The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08
Produce Market Furnished by Connecticut Department of Agriculture B. P. Storrs, local agent.l

Lighter supplies and an active demand for native spinach and let tuce at the Meadow street farmers market Wednesday morning resulted in both selling out we'll for prices unchanged or higher. Snap beans on the other hand, were ir- creased in suply and averaged a little lower. Summer squash, which were liberal and marked down sharply to lower prices in order tc clear the last of them on Tuesday morning, were much lighter iil supply Wednesday and sold out early for prizes usually even with the previous morning, only few late buyers being forced to pay more.
 Iceberg lettuce of average first grade sold mostly for 90 cents tt $1 box of 18, ordinary quality stock bringing 75 cents. Spinach went fol $1 to $1.25 a bushel, and lak buyers were unable to find any. Green flat beans sol dmostly fol $1 to $1.l0 a bushel, some down te 75 cents. Round green varieties brought SIPS to $15o pushed fol best stock and wax sold for about the same figures as the round green.
 Only a few crates of native small fruits were on sale, strawberries be. ing gone and as yet only light scat- tering offerings of raspberries, cur- rants and cherries are coming in These sold for about the same fig. ures as earlier in the week. Cur. rants and native sour cherreis 1( to 12h cents aequart red raspber- ries 12 to 15 cents pint, and blacs cap raspberries 20 to % cents g quart.
 Tuesday at the weekly Hamder auction egg and 1iev poultry salt prices for all kinds of offering; ranged about he same as the previ. ous week. Offerings totaled 29l cases of eggs, 679 crates of poultry and 4 calves.
 Large Special grade eggs brought 40 to 46 cents a dozen, averaging 41.6; large Extras 39-421s, 40.2; me- dium Specials 37h -39, 38l; me- dium Extras 35A-3S. 36.l; bullet Specials 26-S4, BOA; bullet Extras 3o-34, 31.5; gathered, large 34h-37; medium 32-35; bullets 221s-24; pc wees 22-23; and duck eggs 341s-3s cents a dozen.
 The following quotations are based on cash sales of No. 1 native prod ucts to retailers at the farmers market or wholesalers stores, except as otherwise noted:
 Live foul, heavy, sold for IS 1-2-2a cents a pound; leghorn fowl 1s- 21 1-2; broiIers, Reds 16-2O 1-2i Rocks 18-22; Leghorn IS 1-2-1S 1-2i bullets, heavy 1920 1-2; roasters 1S. g 1-2; old roosters 15-lS; ducks 13- 13 1-2; rabbits Ii; and calves 5-7.t cents a pound.
 FRUITS: Apples, western boxed Winesaps 2.75-3.0O bu., new Trans parent, southern 1.75-2.0O bu.; blue berries, wild, southern .22-.25 qt. cultivated .23-.25 pG, black raspber' ries .2O-.25 qt., red raspberries .12-.1s pt.; entrants .10-.13 qt., sour cher ries .1O-.12 1-2 qt.; peaches, s0utherr 1.60-2.25 1-2 bu.; water melon .So' .75 ca.
 VEGETABLES: Asparagus, 1.50' 200 doz.; beans, fiat green .75-1.1' bu., round green 1.25-1.5O bu, wal 1.25-1.4O bu.; beets .35-.40 doz.; broc. coli .50-.75 doz.; cabbage .4O-.50 box carrots ,50-.eO doz.; caulifiower .75. LOO doz.; celery .90-1.00 doz.; GU. cumbers, southern 1.25-lS0 bu. lettuce, iceberg .75-1.00 doz, heat .75-.90 box, romaine .60-.75 box; on ions, southern 1.25-l.50 bu.; peas 1.5O-2.00 bu.; peppers, southern l.5O' 1.75 bu.; potatoes, southern 2.5O-2.7l bbl.; radishes 1.o0-1.50 bu.; scallion: .13-.15 doz.; squash .90.1.25 bu. spinach 1.00-1.25 bu.; tomatoes, ma tive 400 1-2 bu., southern 2.5O-2.7! lug.
 POULTRY PRODUCTS: Conn eggs per doz.; newlaid Fancy Al Special .40-.41; Extra .3S-.40; Gath cred .S6-.Ss; Newlaid medium .3s Special medium .35-.3S; Extra me dium .34-.36; western firsts .24-.26 live fowl, heavy ,20-.2S lb., IeghorI .19-.22 lb., broiIers, Reds .16-.2O ID. Rocks .17-.23 h., Leghorn .16-.19 ID. Roasters .20-.24 Ib.; dressed, flow .26-.3O h., broilers .2S-.30 h., roast CTS .30-.33 ID.
 LIVESTOCK, MEATS AM BUT TER: Butcher stock, cows .O4-.0S ID. calves .07-.10 lb., meats. beef .2l-.2' lb., veal .17-.20 h., lamb .22-.24 ID. pork Ioins .2S-.31 lbs ham bes smoked .25-.27 lb., butter 9O-92 SCOT, .33-.36 ID.