Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-27
IN BOSTON MARKETS.
LARGE AMOUNTS OF FINE VEGE-
TABLES RECEIVED DAILY.
CELERY AND GREEN CORN THE TWO NEW
yEGETABLES-GREEN PEAS GROWING
sCARCE-BUTTER MEN CONFIDENT.

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sCARCE-BUTTER MEN CONFIDENT.
BoSToN, July 25-Marketmen have been
busy this week The weather has been
very favorable to rapid perfection Of the
vegetables in the field and the farmers
have brought large amounts OF fine vege-
tables TO market daily.
Thus far the season for the farmer has
been fortunate one. The dry weather
which has prevailed is a potent element in
bringing stock to its best growth
The cold storage Of garden vegetables is
pfacticed 10y some spectators this season
and its effect has been to keep prices up a
trifie
The Two Newest Arrivals
on the vegetable market are celery and
green corn, the former from the west and
the latter from the south. Neither are here
in any quantity. The celery goes for 81 to
e. . dozen heads, and the corn for 81 a
bushel. Some of our best new potatoes are
from Bristol Ferry, Conn. These are
worth 50 barrel, while others go for e. so
TO S215
Green peas are getting scarce and 81 to
81. p are the prices prevailing, with pros
poets of higher prices String beans are
abundant at * cents box for wax or
green, and summer squashes bring 81 a
hundred. Early marrows are worth e. 80
to s. barrel
Lettuce sells for 80 cents box OF three
dozen heads, spinach 80 cents hushel.
radishes - cents q dozen, parsley 30 cents
a box, cabbage s. 10 81 a hundred, and
bunch onions g. per hundred lunches
Butter.
Boston butter dealers seem to be doing
an easy business The feeling l. that OF
confidence and il seems that the times of
uncertainty are over. at least for a time
The bottom prices prevailing seem 10 Ia
u l-slceuis for best couutry butter, and
some is held for ?. cents Receipts con-
tinue 10 be- Ia the excess Of Immediate
wants, and the surplus is going to increase
the vast arno-nt OF stock in cold storage.
The Finer summer Fruits
are now coming TO the market from the
south and California Some very fine
peaches are from Georgia at IS cents a
basket, while crates from California are
worth e. Two months ago and more the
nr~t siravb rites arrived In Boston from
the extreme south and since that time the
source 81 supply has gradually been COM
ing northward till today it has gone far
beyond our latitude and berries OF the
finest quality are on the market from St.
John, ~ Is. These bring Is cents per box,
with some poorer ones at a less figure
Really fine black berries are scarce and
the best we have bring Is cents box. New
Hampshire hueberries bring l2 TO Is cents.
Native raspberries are IS cents a quart, and
few southern sell by the crate from to
cents cup. Gooseberries sell for 10 cents
aqUart and currants the same.
The Quotations.
BELT-In beef trade is not exactly satisfac-
tor5. and tho market IS easy: Choice TO fancy
steers, sCsiac, prime, y. 80; good, 7Gt7l4c;
light; Giet1c; extra heavy kinds, ln9lltsc;
good sn,1c: hght, sl$aS5.c: fores. 5st-jl4c;
light ttt94cI backs, 6}st1lac; rattles, 3lT slic;
cAurks huthc; rounds. a19c: rumps, ln1iac:
rumps and !o!ns, lj1ljc. short ribs, n<tlG,;
loins. i.sl-c.
oATs-Dai- are nearly lc flrmer In the mar
kct 10 arrive though some OF the sellers hero
are withdrawn AS TO quotations. New
clipped to arrive in August sold Al &c and
S1l.c Chicago old clipped are QuotAble at
about Rst-pltc. The spot market is hrIner AT:
Clipped. 'a1tr-%c: fancy, dc; NJ. white, 55c;
No white s'c; clipped mI1ed. 3 ~, >s...c.
LAMB AND MUTToN-For mGttons and lambs
the market is not brisk. with veals steady:
Choice spring lambs, iO3llyac. common 10
good. sssaigr; poor and ordinary. -st~c: brigh-
tons, Haze yearlings, Sac9Iec; mutton. stt.'c:
choio. heavy Brightons, aJ9'3c, choice east
rru ycAls. a159>Ec, common 10 good, 7..sC;
BreAtaus aud fancy. iltlsc.
pLorR Flour may be said to hc looking a
ltile t.ttcr. from the continued slight frmnrs,
ia wheat. Quotations arc unchanged At: Fine
s I -
2 3; Minnesota bakers, clear and straight,
s. n3E winter. clear and straight. s. T. t-j =;
winter pat, - D,lt loe spring pat st4;4 -.
rorAToEs The potato market Is we'll sup
Piled, with tie tendency easy: Jerseys, e. 10
49,: Hristui.. ~; extra Nurfolks. s. ~.
2.5 fair 10 good, :: 255t3 - New sweet is,-
taiocs arriving. and are bringing stli -
pr bbl far choice.
CHEESE Cheese Il quiet. with quotations
steady. Northern full creams, "a ,91!c; fair TO
gooi. $3.50; western choice. - 20: fair to
good, ~ -: Liverpool is quoted at SIS 81 on
white. roiur,~!. 80 dsi-
Cons torn L. irmer. No. ; yellow 10 ar
rive j. quoted AT 5lisC and at ole for No. veil
low. Tie spot market IS also nrrucr. Steamer
yellow, sic, Noe yellow, al+sc; steamer mixed,
5oc
HAr-I In the hay market there Is little
change to note. In mill feed tie market is
81 ~ and Sack winter at 81. III, p.
Zoos EIss are quoted to h. Iittle frmer:
with quotations az: Western, ljElto, Mlcfi-
gan. VI ISLAND, l5lsll6c; eastern and
northern. l6-g Gle.
MEAL orumcal IS unchanged, though
ii-mcr, from the stronger position Of corn.
Bag nv a. l. quoted at 81 t9-c, with barrel AZ
s. l'.L21'.
BrTTEH-The butter market is rather duh.
with prices not stronger, 10 say the least,
tossh quotations are nominally uchaugad.
FnHN No further changes are admitted in
H. price. Of pork provisions Trade is rather
s.1rt