The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1893-02-17


mand High Prices-Last Fall's Domes-
tic Fruit Has Disappeared - Butter
Takes Drop-The Quotations.
Boston, Feb 15-The volume of bust
ness done in Boston markets this time of
the year is always light and this season
is no exception to the rule. Middlemen
and those who buy of the producers are
complaining of a dizziness from the fact
that the farmers are unable to keep up
the supply of stock. The fact is that the
stock in the hands of the farmers Just at
present is at its lowest ebb. Every effort
was put forth during the weeks just pre-
ceding the holiday season to land all
available stock at boston that is saleable
aud this, of course, has left the farmer
With but little now to draw upon.
The dollhouse growers near Boston are
daily furnishing their city clients with
about all Of this line of goods that are
wanted. Among the vegetables of artif-
clal growth may be mentioned tomatoes at
% to % cents pound, mushrooms at 70 to
9O cents pound, cucumbers at IL to Is
cents apiece and rhubarb at II to Is
cents pound. From under hotbeds
came radshes at 80 to 90 cents dozen
punches, lettuce at rs cents to 81 a box,
spinach at Is cents to 81 box and beet
greens at ST. SO to ST. rs box.
OF the common winter vegetables squash
are worth s.. 80 a barrel; for marrow, s. 70
to So; for Bay state, So to So %; for Hub
bard, native potatoes and the best HOul-
tons, 2S5 to 50 barrel, and 81. so to 81 rs
for 2. e l.
49, Little Of last fall's domestic fruit is left
except apples. Good BaIdwins bring 81
to So barrel. Cranberries are yet to be
had at an increase over last weeks prices
at SO to $l2 for the best fruit. Tropical
fruit is in abundance, with oranges from
Florida at 50 70 for the best down to $l.75
box for the poorer kinds. Bananas are
selling at Sl.50 to - a bunch at the |
steamer.
. SsAsrEas - Il Butter. -
Boston butter market has seen a drop in
price the past week of about 2 cents a
pound all around, and business is now
settled down to a quieter tone Receipts
are fairly light, and held stock has to be
called out. This cannot last long unless
larger receipts of fresh butter should ar
rive. Twenty cents is the lowest mark at
which butter can be bought, and from this
up to 30 and 81 cents prices range, accord
ing to the various grades.
The Quotations.
tHAY-Hay is firm, with bran steady: Choice
hay, $176D1S fancy, $l80l9; fair to good, $l5 50
ole so; eastern choice, Sl60Ii; poor TO ordinary,
S12015; eastern swale, 50; rye straw, Sl3 500l4
oat straw. 5000 30. Sack spring bran, to ar
rive, $l9 5000; sack winter, $40 i5@2l; spring
middlings, SD 5jG121; winter, SCI 5UQ022 Cot
tonseed meal is nominal at S29 for shipment;
spot, $50. Old process linseed meal, S2S 50Q926
per ton in sack for shipment; spot, S3OO3O So
MEAL-The cornmeal market is steady,
though corn is a little lower. Oatmeal is quiet,
with prices not changed. Kiln-dried corn
meal, for export 81 a0d2 30; bag meal, 81 03O
10t yellow granulated, 81 Sj03. Oatmeal is
quoted at So I55G5 40 for ground and rolled,
So 1905 70 for cut. Rye is quoted at 73G175c for
dealers and 7Oc for round lots to arrive. Rye
flour, So 25GD4 per Dbl for round lots, with job
bers' prices So 5CGG4.
Nr3 ToNs AND LAMBs-Lambs are in good
request, with the market but a little frmer.
Muttons are only fully sustained. Veals are
very firm: Choice to fancy lambs 9190Dl01ac,
as to quality; common to good, 709c. Chicago
mutton, rose; yeariings, 66D8c; choice heavy
Brightons. 1199S1@c; choice eastern veals. 90
lie; common TO good, 698c; Brighton and
fancy, l006l219c.
OATs-Oats are firmer to arrive, and the spot
market is very firm, by reason of the small
offerings Chicago clipped to arrive are
quoted at 43lHl14434c, with the offerings small
No. white also to arrive are quoted at 4316c
with No. white at 4219c. The spot market is:
Clipped- 44l5le45l6c fancy, Acc; No. white,
Az04414c; No. 3 white, 431s044c; mixed. 43044c.
APPLES No. Baldwins, 81 5012 49, No. 2.
81 5OG2; greetings, 81 5003; fancy, S3 80; Kings,
80 5O04; Spies, 81 1903 Tolman sweets, SEA
50; sweets, 81 5G91 rs; common, 7Sc@Sl % per
Dbl. Evaporated apples are quoted up to a
l2l6c for fancy lots, and in a iobbing way bet
ter prices are paid.
oTAToES-AroOstook hebrons, &c. Houlton
rose soc: Dakota reds. Soc; York state white
stars and burbanks, S5190:; p E. |. chenan-
goes in bags. 75c; in bulk, .5c Irish and
Scotch magnums, ~ 2JD2 50 per bag. Sweet
potatoes are quoted at So 1894 for Jersey
double heads.
BUTTER-Fresh creamery, 29d3Oc; western
extra creamery, 2Sd29c; firsts and extra tirsts,
25026c; extra imitation creamery, 23c; factory,
choice 2l@22c; northern creamery, choice, %
Doc; New York and Vermont dairy, 25027c;
eastern creamery, 27@;;9c
CoRN-Is easier to arrive, with the market
on Chicago No yellow at 55115jJ6c, and with
country corn at 543l@55c The spot market is
rather easy at: Steamer yellow, 5519056c;
steamer, 5t19d.j5c.
CHEESE Choice northern and twins, liz ,
1l3c; fair to good, Sdl0l9; western choice, l10 ,
1115c; fair to good, 76D9c; sage, 1219@l4c. The
jobbers prices are 18@4c more. Liverpool is
quoted at 56s.
PoULTRY-Northern fresh chickens, choice
16l518c; fowls l29l5c; western fowls, loo l3c;
chickens, l41l5c; western turkeys, l5017c;
northern, l6QDl9c; geese, ll612c.