News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-04-17
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on. the Leading
Products In Demand.

VI extra fresh fdllef limited. some
dealers note a strong market, with n
slight improvement, but others find the
market to be easy. Extra creamery,
small pkgs, 2312@24c; northern fresh,
rOun> lots, 221a023c; western, 220
22hc; firsts, 19d20c; ladies, 16Q17c; job
bling, 1ad1c more.
Cheese is well held with prices firm,
and a fairer demand. Round lots, 11h
012kc; jobbing, 12@1c higher; Liver
pool, Ass for white aud AIS Cd for col
ored.
Eggs are a little flrmer, especially on
good storage stock. The demand for
storage is pretty good. Aamarks, fresh
western, 13hQ14c; storage packed, ii
011hc; eastern, 14Q15c; nearby and
fancy, 15d17 and up: jobbing, 1@11Ac
higher; duck eggs, 31Q32c; goose eggs,
700S0c.
The position on beans is still reported
firm, with the country markets firm.
Trade is only fair.
There has been a good trade in apples
with the market firm Fresh arrivals
have been quite plenty, but they have
sold pretty well. Out of cold storage
stock has brought good prices. Some
good lots have also arrived, and sold at
little better prices.
Cranberries are a little firmer at
S2.5003 for cs in a jobbing way; bbls,
5000, as to quality.
Strawberries are not coming along
very freely, the weather not having
been favorable to their ripening. They
have sold at higher prices, the last sales
being at 30d40c in refrigerator lots.
This has made them high at retail. the
prices being at 3505Oc for full boxes
Still, the fruit stands have boxes of re-
sorted that they sell at 25c, but they are
not full boxes.
Rhubarb is pretty firm at &c for ma
tive with Chicago at 50 per cs.
Potatoes have continued very firm,
the bad state of the roads in the potato
district preventing their being hauled
to the railroads. Quotations are firm
er. Hebrons, GSW7Oc; rose, 60063c;
Green mountains, 70M75c; York state
and northern whites 55GG0c; Dakota
reds, 5505Sc; double head sweets, $2Gt
2.25; Bermudas, $7MS per Dbl
Celery is scarce and firm at So per
doz for good. Spinach sells at 75c@$1
per Dbl; kale. 5OM75c.
Native onions are about steady at
$3.5003.75 per Dbl; jobbing, per bu,
$1.25@1 40; Egyptian, $3.50 per Big; Ber-
mudas, $3.50 per crt; Spanish, $17502.
Beet green's are very firm at 75c per
bu; dandelions, Toe. Lettuce is very
firm for good, at 500S5c per doz heads,
as to quality. Radishes are quoted at
soc for round; long, 60c per doz bchs.
Satisfy, or vegetable oyster, is plenty at
G5Q75c per dOz bchs.
Cucumbers are still firm at SSd10
per 100, for dollhouse; No, 2, $40G; Cab
bages are tirmer at $50 per Dbl for ma
tive; southern, So per crit Tomatoes
are easier at 25c per lb for native hot
house; southern, $2.5O03 per crt.
Yellow turnips are a little frmer at
| 90c0$1 per Dbl; white French, $262.5O.
Beets are sold at 25c per bu for old;
new bch, $1.50 per doz. Carrots sell
at SOC per bu; new bnch, SLIGO; parsnips,
Doc per bu; mint, 4Oc; cress, 75c; pars-
ley, $1.25.
Asparagus is on the market in con-
| siderable abundance for the season.
1t comes both from California and the
south. 1t sells at from $2.50GtS per
doz, as to quality and condition.
Squashes are in full supply and sell
at about $50 per ton for good, and loo
at $1.75Q2 per Dbl or pkg of 100 lbs.
according to style and quality. Leeks
are quoted at G0c per doz.
Green peas are more plenty at about
50 per crt for good. String beans are
firm at 81 per crt, as to quality. But
ter beans are firmer at S40l4.50 per crt.
Maple sugar is still rather high at
12014c for large cakes and at 140i1Sc
for small. Maple syrup is in full sup
ply at 90c4$1 per gal for new, and G50
Toe for old
A very firm pork position is noted.
Hogs again went up to the highest
point, with prospects of still higher
prices. Still, under pressure of good
many on hand, fresh ribs are reduced
12c. But other pork products are firm.
A firm beef market with a good trade
is noted. Quotations are well sus-
tanned.
Trade is fair in muttons and lambs,
with the market fairly steady. Veals
are more plenty, and slightly easier
Spring lambs, S56lS each; fall lambs
7010c; Brighton and fancy S15@101ac;
muttons, 1900; fancy and Brlghtons
7h6i9hc; veals, 7d10c; fancy and
Brishtohs, 9010hc.
A quiet poultry market is continued
with fresh and iced fowls fairly firm
but frozen rather easy. Frozen turkeys
9d12c; fancy fresh, 12@14c; chickens
9@14c; capops, 12d14c; fresh fowls
l0h@12c; iced fowls. 10@12c: frozen
9010c; ducks, 9d12c; geese, 9011c; live
poultry, 9&010c.
The game market is poorly supplied
with about all the stocks in the hands
Of the retail dealers. A few mallard
ducks are Offering at $12501 80 per pr
black ducks (the close of the season be
gun Tuesday,, 50075c per doz. A good
many Canadian geese have been re-
ceived the past two weeks, but they
have been undesirable, and have sold
with difficulty, and bringing butlittle.
The hay market shows a quiet de
mand. but with the best hay firmly