News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-05-29
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on me Leading
Products In Demand.

market for butter and choice lots Of
creamery are selling at least 15c higher.
Choice lots are not in large supply. EX-
ira creamery, small lots and packages,
21021hc; northern fresh, round lots,
2OA@21c; western, 20d2O1ac; eastern,
zoe; firsts, 17QlSc; ladies', 14G16c; job
bling, 16d1c more.
Cheese is in steady demand at firm
prices for old. New cheese is steady.
Round lots, 12d13c; new, 9d91ac; job
bling, Rd1c higher; Liverpool, AIS for
white, and 4Gs for colored.
There is n firmer tone to the egg mar
ket, with the arrivals of western falling
off. At marks, fresh western, 13014c;
choice Indiana, 13kG14c; eastern, 15@
16c; nearby and fancy, 1G@1Sc and up;
jobbing, 1011ac higher
Beans are firmer for yellow eyes, but
car lots of pea or medium are quoted
lower.
There is a firm market for apples,
with the offerings small Baldwins are
out of the market. The arrivals are
very small.
Cranberries are very firmly held, and
are selling in a small way at 81 per
crate. There were no receipts for the
week.
Strawberries are improved greatly in
| quality, and receipts have been larger,
though still much behind last year.
| Some Maryland berries are now coming
| forward, though the bulk of the re-
ceipts are still from Norfolk and Vir-
mi oil ot nj Da ~ NnpfnlIy
and 12015c for choice Maryland.
Native rhubarb is in full supply and
i sells at lie per ID. Chicago crates are
! out of the market.
| There is a fair demand for potatoes,
with prices steady and unchanged.
Hebrons, 70d75c; rose, roc; Green noun
tains, Soc; York state and northern
whites, G5d70c; Dakota reds 60d65c;
! North Carolina sweets, $1.5O01.I5 per
Dbl; crates, $2@2,50.
Bermuda onions are quoted at S1.25.
Egyptian bags are quoted at $1.7502.
Celery is quoted at 50 per dozen
punches. Spinach is selling at SOC per
| bushel Kale is selling at 10c per
bushel. Beet greens are steady at 40C
per bushel and dandelions are quoted at
2jc per bushel.
Asparagus is steady, and sells by the
jobbers at $1.15M2 per bushel.
Lettuce is easier with a better supply
at 35GI75c per dozen heads. Radishes
are easier at 75c per bushel
Southern cabbage is in full supply and
is quoted at 75cMSl per crate.
Cucumbers are steady at sos per
1000 for No. /, with No. at half price.
There is a firm market for tomatoes at
So 25d2.75 for southern crates and 1Jc
per ID for native dollhouse.
Yellow tllrnips are unchanged at $3.50
per barrel; white fat, SOC per bushel;
white French, 81. per barrel.
Beets sell at 35c per bushel; new
bunch, $101.50 per dozen. Carrots sell
at 75cQ$1 per bushel; new bunch, Toe;
parsnips, Toe per bushel; mint, 75c;
cress, 75c; parsley, So per bushel
Southern green peas sell at $1.2501.5O
per basket. String beans are pretty
firm at 81. 30 per crate; wax beans, $3.50.
Squashes are firm, with old out of the
market. New southern are quoted at
75c@$1.5O per crate. Mushrooms are
sold at 75c per Id, according to variety
and style.
Pork provisions are steady at the re-
viSed quotations.
There is good demand for fresh
beef. and the market is well cleaned up.
Prices are steadily held.
Muttons and lambs are quite steady,
and veals are steady. Spring lambs,
S3dS each; fall lambs, 712091Ac; Brigh-
ton and fancy, S010c; muttons, case;
: fancy and Brightons, S091ac; veals, ;
@9c; fancy and Brightons, S010c.
There is a steady market for poultry
at unchanged prices. Frozen turkeys,
1Od111ac; iced, 10Q12c; fresh native
chickens, 25G2Sc; broilers, 30032c;
fresh fowls. 12d13c; frozen fowls, ga
Toe; frozen chickens, 10Gl1c; iced fowls,
10M101ac.
There is quiet market for hay; straw
t is steady; millfeed is generally easier.
Hay, S13d1S.50; fancy and jobbing,
. S19M19.5O: rye straw, $2050d21.50; oat
$ straw, $1dFl11.
Track prices on corn are unchanged,
but shipping prices are slightly lower
The Phillips corner on May corn is said
= to be all cleaned up at a profit to him
of 100000 on the 14,000,000 bushels
4 he is reported to have held.
Fancy oats are easier for both spot
!, stuff and for shipment. but other quota
d lions are steady and unchanged.
g Cornmeal is quiet and unchanged;
l oatmeal is steady.
c The flour trade has been very quiet,
and beyond n lifting of wholesale prices
: slightly show no change for the week.
The lack of change in the wheat market
has had its due effect upon flour,
though the millers are said to be still
very firm, and are not pressing sales
' at present prices.
| The wheat market has been firm dur
: ing the week, on unfavorable foreign
e reports. 1t is said that Phillips has
now only light holdings of wheat.
( Wheat receipts are liberal and reports
from the growing winter wheat crop
: continue of the most favorable charac-
ter, and a record breaker is still pre-
dicted. The spring wheat crop is max
ing satisfactory growth.
The changes in the statistical position
of the wheat trade were interpreted by