Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-09
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Boston, May Shutter is dull and
easy, though there is not a great sup
ply at hand. The feeling is that it all
NEST be sold ut once, and this makes an
easy market. Extra creamery, small
pigs, 1914 Dice; northern fresh, round
lots, 1SMlSi,c; western, 171sM1Sc; east
ern, 17l&M Use; tirsts. 1GM17c; ladies', II
0l5c; jOhbing, 1aM1c more.
Cheese is steady for old, with some
new beginning to arrive. A lot of new
choice has been sold for 10 cents. Quo
tations are lat: Round lots, 11h@12hac;
new, SM1Oc; jobbing, k@1c higher;
Liverpool, ATS for white, and AIS for
colOred.
Eggs are steady. Some storing Is
still being done, and choice lots, fit for
putting in cold storage, bring full prices.
At marks: Fresh western, 13hM14c;
choice Indiana, 14u141ac; eastern. 14Gl
loo; nearby and fancy, 1917 and up;
goose eggs 25M2Sc; duck. 1S@2Oc; job
bling. 1M11ac higher.
Beans are very steady in demand,
with a little frmer prices reported.
| There is firm apple market, with a
good trade for the season. Some fancy
lots have been sold at very full prices.
Indeed, the quality of apples offered Is
unusually fine for the first Of May.
Quotations are fully sustained.
Cranberries are in limited supply and
very firm, with crts quoted at $3Q4;
bbls. $9012.
Strawberries are getting into better
supply, though the season is certainly
late, with the weather unfavorable for
ripening the berries and giving them the
desired flavor. They are now coming
from as far north as North Carolina.
At retail they sell at 2O050c per bx, as
to size of bXs and quality of the fruit.
Rhubarb is still scarce and firm, and
sells at Sc per Id for good in whole
sale way.
There is a pretty firm market on po-
tatoes. with prices fully sustained.
Hebrons. G3MG5c; rose, Coo; Green
mountains. G5M7Oc; York state and
northern whites. 4>0l.I'c; Dakota reds,
53Gloo5c: double head sweets, $2M2.5O;
| Bermudas. $tNiS per bhl.
| 4NillNP DulOilS III IoullNl lolS are uDOut
out of the market though there are still
few offering at 50. 15M5.25 per Dbl, and
| iobbing At Sl.150t1.6O per bu. Egyp-
| tian onions are steady at $2.5062.75 per
bx. Bermudas are in full supply and
| easier at Sl.S5M2 per crit. There are
no Spanish onions on the market.
Celery is more plenty and sells at 81
per bnch for big bnchs. Spinach sells
at $1.5O0i2 for good choice; kale, 75c@
81. Beet green's are high at Toe per bu;
dandelions, Ace.
Lettuce is very firm at 75cQ$1 per
doz heads; radishes, soc per doz for
round; long, 75c; Norfolk, very low, at
3@6c. Satisfy is sold at 15o per dog
bnchs.
Native cabbages are about out Of the
market. Southern crates are firm at
1878. Cucumbers are pretty firm at
SO per 100 and down. as to quality. To.
matoes are quoted at l614c per Id for ma
| tive dollhouse: southern crts. s.. 2o12.15
yellow turnips are very firm at S10e
| l .25 per Dbl; white fiat, s per bu; white
French. 50 per bbl: globe white, 81 per
bu.
Beets sell at 35c per bit; new bnch, So
| per doZ. Carrots sell at 35c per bu:
| new b,..h. none: parsnil'S. zoe per bu:
| mint ltit 715c; cress. 4OcM$1; parsley,
| $3.50.
Asparagus is more plenty with the
range of prices wide, $2M5 per doz
| buchS.
Brightons, 1EsMS1ac.
Poultry is in easy movement at rather
easy prices. Iced fowls are plenty and
a fraction lower. Frozen lots are get
ting out of the market. Frozen tur-
KEYS. 91t2c: iced. 1l0i12c; chickens, 0
013c: fresh fowls. l10;12c; iced fowls,
9M1Oc; frozen, 9M1Oc: ducks, M12c;
geese, oml1c; live poultry. 1o@10hc.
The hay position is little changed.
Good to best is firm. with low grades
and medium easy. Straw is in rather
small supply, with pretty firm market.
Millfeed more steady. Hay, $l3.5O@
1850: fancy and iobbing. $10.5OM20;
rye straw. S1SM 10: oat straw. Sl0@11.
Cornmeal is very firm. on the strength
In the market on corn. Oatmeal is
steady, with the cereals firm and un-
changed
Oats are firmer. with prices fully sus-
tanned. 1t is believed that the Phillips
corner on corn is being extended to oats,
since there has been pronounced ad-
vance on options. For this market
quotations are very firm.
Squashes are quoted at $50 per ton
for good. and to job at $2Q25O per
pkg of 100 lbs Artichokes are quoted
at $1.25 per bu. Mushrooms are sold
at 4Oc per lb.
Green peas are still scarce, and COM
ing in all sorts of packages. Prices are
very hard to quote by reason of the diff
ference in the size Of packages and the
quality of the peas; say, $l.5O(02.5O for
| rather small pckgs.
String beans are scarce and firm for
good, with prices from $304.50 per crit,
and butter beans about the same. The
| higher price Is for large crts.