Cows and heifcrs S6.00-7.00; bologna
bulls $4.50-5 500; Gamer cows and
heifers S2O0-3OO. Light weight veal
calves are selling at $9.00-13.O0, with
heavy weights at $4.O0-S.O0 per 100
lbs. Milk cows are slow under light
demand; choice $140.00-150.00; good
S12O.OO-14O.O0; medium $4,000 10000;
| common S50.00-S5.00 per head. Fresh
beef receipts limited, market steady,
demand light. Choice steers $780,
1850; good cows S14.50-15.00. Prac-
tically no western veal offered. Local
dressed at S9.00-22.00 per 100 lbs.
Lamb receipts light, market steady,
demand light. Choice lambs $2s.OO-
5000; good $26.00-27.00. Practically
no mutton offered. Pork receipts
very light, market steady, demand
| light. $40 lb. loins selling at $1,000
20.00 with 16 lbs. and over at S14.50-
1900 per 100 lbs. Picnics steady at
| S11 .00-11.50 for 40 lbs. and $1,000
| HOO for 6-S lbs. average.
Dairy and Poultry Products
Dressed Poultry, steady with a
tendency towards higher prices on
fresh fowl and fresh broilers. Froz-
en- Poultry, showing a little more ac-
tivity but no real active demand in a
large way. Fresh: Fowl, lbs. 25-
29c, As lbs. 27-29c, 3-315 lbs. 23-26c.
broilers 4045c. Live Poultry about
steady with only fair demand. Re
celpt fairly liberal. Fowl, 25-27c.
broilers 35-3Sc. Butter market about
steady at the moment with trading
very quiet as buyers are cautious and
are operating only for immediate
needs. Dealers are free sellers hut
are expressing more confidence in
present prices. Medium and lower
scores are in liberal supply and NOV
ing slowly and it is a buyers market
on this class of goods. Extras 39c
extras, assorted sizes spruce tubs 80
S91ac. Eggs: Market barely steady