The Somerset reporter., 1893-03-02
IN BOSTON MARKETS.
But Little Change in the Gen.
eral Condition.

Winter Quietuess Rules the Produce Mat
ket No INDICATION of brace Up-Th,
vegetable Trade il Quiet aud steady,
Winter quietness rules III Boston pro.
duce markets. aud the first week OF
spring viii find the market with practi
cally without feature Of i'm ortauce.
The n,llness Of the butter market still
continues, with little hope of improve
ment. Could trade brace up for few days
a healthy bur mss might begin, but 81 far
there is little indication Of this. The fact
is that prices are far but the demand
from dealers is poor.
The vegetable market Is quiet, and a
steadiness can De noted all around. The
native rotate trade is regular in demand,
though this portion is by lar the smallest
variety dealt in. The Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island stock has its usual
demand fro,1 certain class -, while the
fancy trade finds satisfaction III paying
IS To 50 a barrel for new potatoes from
Bermuda
These latter have now been in the mar
kel for two weeks and are the finest thht
can be obtained so far. The middle #
April will see the second crop from Brr-
muda, which is by far better In quallt"
than those now in trade.
OF the vegetables now in the market,
native celery is bringing 81 to % box;
dollhouse grown cucumbers ~ cents
r. apiece. radishes, ~ to 81 cents dozeh'
buuehe, parsnips. 10 cents busnti'
spinach, Il to 81 80 a bushel; box kale, 81
n barrel; satisfy. - to 80 cents bushes
beet greens. $50 a bushel. Cani!hower
is much spotted and is quoted At %
- cents Il noX.
Little reason for the smalluess In the
butter trade can be assigned except thar
Of unusually small consumption for THIS
time of the year Fresh Western sells Tor
q to ~ cents The best butter hardly
costs more than 80 cents from the specu'
lators,
The trade In fruit is fairly good, with
naturally small dealings n last falls ma
tive stock. Or es. good Baldwins bring
g.. 80 to 81 IS "A barrel, but many lots are
frosted and sell for much less. A very
few lots of Aujpu prars 20 for a to % q
box Cranberrles f. ~ c .,r Cod tax a
wide range "a to q rfr'9'
are worth - i barrel
or the tropical francs, er.n-es from
Florida. are worth IS 10 to 81, - IA x for
the best, while inferior stock runs rs low
as sli5 to s225 Virginia peanuts sell foi
8to cents Il pound.
Quotations.
OATS Oats ara quiet ia the west, but ship.
pcrs 10 this market have with lrnwn quota
tions In some instances, Tor the reason that
cars are not to he had. Chicago clipped, ic
arrive. are quoted at t,f tLac, with No.
white at ~ and with No. white at ii ac.
The spot market is very firm, by reason of the
delaN OF oats ia transit. clips sold us high u,
Sc from track. The quotations are: Clipped,
t5lqaiGc: fancy, i6l@c; W. : white, Ale; No
white, i2lsq i3c; mixed, T. 2dGi3l1c.
MEAI The cornmcal market il steady Dat.
meal is declared to he trmer; Kiln dried corn.
meal for export, e. !0,g! n; bag meal, 81 $50
! III; yellow granulatcd. - s013 Oatmeal is
quoted At 81 lGll5 ~ for ground and rolled,
S. lo6t5 20 for cut Rye Is quoted at 72lDi3c foi
dealers, and IN, for round lots TO arrive. Rye
flour. 81 aja4 per Dbl for round lots, with job
bcr-' prices 81 JoG4
Cons Corn is easy in the west, but Their,
is Il dclrth of cars for shipping this way, ow-
ingto the blockaded condition of the railways,
Chicago No. yellow, TO arrive, is quoted at
jht3jlgc. with country yellow at 121et053c. The
spot market is very firm by reason of the little
yellow sold from truck at Glec. The quota
tians are at: steamer yellow ~ SDyic steamer,
j4l,,d5r.
BEEf- Beef -old better. with the market
claimed to be- fnlly sustained at: Fancy steer,
eGtslpc: prime 1lJ7lec; good, sac; light, DC;
extra heavy binds, l0l9dllc; good, G1loc;
light, ;iy6sSc; fore-, 5le1t5c; light, 4lea5c,
backs 6iy1l1c; rattlcs, 4Gtjc; cbucks, 5G6leci
rounds ,GtSc; rumps, l01l2c; rumps and loins,
ll@l411c; short ribs, l0dtllc; loins, l3Gl7c.
Por,roE> Potatoes are tirmer, and the best
hebrons are higher. Good magnums are also
higher: Aruoslook hebrons 9jd9So; Houton
hebrons. ojCtgsc. Houlton rose, 95GSl; Dakota
reds sSdg.nc, white stars, sstdNc: Burbanks.
SSIgoc; j.. |, chenangoes, SIC; Irish and
Scotch maguuns, 81 so, 40 by; Jersey double.
head sweet, 81 per bbl for good.
PorLTRN Poultry holds firm In the matter
Of prices but The trade is rather slow: North.
ern fresh chickens, lS1l9c; fowls, l5tDl6c
ducks l3dljc; western dry packed turkeys, Is
6tl9c; fair to good, liltl6c; chickens, l5l1l7c
fowls, lAtDljc
CHEESE Cheese is in quiet demand. with the
market held firmly: Northern full creams
l26tl2lbc: fancy twins II BE; fair to good.
.6il2c: western choice, llleul2c fair 10 good
Sd1le; sage, l2egl3e. Liverpool is cabled at DIS
Fees Egg easy and down still further
Early, fresh western sold al 2lGt22c but later
they sold at sh. Fresh eastern would doubt
less bring @la..!e New York is or to l9c.
Mi-rroNS A>n LAMBS Lambs and muttons
are very dull. with the supply full. Veals are
in short supply, with the market firm, Quo.
tations are not changed, however.
HAY There j. no changes in the market OF
hay. straw j. quiet. Bran is about steady al
elydl9 - for sack spring 20 afriNeand at Sl9 =
'or sack winter
HrTrER Butter is not doing any better
Dealers say that the market is duh, but the,
to not admit any lower prices.
APPLES Apples are explained TO be doing
ather better, though not any better piio,e
Ne quoted.
Hanlan and Ross Matched
NEW YORK, Feb. %. -Edward Hanlan
and Wallace Ross have signed an agree