St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-01-08
BOSTON MARKETS.

Boston, Jan. 6.-The butter market
is very little changed. Extra cream
cry, small pkgs, 241a025c; northern
fresh, round lots, 24M241ac; eastern.
23A@24c; diaries, 20@21c; tirsts, 2Od
2215c; ladies', 15@1Sc; jobbing. 1ac to 1c
more.
Cheese is firm, with Liverpool up Cd
higher. Round lots, 11@111ac; sage u
Ql2Ac; jobbing, 75c to1c higher.
Eggs are very firm in the west. with
some irregularity as to quotations.
Here the market is very firm. Storage.
l902lc; fresh western, 29M33c; eastern,
25@35c; nearby and fancy, 35M40c and
up; jobbing, 1c to 115c higher.
Beans remain steady in price, with
the demand rather quiet.
Apples remain firm, with cables from
abroad stronger. Trade is limited here
by reason Of the very cold weather. but
prices are fully sustained. Fancy Bald
wins and greetings, $3.75d4.25: Ordi-
nary to good $2.75@3.5O; Ben Davis.
S3.2o0375; pound sweets, $3.5O04;Tol-
man sweets, $3035O; No. .. all yarie-
ties, S2.25@3; mixed lots, 2.75@3.25;
very choice and jobbing lots, 50cM$1
more.
Cranberies are firm at $5.5O09 Der
Dbl; crts, $2.5003.5O.
A few refrigeratOrs Of strawberries
were received from Florida. They sold
at Go075c per box, in refrigerator lots.
Atretail they were offered at 4O045c for
small bXs and at 75@S0c for large.
Comb honey jobs at 1501Sc per lb.
Potatoes were more steady, with
sweet potatoes firm for good to best.
Green mountains S3MSJc; Hebrons, 50
CdS3c; Dakotas, 750SOc; New York
round white, 70073c; Scotch magnums,
$2Q2.25 per By; P. E. l. Chenangoes. 75c
per bu; Jersey sweet, So for choice:
fancy $3'25Q3,5O per Dbl; poorer
grades less.
Native onions continue easy at $50
3.25 per Dbl; bushels, 95c0$1 10; Val
encta, large cs, So; Cuban small crts,
$1.50.
Celery is remarkably easy for the sea-
son. Boston market, $1.5O per doz;
Pasquale, $1@125. Spinach is still high
at Sl.5O01.S0 for native dollhouse; Nor.
folk, S1.5OQ2 per Dbl. Caulifowers are
rather scarce at $3.5003. IS for Califor-
mia, or $2.75 per doz. Beet greens sell
at 81 per bu.
Lettuce is still firm at 50c0S1 per doz.
Radishes sell at 40c per doz bchs. Cab
bages are easy at 81 per Dbl, with red at
rs per bX.
Squashes are a little frmer at S5O655
per ton. The jobbers quote native at
S2.25Q2.50 per Dbl; western, SO per 100
lbs. Cucumbers are very firm at SIS
per 100, as to quality; seconds, half
price. Tomatoes are firm at SOC Der lib
for dollhouse, with southern crts at $50
a.
Brussels sprouts are in short supply
and firm at 15c per at. Satisfy, or yege-
table oyster, is on the market and sold
at 15c per doz. Egg plants continue
scarce and very firm at So per crt.
LeekS are quoted at 5Oc per doz:
artichokes, $125 per bx. Southern
string beans are scarce and very firm at
$506 per cs for green with no wax
beans on the market.
Pork provisions have been thoroughly
sustained, with prices fluctuating but
little.
The beef market continues dull and
rather unsatisfactory to the shippers.
The very best beef is in limited supply.
and sells at high prices, but ordinary
and poor is dull and easy.
The mutton market is fairly firm. with
a fair trade and prices well sustained.
Neals are in small supply and firm.
Lambs, 10010Ec; fancy and Brfghtons,
101ac@11c; yearlings, SAFE; muttons. 5I
&c; fancy 7@715c; veals, S010Hc; fancy
and Brightons, 10l5@1115c.
Poultry is pretty we'll sustained. on
cold weather. But trade is rather