The Somerset reporter., 1893-09-07
IN BOSTON MARKETS
Butter Lower a. the Hub Thar
{. Other Centers.
Tomato Crop v-rv Uncertain-Drop II
Prices Large Receipts of Potatoes.
Mach windfan Fruit Ia the Market.


Prices Large Receipts of Potatoes.
Much windf,ll Fruit In the Market
BosTnN, :, p. q The butter trade at
Boston stan ds fully one cen- lower than
any other centre But this may not long
continue for all predict n general rise in
prices before long One reason for this is
the CROWN. demand being made ON the
cold stored stock which is none smaller
than ii was year ago. Fresh receipts
are moderate, the extreme heat of last
week being untavorable to butter produc.
ton The close Of the vacation season,
and the return Of the city people will be
felt 10y an increase of demand on the local
market aud should the financial tangle be
VA owed, good trade with better prices
may be expected.
Fine western creamery butter is selling
at % TO "A ~ cents per pound, fine north
ern p cents and New York and Yer
mont dairy lots - to - cents.
Vegetables
a fair demand is reported in the yege
table market which BIDS fair to increase
with the return OF city people from the
countn and shore. Trade is such that Of
feriuss are generally cleared up each day
which is certainly satisfying the farmer.
Some of the Important varieties at this
time of the year quote very irregular
prices for q week. For instance the toma-
toe crop under the influence of the intense
heat of last week rapidly came to perfec-
ton and their cost dropped from 81 to ST. %
to 80 and - cents.
This crop the farmers many years ago
found to be uncertain and today there is
an agr cement among them not to sell "a
bushel of fruit in Boston market for less
than 25 cents. Rather than do this they
will carry the stock back to the farm and
consi gn it to the manure pile.
The Potato Trade
is in large receipts for this season. Good
Houlton, Rose and Hebrons bring GO to 65
cents per bushel; and Rose and Hebrons
from Rhode Island in barrels bring 81 to
81 80
Some prices for vegetables are: Sum
mer squash 81 per 100, marrow 10 cents per
100, Crosby corn so to 10 cents a box, green
peas 81. 80 to 81. 80, radishes 80 cents to 81
a box, onions 81 to 81 10 bushel, cucum-
bers IS cents to 81 per 100, beets 90 to Is
cents per bushel, cabbage So to sea- hun
dred, and spinach 80 cents bushel.
The Fruit Trade.
High winds the past week sent a great
deal windfall fruit on the market from
near by orchards. This is usually in poor
condition, and it did not command fair
price. Some fine pears are to be had, how
ever, at reasonable prices Bartletts, %
cents to 81 bushel, and Clapp's Favorite
81 per box.
Peaches do not run as even now as earl
Ter in the season. Nice yellows, il well
culled, bring from 10 cents to 81 25 bas-
ket.
The William apples con tinue the most
sought for and are worth anywhere from
Sl25 to 81. barrel
The Quotations.
HAY-Hay is little easier and straw is dull,
especially for some poor lots in: Good to choice
hav, SlS JDG'; choice TO fancy S?0lt20 80; fair
to good, 2lbal1; eastern choice. Sl6fJlS; poor
70 good, sl3@l4; eastern swale, $1,000 80; rye
straw. Sl3Gll5 oat straw, SSit9; sack spring
bran, to arrive, sis 50; sack winter, Sls sack
mddlings, Sl6 75Ql cottonseed meal, SO %
to arrive and S25 i5td,20 for spot.
MEAL-The cornmeal market Is easier and
prices are of, following the easier position Of
corn Kiln-dried cornmeal for export, 81 800
20 per Dbl; bag meal, 9sc@Sl; yellow gram
latep, 81 1902; ground, cut and rolled oatmeal,
S. 5sqgi 70 per Dbl; rye, 5st165c per bushel for
dealers, and at 6Jfti0c from the trade in job
lots; rye -four. 50 1908 10 per Dbl, as to quality,
Observation-Disclosures are about steady at
the lower quotations noted yesterday: Rhode
Island and natives, So No. 50 per Dbl; New
Hampshire rose and hebrons Csc per bushel;
Aroostook rose and hebrons, 60dp55 per bushel;
New York white stars, sc. Sweets sell at
81 Jn52 u for ordinary to good, and at S;slG3 %
per Dbl for the best.
BuTrER-Butter is steady to frmer. with
some dealers claiming better prices: Western,
2sD2ic; firsts, 20N,2.c; imitation creamery. lsG0
l9c; factory, l7Gl11bc; northern creamery ex-
ira, 2+ilsjc; northern dairy, 2lGl:s.c: eastern
creamery extra, 2Fr24c. These are prices for
round lots. Jobbing lots and fancy lots cost
more
OATs-Oats are rather uncertain, to arrive,
the wires being down, but dealers were offer
ing clipped at 351ac and at &c. No. 2 white,
to arrive also they were offering at: Clipped,
3S1bQl3gc; fancy, Acc; No. 2 white, 31I96l.sc;
nominal, Ay35c.
CoRN-Corn Is easier. The wires were not
working, and hence the market on corn to ar
rive is not easy to state but spot steamer yell
spot quotations are at: Steamer yellow, SIG
R19c;isteamer mixed. 5l0s5l1ac.
EGGs-Eggs are little frmer in New York,
and 1t is probable that this market is better
for that reason: Western, l5l9dtl6c; Michigan,
l6Dl6}ae; provincial, l61s~l71ac; eastern and
FLoUR-There is not much change in the
-four quotation. The wires were down, and
hence very few reports were received from the
mills. Quotations are unchanged.
BEEF-The beef market is dull. The quota
tions are nominally unchanged.
CHEEsE-The cheese market Ia not changed,
either in demand or quotation.