St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-03-12
BOSTON MARKETS.

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231aM241sc; diaries, 224@24c; firstss
23h@24c; ladies, 15Q19c; jObbers, hc
to 1c more.
Cheese is firm in the local market,
with a fair demand. Round lots, liz
@121lc; sage, 12k@131ac; jObbing, 1a@
1c higher.
Eggs have made a most decided drop,
with as low as 1Sc mentioned, although
no sales could be confirmed at that
price. Quotations are nominally at:
Fresh western, 20M22c; eastern, 210
22c; nearby and fancy, 25@2Sc and up.
jobbng, 1c to 11Ac higher.
Beans have continued in quiet re-
quest, with little change in prices.
Apples have been selling better, with
the market more steady. Quotations
are nominally unchanged. Fancy
Baldwins, S425@4.75; ordinary to
good, So 25@375; greetings, $3.75@
$50; Kings, $4.25M5.5 so; Tolman sweets,
SOB. 70; No. 2, all varieties, $2.7503.25;
mixed lots, $325Q3.75; very choice and
jobbing lots, 50c0$1 more.
Cranberries are pretty firm at $6.5O@
10 for bbls, and at $2d3.50 for cases.
Strawberries are still rather slow
about coming forward. They sell at
30d40c per box in refrigerator lots, and
retail at 20050c per box, as to size of
box and quality of fruit.
Rhubarb is more plenty and sells at
44Gc per ID in large lots. Honey is firm
at lie for choice Vermont comb, with
other grades at 1501Gc.
Potatoes have been ruling firmer,
with sweet potatoes very firm. Green
mountains, 90092c; Hebrons, SS@0Oc;
rose, SO0S5c; DakOtas, 7507Sc; p. e.
/ l. Chenangoes, 70075c per bu; mag
NUNS, $2Q2.15 per By; Belgians, S190;
Jersey sweet 81 per Dbl; Vinelands,
$5td5.50. New Bermuda potatoes sell
at SIS; bushels, So.
Onions continue very firm. Native
S4.5005.50 for bbls; bus, $1.75@2.5O;
Valencias, S3,75 per cs; Havanas, $275:
/ Spanish, small cs, $1.75.
Celery is in limited supply at S1025O
| per doz as to quality. Spinach is
quoted at $3.50 per Dbl for Baltimore,
and at S215 for Norfolk Beet greens
job at 75c per bu, with dandelions at
%1.25. Lettuce is quoted at 75c0$125
for long boxes of three dOz. Cauli-
flowers are quoted at $2.250275 per
CRIT
| Cabbagos are still pretty firm at S1.JO
for eastern; Danish, $1G501.7 10 per Dbl;
red, $3.50 per Dbl. Cucumbers sell at
S4Ql12 per 100, for firsts and seconds,
as to quality. Tomatoes are rather
scarce at $2.2562.65 per crt. Peppers
sell at $3l350 per crt. Egg plants are
not plenty at $3.50 per crt.
Squashps are still most remarkably
firm at 500 per ton, with the jobbers
obliged to ask $5d5.50 for 100 lbs.
Then, if they get caught with one or
two rotten ones at hand, all their prof
4 its are gone.
Brussels sprouts are quoted at 2Oc
per qt; satisfy, $1.25 per dOz; artichokes,
+ scarce at 50 per bX; leeks, 60c per doz;
Canadian yellow turnips 90c per Dbl;
| st. Andrews, 750S5c per Dbl; white
French, ST; white fiat and globe white
soc per b1.
Beets job at $1.25; carrots, 75c6S1 per
bu; parslips, $1.7562 per Dbl; mint,
75c per doz; cress, Toe per doz; parsley,
81 per bu.
Southern string beans sell at S4@5
per crt for green, with wax the same.
Pork and lard are steady, with little
change il prices, although hogs have
been ruling higher.
Beef sod better toward the last of
the week, but at prices that favored the
buyer, especially in low and medium.
grades. Very choice steers are still
scarce anG pretty firm.
The supply of mutton and lamb has
been amph and trade has dragged a
good deal. Lambs, Sh@10c; fancy and
Brightons, 9d101ac; yearlings, G@9c;
muttons, 7l9c; fancy, 7K091ac; veals,
9010hc; flncy and Brightons, 1870
11kc
Poultry las been ruling rather dull,
but with tie supply not excessive.
Hence prices are pretty well sustained.
Western turkeys, 1601Sc; fresh native
chickens, B61Sc; western, 12M15c;
fresh fowls 11d12c; live fowls, liz
t11ac; capols, 15d16c; geese nominal,
12@13c; dudIs, 13@16c.
There is cry little in the wholesale
game market. The supply is mostly in
the refrigelatorS Of the retail trade.
Wild ducks are about out of market,
There are few pigeons at hand, and
they sell at Il 25M1.40 per doz. SQUADS
are scarce at about $3.50 per doz.
Hay is in only fair request, with best
hay steady in price, and low grades
easy Straw is in quiet demand and
little changed. Millfeed is dull and
aasE Hay, S115O@175O; fancy and
jobbing, $1S;rye straw, $15016.5 50; oat
straw, $11@R.
Crop advicAs have been less assuring
and the whe;t market has quickly re-
fected the turn in stronger prices.
Flour is finer, with millers agents
put up &c AID 10c per Dbl. This has
seemed to check trade somewhat, while
some of the biggest Touring concerns
are not urging trade at ALL With track
wheat considerably higher. and with
milfeed at east IS n ton lower Than