News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-05-11

Butter Unsettled and Vegetable Trade
Is Depressed.

Glass Grown stock Hig. and Out of
Door Crops Have Not shown Up-But-
ter Is an Uncertain Commodity.
BOsToN, May 3.-An unsettled butter
market, depressed vegetable trade and a
fruit market which shows little improve
ment is in brief the story Of the condition
of the produc business in Boston for the
Ta't week.
Butter is an uncertain commodity IN
which to deal today. Prices have advanced
from to cents only to fall back and then
to stead themselves at the latter end OF
the week, aud traders are exceeding loath
to buy to any extent when these conditions
prevail
The highest point reached during the
week was 80 cents for western butter. 10
day che price is from 81 to 32 cents Tor
western. with northern creamery at -
cents. The short supply makes the dealers
very careful in purchasing and all await
the appearance of new butter with the
hope of better things to come.
Vegetables.
A backward spring now has visable
effect on the vegetable market. Out oil
door products have not shown up yet AMI
glass grown stock is too high for the gen
eral consumer.
A season of warm weather would GER
tainly benefit things.
Some prices current for glass grown
vegetables are: Best cucumbers, III 10 IL
cents apiece, with seconds from to D
cents; tomatoes, % to 30 cents pound
radishes, 81 to 81 . a dozen punches; best
greens, 80 to 30 cents a box; spinach Sl.15 to
81 barrel: dandclions, az cents 70 81 a
box; kale 81 barrel; lettuce from 80 to 20
cents dozen; new beets, IS cents to 81 a
dozen punches, and parsley, 20 cents to 81
4 bushel
OF the staple winter vegetables Houlton
potatoes are worth 81 to 81. 10 a barrel, New
York and p. T.. l. 30 cents to 81 a barrel,
Turban and Hubbard squash 50 to 81
barrel. cabbage 81 to S225 a barrel pars-
nips 80 to 20 cents bushel, carrots 30 to 30
cents bushel, fiat turnips 40 to so cents a
bushel, rutabagas 81 and white stars 2.25
to s.. 80 a barrel.
Fruit.
In the fruit market apples are worth So a
barrel for good Baldwins, $3.50 for Rox-
bury russets, and s. TO $ for spies. Gran
crate Strawberries, as was predicted, are
very plentiful and low in price, from 10 to
20 cents a basket being the ruling price.
The Quotations.
HAY-Hay is quite firm, especially on the
best hay. Bran and mill feed are very steady:
Choice to fancy hay, SlSlplS 80; good, Sl1qls
Il 5n poor TO good. Sl3 5Oai6; eastern vswaie,
Sl0dll ~; rye straw, Sl5dl6; Oat straw, S9ftlO.
Sack bran, to arrive, SID 5OI 10 %; sack winter,
SlS6llg 20. COttOnseed meal is quoted at S2B 80
an. Old process linseed meal, S27027 30 per
ton in sacks for shipment.
LAMBS AND MUTTONs-The market is firmer
on all the mutton kind, with the exception of
spring lambs, which are easier, and selling in
some cases, by the pound, say at l5d25c, as to
lambs, S36i7 each; choice fall lambs, lO1SQ111sc,
as to quality; common to good, 1dlOc; Chicago
mnuttonS sg&g5sci Seiarngsl aeg5se; c Iai
Gd9Isc; common TO good, 4GSc; Brighton and
fancy, g6tl0c.
BEEF-There is a full supply Of beef on hand,
and yesterday the trade was not very salts
factory. Still the market is pretty firmly
maintained at: Choice to fancy steers, $40
s}4c; prime, Iq71ec; good 7G715c; light, 6q6lfc;
7196Sc; fores, 516d6c; light, 41klD5c; backs, go
&c; rattles, 4lSd5c; chucks, JdB19c; rounds, SO
Sc; rumps l0dl2c; rumps and loins, lOIS6Jl5c;
short ribs, l0Gllc; loins, Boise.
Observation-Disclosures are firmer, with the re-
ceipts of domestic light yesterday, and with
foreign better sold up Aroostook hebrons,
ion rose, a5c6Sl; Dakota reds, SSlD90c; New
York burbanks and white stars. Soc; II. f. l.
chenangoes, SOC; Irish and Scotch magnums,
81 9Od2 . per bag; Jersey and double-head
sweets, 81 per barrel for good.
MEAI.-On cornmeal the market Is very
quiet. Oatmeal is quiet and very steady;
meal, 81 O2Cal o.; yellow grunulated 81 SGG3
Oatmeal is quoted at 81 75dl5 for ground cut
and rolled. Rye is quoted at 7OG72c for deal
ers, and 6SGt10c for round lots to arrive. Rye
flour, 50 256t3 per barrel for round lots, with
jobbers' prices 50 JOd4 -.
CoRN-The market on corn here was en-
tirely without change: No prices on corn TO
light, and the market was apparently firm:
No. yellow, 5414c; steamer yellow, 5l16c;
steamer mixed, 531sd5i14c.
EGGs-Eggs are very steady, with fresh
western selling at 16140l6I6c. Fresh northern
and eastern are quotable at l70l71so, as TO
quality. rresh southern are in small offering,
at about &c. for good,
PoRK-POrk provisions are steady, with a
fair demand. Prices are steady and un-
changed,
APPLEs-Apples are rather quiet again, with
t the market 3 At 80 Bpidw sims sT TS
man sweets. 81 5Od2 30; russets, 81 5Ol02 5G very
choice, 50, as to quality,
OATs-Oats were exactly in the same posi-
tion as corn in regard TO the Chicago markets.
and no prices on oats to arrive are noted. The
spot market is steady, though dealers felt as
though they were moving in the dark: Clipped,
42l4a43c; fancy, 43lsD44c; No; white, 42c; No
white, 4d4l16c; mixed, 3S7p4lc.
BUTTER-Butter is easier, and prices are
slightly lower: Western fresh creameries, %
d2S16c; northern, 2S16Ql2gc; eastern, 26Gt.Sc:
New York and Vermont dairy, 2Jd26c. These
are prices for round lots TO the trade. Jobbing
lots and fancy lots cost more.
CHEEsE-The cheese market is firmly held,
with quotations at: Northern, full creams,
1l1S6 l215c; fancy twins, 1llSffl2J6c; fair TO
good, s61lc sage, 121E9lSc. Liverpool is ca