Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01
BOSTON MARKET.

FLOUR-rhc Flour market is flrmcr for spring
wheat extras, which are now very scarce anu
wanted, especially COOL Shipping and bakers
brands, and wheat prices are steadily advancing
IN the west. Choice winter wheat HUurS are also
m better demand and firm at full quoted rates.
lhcre is no qultablc change. We note small
sales OF Western supcrlinc at $i.Ojtt2j com.
men extras, Si5Odi.1ji medium DO, at 5000
525; AMI choice do $5.50d6 $50 r. bbl the outside
rate for choice Minnesota bakers brands Straight
winter wheats are selling at S6.OOdG 50 for Ohio and
Michigan, S62Sd6.I5 for Indiana and Illinois, and
s650d 100 v bO for ST. Louis, the outside rate for
few fancy brands. Winter wheat patents are sell.
ing in a small way al 6.500I7j, and Spring wheat
patents are in moderate demand at 81. 1jds2j T.
boil few fancy brands 2ja soc higher small lots
Cornmeal is tlrmer at $2.25d2.40 p Dbl for fte>n
ground and kiln dried, and 1929 for granuated.
Rye flour is scarce and firm at 50 5UG3s7H b Dbl
Tor SUPERB and extra. Oatmeal is steady, with sales
at Sl.5O15 y Dbl for common western, and s. 5Ud6
y 6bl for choice and fancy brands.
GRAlN.-Ihe Corn market is firm and prices
have rather an upward tendency, with continued
light receipts of local grain, and further advance
bolh IN western and Liverpool quotations. There
Is an improved demand from both shippers
and the home trade. We quote the range
at 5ld523c U bushel for mixed and yellow IN
store, the latter mostly nomnal: car lots of high
mixed on track are selling at 5l4c the same is asked
to arrive and 49t0i9l&c for steamer and No. mix
ed for export free on board, with considerable
ter demand and trmcr. Old oats are scarce and
selling in small lots at range OF 33d3Sc V bushe.
New MIXED and white oats are selling at range of
3id3Sc U BUS aud extra white lTlc higher. Rye
scarce and firm at ga zoe v bushcl. Barley is
steady, with sales at 65uS0c H. bus for two-rowed
state; 70dS5c for four-roWtd state: 90 aJ for two
rowed Canada; Sl.ljUl.20 for siX.rowed do, and
iSG5Oc for feed grades. Shorts are in fair demand
and frmer, with sales at ,$ll.5OO15 y ton for car
lots on track. Fine feed at Si4.50dl5, and mid.
dlngs at l5.500l7 U ton, as 10 quality.
| PRODUCE.-rhe butter maI ket is very firm and
shade hgheror choice creameries and dariee the re-
cents OF which are lust now very light, and barely
sufficient to supply the current wants of the trade
who are compelled to substitute second grades 10
some extent. The latter are also hrmer aud IN
nn1 prhil info
ed and selling at wide range. We quote choice
Northern and Western creameries at lSd2Oc; tar
to good do at l5Gl1c; choice New York and Yer.
mont diaries OF la Ice; Franklin county do at lG0
l1c; selections and single tubs at l70lSc; fair To
good do at lOdl2c; bakers butter at 6dsc T. II.
Western dairy butter is firper, and selling lat 4
range of 9al4c for lade packed any I2al5c r. 10 for
| dairy packed. Cheese is IN better demand, and
prices of the better grades, which are in limited
| supply and wanted for export have slightly al.
vanced' American cheeseis also higher in England.
| We quote choice and extra Northern factories at
Od64 c; ialr to good do at 41G5Rc; inferior grades
at 3dic y II. Eggs are shade lower, with increas.
ell receipts and fair demand from the trade We
quote Eastern at l5dl6Hc; Northern and r. L.
Island at l5ladl6c: Western nominal att f., ljc f.
doz. Beans are in moderate demand, and prices
are steady We quote sales of medium white at
SlSOa LAO; pea do at $l.40dl.55 from common TO
Eastern handpcked; yellow eyes at gOcdS2 for
mats, and S2d2 10 per bus for improved round var
etles; POTATOES are coming forward quite freely,
but the demand is active and prices are Unchanged.
We note sales of New York and Vermont stock, in
car lots on track, at 5cd5jc per bus; natives are
selling at Sl5ODl.60, aud Bangor stock arriving IN
small lots by steamer at $lG0dl IS per Dbl. Sweet
potatoes are plenty and lower with sales at 81 per
Dpl Tor Virginia and S237ka so for jersey yeows.
| VEGETABLES AND FRUIr.-The market con-
tlnues to be very abundantly supplied with all sea-
sonabe varieties, and with favorable weather the
late iall crops of roots and vegetables promise to
he very large. The annual fair of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society, which opens to morrow IN
The society's building, will probably embrace Tho
nnest collection of native fruits and vegetables
that nave been shown here for many years. he
demand for all kinds continues good, aud thcre Is
no material change in prices. Cucumbers are sell
ing AT i0c per no; EheTkns ut II l5c per l0l; Let
luce at loo per box; parsley at Soc per bus slrmE
Deans at 5Od15c per bus; pole cranberry do at i
per BUS; horticultural do at Sl00dl2j per bus, and
lma do at Sl.25 per bus; marrow squIshcs NJ
sl.OOal2j per hbl; cabbages at iOJaSU1 per 100,
culllnowers at 7ocGt2.0O per doz; new lurnips,
oeeis and carrots at 7jc per bus; onions at s. 2)a
S2oO per Dbl; tomatoes ut 40aj0c per bus egg
plants AZ 75cdSl per dox; bell peppers at 7jc per
oox; green corn at lOG25c per doz.