Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-01
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Boston, July 31.-Butter holds firm,
with the market in good shape, es'
pecially OH the best creameries. Extra
creamery, small packages, 2lAM22c;
northern fresh, round lots, 21kc; west
ern. 21M21hc; eastern, 21@l2lkc;dAiries,
17k@19c; firsts, 161aM19c; ladies, llW
Ice; jobbing, h@1c more.
Cheese is very steady, with holders
firm. Trade is fair. Round lots. new,
0h@1OAc; sage, 1O@11c; jobblng, %Glc
higher.
The supply of good eggs is not large,
and prices are firm. Early storage,
15M16c; fresh western, 13MlGc east
ern. 15M17c; nearby and fancy, 17W
2Oc aud up; jobbing. 1M1hc higher.
Beans are reported firm on reports or
drought in the country. Quotations are
firm.
Apples are in. larger receipt. New
southern are quoted ut $1M1.2o per IN
basket. a few have sold by the barrel
at $2.50M3.
California pears are in better supply
and selling at $1.75M2.25 per box ~
iobbers. California peaches are sold
at SLAP, according to quality. Georgia
peaches are in fair supply. and sell at
ST. 5ONi2 for G-basket carriers.
The supply of blueberries is abundant,
and the market is rather easy. They
are quoted at 1O013c. R~lackberries
are also in pretty good supply. and are
quoted at 1OM12c. R~aspberries are IN
good supply. and sell at SGlOc for pints;
cups, case. Currants are yet in very
full supply. though the season Is near
the close. They sell at ease in case
lots. Gooseberries are in small supply
and sell ut GM9c, as to quality. Straw
berries are mainly over, though a few
came in, and sold at 15M1Sc.
Potatoes are very high. with a cry
of scarcity. 1t is claimed that the crop
of Jerseys and Bristol Ferries Is linn
tied. the yield being small. Damaging
reports also come from the home crop,
with only a few in the hill. .Aroostook
reports mention a small crop. Added
to these reports comes a report or Il de-
cided shortage in the west. with Chi
cage buying from the Atlantic coast.
Prices are very firm, at %4M4.M per
barrel for extra; fair to good. $4,000
3.75. Red sweets have sold ut S4.:'0Mo,
with yellow as high as Sc per lnrrel, for
choice. The supply is yet limited.
Onions are easier, with Egyptian
quoted at $"M2-.25 per bag; western,
S2.25M2.75 per barrel; native, 75c per
bushel. Native punches are sold at 25c
per dozen.
Celery Is at wide range. from $1.50M
2 per dozen. as to quality. Spinach is
quoted at Soc per bushel. Lettuce jobs
at soc per box. Radishcs are quote at
35M50c per box.
Southern marrow %squasheS Sell at
81. 2J61 80 per barrel. Summer squashes
are quoted at $G17 err 100, as to variety
and quality. Cucumbers are quoted at
SO per box for good native, with a lot
of southern and Jersey Oh the market
]! at 81 per package. Tomatoes are quoted
at 15c per pound for dollhouse, and at
S1M2 per crate or package for good.
There is a full supply of Jerseys on
hand that have to be sold at low prices.
Turnips are still scarce ut S2G..5 SO per
barrel, with bunch at 50 per 100. and ma
tive fiat at SOC per box. Cabbages are
low at 75cM$1 per barrel. Beets are
quoted at zoe per bushel; carrots. So.
Mint sells at Doc per dozen; cress, 35r;
parsley. 25c per busilel.
String beans are quoted at Toe per box
for good. Shell beans are on the mar
ket at $1.50G2 per box. Green pc as are
firm at 50 per box for good. There are
some lots that have to be sold lower.
Green corn is quoted at 75cM$1 per
box. Leeks sell at 7n per dozen
punches. Peppers are at wide range;
all the way from $ 1.50d3.5 per crate.
C%antelcpes are quoted at $1.5O@3 per
crate for ROckyfords. as to quality.
Other varieties are at hand by the bar
rel and in large crates. They sell ut Il
wide range. Waterlnelons are quoted
at from 25d50c, as to size and quality.
Pork products are rather easy, with
fresh ribs off hc.
The beef market is firm. Dealers were
! universally better sold up. Prices are
firm.
Trade in lambs and muttonS has been
better since the cooler weather, and the
market is fairly we'll sold up. Veals are
in lesSencd supply, with a firm market.
Spring lambs. 10U12c; fall lambs. ga
! 10c; mutrons. 7M9c; vcals, 7M9Ac; fancy
and Brightons. 9M1Oc.
Poultry has lately been selling pretty
well, with the market better sustained.
Iced turkeys, @11c; frozen. 0Mt1lhc:
fresh native chickens. 2Uu2Sc: western.
1GM1Sc; fresh fowls, 120l5c; iced fowls.
1O111c; iced chickens. 1Sn2Oc: live
fowls, 10@11c: live chickens, 15m17c:
spring ducks, l3@14c.
Hay continues dull, with an abun-
dance of old hay at hand. New rye
straw is at hand. Millfeed is casy.
Hay, S12@17; fancy and jobbing. S17.:5O
M1S.50; rye straw, old, nominal. $40.
new. SIG; oat straw, S10111.
For the weeks end there was q worry
weak wheat and indiffcrently sustained
corn market. Light rains ana ca, I,r
weather have been general over the