Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-30
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

BOSTON, Aug. [o.-DuttcI 10 olcAuS >
with trade fair. Prices are pretty
well held: Extra creamery. small pkgs,
21 ~ c; northern fresh, round lots, 210
q ~; western, pie; eastern, PIC, dniries
II 1-2M1S fs2c; tlrsts, III 1-2u1Sc; ladies',
11M1Gc: jobbing, lie to 1c more.
Cheese is Seported firm, with better
demand at full quotations: Round lots,
new. 1-2Ml0 1-2c; sage, 10 La lie;
tobbing, 1,2M1c higher.
Eggs are firm, with a better demand
for good stcck: Early storage. 15M11c;
fresh western, 140i lie; choice Michigan,
19c; eastern. 17Gi22c; nearby and fancy,
2OM2Sc and up; jobbing, 1c to ! LIE
higher.
Beans are scarce and very firm, with
New York quoting still higher prices.
Linus are so scarce as to be in only
one or two hands, with prices iirmer.
Apples are much more plenty. 1t
takes the very best varieties to bring
full quotations; others selling hard.
Gravensteins, $2.5O@S3.3O; astrachans,
$2M2.5O; duchess, $2.25M2.75; bush
els, soc to$l.
The supply of pears is large and the
market is easy. Native Bartletts sell
at S3M4.50 per Dbl; the latter price for
very choice. Clappt favorites are
quoted at $2.5O@$3 per Dbl. California
pears are still OH the market and quoted
at $3M3.5O per box; the latter price
for very fancy and in jobbing way.
Delaware peaches are coming in bet
ter shape. Last sales were at 75ca1S1. %
pr bskt. Georgia peaches are still at
hand and sell at $2M$2.75 for carriers.
California peaches are still Offering at
$1M$l.25 per bx.
Grapes are getting into pretty good
supply for the season, though not near
ly as many as last year. Delawares
are quoted at $1.5Oa1.7o for S-bSkt car
riers: Concords. so called. $1M1.5O per
carrier; Niagaras sell at $l.250t1.50 per
carrier
California plums are quoted at$1M
$50 per crt, according to quality and
variety. Some Bradshaw and other ma
tive plums are quoted at 2O0i3Oc for 10
Id bslls. Blueberries are in smallr
supply. but still there are enough.
They are quoted at 9M12c. Blackber-
ries are about done for the season, and
raspbcrrieS are done.
Potatoes are getting down to quite
reasonable prices. with the market
easy, under Il more abundant supply.
The tremendous prices of Il couple Of
most every direction. They are quot
ed: Barrels, $2.2ou2.50; hcbrons, S0ll
SIC; per bu: prides. 75ltS0c: bliss. SOC:
white sweets, S2G2.50, red, 81; yellow,
$2.75M3.5O per Dbl.
Onions are a little changed. There
are still few Egyptians at hand at
$1.25Gi2 per bg. Native barrels are sold
at $1.7502.25; bushels, 500 i5c;. Bunch
es sell at 250l3Oc per doz. Small silver
skins. for picking, 1908 per box.
Celery is quoted at 81 per doz bchs.
Spinach is down to 2Oc per bu. Let
tuce is little firmer at soc per bx. The
supply of radishes sell at 25c per bx.
Cabbages are quoted at $4a5 per 100.
Cucumbers sell at 81 per bx. Tomatoes
are very low at soc per bx. The supply
is abundant from the farmers.
Squashes are quoted at $1.o5M1. so
per barrel for marrow. Summer
squashes are about out Of the ,urket
and nominal.
Turnips are down to $3.50 per barrel
for yellow, with white at $1.25. Flat
or round are quoted at about 25c per
bushel. Beets sell at 35c per bushel;
carrots, 35c; parsnips, 81 per bushel;
mint. BIC per dozen; cress, 35c per doz-
en-; parsley, 1oc Per busheL
String beans are stu low at Soc per
box; wax beans, eSci ciyy beans, So;
Lima, 81 per box' shell beans, 75c per
box.
Green peas Ore Scarce at about So
per box for good. Green corn is plenty
and sells at 4Oc per box.
Leeks are quoted at 75c per dozen;
peppers, 4Oc per box; egg plants, $l.25
per dozen. There are few cauli-
flowers on the market, and they sell ut
$50 per box, with five in a box.
On pork and lard tirmer market Is
noted.
The beef situation is frmer, es-
pecially on headquarters from the best
cattle. Indeed, it is claimed that there
is shortage of the best beef. Prices
are higher on that class Of beef.
An Oversupply Of mutton and lambs
has kept the market easy for several
days. Veals have been less abundant
of late, with shade of tirmness in the
market. Spring lambs, 7M1Oc; fall
lambs, 6dSAac; muttons, G6l7kc; veals,
7MShc; fancy and Brightons. Sll0c.
The supply of iced and alive poultry
has been very full Of late, while the
weather has ruled most too warm for
a good market OH fresh. Iced turkeys,
9@lOhc, frozen, 0@11c; fresh native
chickens, 14@10c; western, 13@17c;
live fowls, S@i9c; live chickens, O11Oc;
spring ducks, 11W1Sc.
Hay is steady, with very little change
noted Straw ia llnchnnred Mi1lfoad