The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-19
~ BOSTON MARKETS
Butter the Only Exception to
General Improvement.

Generdl improvements
Fruit Market Looks Better and the Tone
Ia >tendi, Trade Fairly
Satisfactory The Ruling Quotations
BosroN, Oct Is Bo,tea markets on
the Whole appear 10 he improving thu
week. with tie exception, perhaps, of the
butter trade winch is experiencing little
duil.e, NH this dgliness there is,
however, Or La decline in the prices, in
fact some d,'tl,rs re holding der butte
and looking iar better prie than are now
current.
Fine northern butter is being held back
by some who are uuwll NJ To sell at y
cents, which Is now the ruling price.
Round lois Of fresh creamery ate quoted
at : = cents and western receivers are
not getting oYer = cents for tier stocks
New York and Vermont dairy lots rule al
"a to p cents.
II is given out that there is less bultei
in cold storage in this city today than
there was one year ago. At the present
time in the Quincy market there are s96M
tubs, against 5000 last season. Last
year there was considerable stock in small
houses outside, while this season there is
practically nothing outside of the Quincy
market. The fact of the decreased amount
of cold stored butter, together with small
receipts now current, indicates that prices
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Fruit.
The fruit market is looking better and
with steadier tone. Apples are SOME
what more plenty. Fruit from Nova
Scotia, notably gravensteins, are in con
siderable demand for fine table use. They
sell for 81 per barrel Native hubbards-
tons and greetings bring y 80 per barrel,
and porters and pippins are listed at q to
e. 25
Pears are now coming out of cold stor-
age and sell quite readily Bartletts for
s.. 80 per box The grape trade is now on
a firm basis. Concords sell at about j
cents per pvund, while Delawares and
Catawbas bring about cents
Vegetables.
The status of the vegetable trade is
fairly satisfactory. The potato business
is increasing in volume and large receipts
are coming every day, Native Hebron
and Rose bring s.62 to Sl.s7, and some
fancy Aroostook Hebrons bring 50 cents
to 80 cents per bushel
Marrow squash sells for 60 to Is cents
per barrel, while turbans bring 81 to
Sl.25. Pumpkins bring - cents to 81 per
barrel Celery of the Boston market va
-. /. "A - 49, Ia . I,,
common kind is worth but g. 50 to 50 80
Ripe tomatoes are falling off Some few
are worth from - cents to 81 80 per bushel.
Cabbage sells at 80 to 60 cents per barrel.
Rutabaga sells at 81 barrel.
The Quotations
LAMBS AND MUr-roNs -Muttons and lambs
continue in full supply. with the market easy.
Bur il is noted that there is more selling
viii IA day or two. Quotations are steady
at; Choice to fancy lambs, SlynDc common to
good, '@1]9c; poor and ordinary, b|YGb}sc'
Brightous Ml9l9c; yearlngs, at7c; muttons,
Git6lac; poor TO good NDBc; choice heavy
Brightons, 1Wilsc; choice eastern yeals. s19'9
l0c; common 10 good. lW1c; Brightons and
fancy, lO1gGtll}4c.
HAy-The hay market is easy from the full
supply, and S. is pretty full price for even
choice hay. Straw is dun and easy at ab Ut
S4 for good rye straw. Bran is quiet at SIG -
dli ~ for sack spring to arrive, and at Sl,t
Il 20 for sack winter. Sack middlings are
quoted at sl1@l9 rs to quality. Cottonseed
meal is in good request al So ,j0;b for meal
to arrlNc.
Com Corn Is N little easier Corn 10 arrive
is quoted at %, Tor Chicago No. yellow and
at i9iic for SO. yellow The spot market IS
quiet, but The offerings are very few. Quota
tiOnS are steady "a: No yellow, de steamer
yc low, at'1lc; steamer mixed, j06ta0lac.
POTATOES Potatoes continue in fair re-
quest. with the market at; Hontoh hebrons.
l-6ttp ., Atoosinok hehrnn-. ttpbk'; rusc i0f
lic; Sew York stars and burbanks, thlj G;
Virginia cloth heads, extras 81 -: jersey,
bulk II 1jtt2 double heads, s2a2 N.
OATS Oats are slightly ea-ier. to arrive.
with dipped quoted AT 3T@3sc; No. white
would lac quoted at ;Bd3ic; with No. , white
at ;ajc. Tie spot market is quirt at Clipped,
3ii4at'sc; fancy, 'slec; No. white, 80; 80. J
white, ;aWTc; MIXED, 'srG}jec
APPLES There are apples and apples. with
some poor lots Offering. But good lots are
firm; Ipius and Portcrs S2JlH3 per bJl;
Harvey, ;. nab Gravcnstrins, sJG3 u; Hub
bardstons, s. 2i@12 .; common lots, 81 jlG,3
BEEF Beef is eisy. though the shippers are
trying hard to get better prices. They wire
statesmen here that better prices absolutely
must be obtained. Quotations are still un-
changed.
Fees Eggs are in moderate request, with
the market at: Eastern fresh, 2tft2lc; PROV in
cisl, :.2ot!!l4c: Michigan, -2gaosic western,
2lq1-'2c; held l@t20c.
FLOUR Tie ionr market is dull with
values easy. Still quotations are not further
changed from the figures noted yesterday.
PoRK-fork provisions are quiet, with quo
tations about as Noted last The local packers
Nre busy.
MEAL-Thc position of cornmeal is easy at
qsc6i 81 for bag meal and at s. Mo- % for bur
rel meal.
HuTrER Butter is quiet, with but little
change in quotations. Cheese is trm.
EINE S!nflIt MARKETS