Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01
Boston Wholesale Market
Review
For Week Ending February 26, 1923
Fruits and Vegetables

| Trading was more active with the
coming of mldcr weather. and cab
baSc, cauliflower, lettuce and straw
berries were higher. Other lines
mostly steady. Shipped-in: New York
sta te- Baldwin apples steady at most =
/ " S5.00s5.50 n barrel. Best New
! England Baldwins s6.OO-s6.5O a bar
rel. Texas bunchcd beets and car
rots steady at $2.OO-2.50 O bushei
basket. New York Danish cabbage
| soc higher at 2.75-s3.O0 a barrel. New
Texas cabbage firm at $3.50 a barrel,
California caulifiower scarce and
higher at $500 a crate. Florida
Celery plentiful and dull at $1.50- 800
Il crate. Cape Cod cranberries draggy
at mostly s4.00-$4.50 a crate with a
few fancy berries as high as $500.
California Iceberg lettuce soc higher
at S3.00-S4.00 crate. Western
onions higher at S30O-S3.25 and
Massachusetts onions at S2.25-$2.5O
at S1.45-$1.5 so per 100 Id sack. Texas
spinach steady at s1.0O-s1.25 bushel
| basket. Florida strawberries in bet
ter demand at 35c-50c a quart
NatiYc-Baldwin apples unchanged at
/ 81 % 50 SOFA bushel box. Beet green's
75c-s1.00 a box. dollhouse lettuce.
steady at 25c-50c and radishos at
s1.50-s1.75 box. Rhubarb higher at
12Ac-15c pound. Turnips and.
rarsnips higher. bects and carrots
! steady. Per bushcl: Beets s1.50-
s1.75; carrots s1.75-s2.OO: parsnips
! $500 2.25; turnips $3.50 $3.50.
Dairy and Poultry Products
Dressed poultry remains PRACTICAL
ly unchanged. Demand continues
good for lighter fowl with heavy
weights selling slowly. Values on
! chickens are irregular as a large per-
centage Of receipts are running
coarse and STACEY. Fowl as lb)
| 29c-32c: GA lbs) 24c-30c. Chickens.
6 lbs and up) 2Sc-36c depending on
quality. a lbs and up) 25c-2Sc; g.
4 lbs) 23c-2 Live poultry receipts
i continue light with demand only.
fair. Heavy fowl wanted mostly.
Fowl 26c-30c: chickens 24c-27c. But
ter-The market is steady and firm,
especially on top scores. Trade has
been only moderate with the great
est demand for fresh butter, Deal
asking prices but are free sellers
and are willing to pass goods along
which show q profit. Buyers are
very cautious and are not taking
goods in quantities beyond their i'm
mediate needs. Extras 53c: North
ern extras assorted sizes spruce
tubs 53c- 53ac. Eggs-Market is rath-
err unsettled with a tendency towards
easier prices. Receipts and street
stocks are light but dealers are free
sellers. Storage eggs are fairly Well
cleaned up and only few dots are
now available. Fresh EHs-Sec-
onds 35l-36lc; frsts 1886; extra
firsts 39c-40c; nearby hennery whites
41c: mixed colOr> 42c-43c; fancy
browns up to 44c. Cheese market con-
tlnues firm with most Of the demand
for held Twins and Young Americas.
Fresh cheese having very little call
and is accommodating. Dealers opti-
mistic and are holding firm with
buyers not interested in any large
lots and purchasing for immediate
needs only. Held Cheese-Twins &c
2sl; Daisies 2Sc-2Sac; Young Amer
icas 29c-30c.
distributed through the Boston Of
flee OF the U. S. Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics, Department Of
Agriculture. 400 Atlantic avenue.)