News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-07
BOSTON MARKETS.

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not specially brisk. The supply is gen.
orally in good hands, with reports from
the country firm. Extra creamery,
small packages, 22022hc; northern
fresh, round lots, 21hQ22c; western,
21Kc; eastern, 21Kc; diaries, 1Thd19c;
firsts, 16kd1Sc; ladies, 11@16c; %jobbing,
k01c higher.
The market on cheese is steady, with
the supply well held. Dealers are talk
ing a firmer market. Round lots, new,
9h@10hc; sage, 10h@11c; jobbing,
k@1c higher.
Eggs have continued firm, especially
on the best stocks of fresh. The best
storage lots are also very firm. Early
storage, 15017c; fresh western, 14017c;
eastern, 1601Sc; nearby and fancy, IS
age and up; jobDing, 10112c higher.
The bean market is very firm, with
still higher prices suggested on pea and
medium. The drought has injured the
crop in the west, while all the acreage
had been decreased.
The supply of apples has not yet been
quite up to that of a year ago. There
are suggestions of a short crop in many
sections. They are selling at 75c0$1.25
for bushel baskets; crates, S101.25;
barrels, $2.5003.50.
Pears are in pretty good supply, with
some southern coming forward. South
ern in barrels are quoted at $3@3.50 for
good to best, with some lots that have
to be sold for less. California pears are
reported to be in smaller supply, with
not many more to come forward. They
are quoted at S202.5O per box by the
jobbers.
OF blueberries the supply is very
abundant: The trade is obliged to dis
courage too great shipments from the
country, although the quality is gen.
orally fine. They are quoted at S010c
for crate lots. Native blackberries are
coming in pretty good supply, with the
quality excellent. They are quoted
at 10612c, in crate lots. Native rasp-
berries are in only moderate supply,
with the demand pretty good at about
1Oc for pints in crate lots. Currants
are still on the market and jobbing at
S010c. A few gooseberries are seen
and they job at 10012c for quart boxes.
Delaware grapes are already coming
forward, a carload having been received
They are quoted at Goa zoe per basket.
Potatoes are easier, and something of
the scare is over. The feeling i'll the
trade that there are a great many pO-
tatOeS somewhere, and that, though they
may rule high compared with a year
ago, they are not to be so u~nreasonably
hiTh nc fnr. q wool mast If ic s1InnoCtO1
that they may be even brought from
California, where there is a most abun-
dant crop. They are now quoted at
$4,000 per barrel, with the latter price
the extreme for anything in a wholesale
way. Red sweet sell ut $4M4.50 white,
$4@4.50; yellow, $4.5005.50, as to
quality.
Onions are easier at about 50 per bag
for Egyptian; native, 50 per barrel; per
bushel, 75c. Bunch sell at 25c per doz-
en-.
Celery is at wide range, from zoe up
to $3.50 per dozen. Spinach is higher
at 81 per bushel.. Lettuce sells at $50
: SOC per box. Radishes are quoted at
25G30c per box.
e Marrow squashes are quoted at &1.75
y per barrel for southern, with nat We at
r So. Summer squasheS sell at S5U7 per
t 100, as to quality and variety. Cucum-
, bers arc quoted at $1.5O per box for
, good. The market is flooded with poor
lots of Jersey and south.
Tomatoes sell at $304 per crate for
the best, with dollhouse at Zoe per
pound. Jerseys are quoted at 40c0$1
per crate.
Yellow turnips are down to $1.50 per
barrel. There are no French white at
hand. White fiat sell at 25650c per
bushel. Cabbages are plenty at 75c
6S1 per barrel, or at $685. 30 per 100.
Beets are quoted at 50c per bushel;
carrots, $1.50; mint, 25c per dozen;
cress, 35c; parsley, 25c. String beans
are sold at wide range, 50cd$1 per box.
Shell beans sell at $101.25 per box.
Green corr is easier at 00d75c per
bushel box. Leeks sell at Toe per
dozen; peppers, 81 per box; egg plants,
$1.50 per box.
Canteloupes are very plenty and sell
at from SOC to So per package for black
Japs and other large varieties. Rocky
fords sell at 40c6$2 per crate, as to
quality and condition. Watermelons
are in pretty full supply and sell at 15@
4Oc, the latter price for very choice large.
The market on pork and lard is re-
ported firm, with prices well sustained.
The beef market is fairly well cleaned
up. Prices are fairly sustained.
On lambs the market is steady, with
muttons rather easy and veals easy.
Spring lambs, 10U12c; fall lambs, ga
1Oc; muttons, case; veals, Td9c; fancy
and BrightOns, 9@01Rc.
Poultry is only fairly sustained, with
both iced and alive. Iced turkeys, ga
lie; frozen, 9dl1Ac; fresh native chick
ems, 16d25c; western, 14d1Sc; fresh
fowls, 12M14c; iced fowls, 10d11c; live
chickens, 12013c; spring ducks, 12G13c.
Hay continues in quiet demand, with
offerings liberal. Prices are rather
easy in consequence, Rye straw is
quiet for new, with old about out Of the
market. Millfeed is firmer and quoted
higher. Hay, S12@l7; fancy and job
bling. S17.50@1S.50 rye straw. S16M17.
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