News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-06-15
IN BOSTON MARKETS
Indications of Good Beginning
Of the Season.

straw berries sun the hSa'"'O "
Trade-Butter Dealers Waiting to See
Bottom Price-PouItry Very Dull.
Boston, June 9.--The markets of Bos-
ton today show all the indications OF
good beginning Of the season. As yet
prices are not high enough to suit the
farmer. However, his stock is quickly
taken at the prices now prevailing.
Southern truck plays an important part
in the vegetable trade at this time OF the
year, but as of old, southern growers are,
as a rule, careless in putting up their
products, and when they arrive here,
many large lots are found to be unsaleable.
This fault has been particularly notica-
BILE in the southern tomatoes. which dur
ing the past few weeks have been arriving
in goodly amounts. Growers had evidently
rushed their tomatoes to market before
maturity was reached, and when these
were unloaded at Boston large proper
ton were entirely green and so small that
it is doubtful if they would ever become
fit for eating.
Some of the prices now current are: Old
beets, sl.75 to g box; new beets by the
bunch, SIZE dozen; new fiat turnips, 81
tn 50 a dozen punches; parsnips scarce, mt
Il Us
dandelons are hardly worth bringing to
market, and bring about p cents bushel.
Kale is worth about the same; lettuce has
taken drop and now brings 81 to $50
box; raddishes from 2 to cents bunch;
good cucumbers bring to cents piece
while seconds are hard to sell at any price.
The best ArOostook and Houlton pota-
toes are now worth 81 10 to 81. Is n bushel,
with white stars between So and % cents.
Butter.
The butter dealers are biding their time
and waiting to see the bottom of the mar
ket Then there will be heavy buying for
cold storage Today the best northern
butter cost 81 cents a pound, with Yer
mont dairy 20 cents. These prices knowing
ones believe are not the bottom, and there
fore they will not take more than is neces-
sary for actual business at these quota
tions.
Strawberries
continue to be the feature of the fruit
trade. In price they range all the way
from cents up TO 20 cents n basket. A
few cherries are arriving from North Car
DINA and sell by the crate at S. 80 TO s.
Blueberries from the same state bring IL
to 16 cents box.
Poultry.
Poultry dealers are counting their
chickens and hoping that the hotel season
will soon open. As yet their business is
very dull.
Turkey is worth IA to IS cents; broilers,
80 cents; Northern capons, 20 cents, and
chickens, 20 cents.
The Quotations.
POTATOEs-The supply Of new potatoes is
full, and good bring full prices, but there are a
ma off M no IN n
be sold at S2dD2 80 per Dbl. The market is
quoted at: Aroostook hebrons, 81; Dakota
reds, Shame; T.. l.. |. chenangoes, 1S61S0c; Irish
and Scoth magnums, S2d2 40 per Big; Bermu-
das, 81 j6b5 per Dbl; Savannah extra rose,
50 5OlbI; fair 10 good, S2G2 30.
CoRN-Cornmeal is easier for bag meal,
while the price of export meal is retained:
Kiln dried cornmeal for export, 81 2jGG2 30 bag
meal, 0609Sc: yellow graduated, 81 SOB Dat
meal is quoted at 81 GOd4 ~ for ground, cut
and rolled. Rye is quoted at I0lGI2c for deal
ers and G16D70c for round lots to arriYe Rye
-four, 50 2jd3!O per Dbl for round lots, with
jObbcrs prices, SO j07ti.
LAMBS AND MUTrONs Trade is fair in NUT
tons and lambs, with veals rather dull, and
generally coming in bad order: Spring lambs,
l5l12Oc, as to quality; choice fall lambs, 10
l3c: common to good lO0llc: Chicago NUT
tons, 9610c; yearlings, 1Oc; choice heavy
Brightons; 1O6Dl1c; choice eastern veals, 9160
l0c: common TO good, 5GSc; Brighton and
fancy, l0Isdllc.
BUTTER-The butter market holds pretty
firm, with the idea that Il is to be firmer.
Western creamery. extra, 291b2lc; firsts, $50
l9c; imitation creamery, 1sc; factory, 1661l7c;
northern eamery, extra, 2ld22c; New York
and Vermont dairy, lSGl9c; eastern creamery,
extra, 19G20c. These are prices for round lots
to the trade Jobbng lots and fancy lots cost
more.
BEEF-Beef sold rather better yesterday,
with the market steady at: Choice 90 fancy
steers, 90l0c; prime S1@l19c; good, SGS16c;
light, Sc; extra heavy binds, Hole; good, 100
l015c; light, 915c; fores, Ga7c; light, 5d5l6c;
backs, 7156Sc rattles, 5d516c; chucks, G6D7c;
rounds, adl0c: rumps, llml4c; rumps and
lons, l2l5c; short ribs, l26Glic; luins, Boise.
| CHEEsE-Cheese is quiet. with the market
| at: Choice northern full creams, new, 100
| l015c; fair to good, 70919c; choice, old, l2D
| l2l4c; western choice, new, 0lAGtlGc; fair to
| good, 7d9c; choice, old, llM1Hc. Liverpool
| quotes cheese lower at l9s.
| EGGs-Eggs are steady, with the market at:
| Fresh eastern, lie; New Hampshire and Yer
| mont, lie; Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
| l61@GlG34c: Michigan, 1619c; western, lG0l6J4c
southern, 159l515c.
OArs-Oats are easy, with the market on
| clipped, to arrive, at 301S640e. Oats on the
| track are also easy, at: Clipped. ia i2Js &c;
| fancy, 431%c; No white, 41I6c; No. white,
| Ale: mixed, Doc.
| HAY-Hay is firm especially for the choice
| grades. Choice hay is quotable at S2ld2l 50.
| Bran is quiet at Sl7 70 for sack winter to ar
| rive and SIS 70 for sack spring.
| PoRK-The pork market Is quiet and I'M
changed. Trade is going on in fair proportions.