St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-09-17
BOSTON MARKETS.

IMAM week dSo Wy at l0dot ~, anu IAS
market is firm at the advance. Extra
creamery, small pkgs, 23Q23hc; north
ern fresh, round lots, 23c; western, 221a
@23c; eastern, 221A@23c; firsts, 19@21c;
jobbing, ac to 1c more.
The cheese market is firm, with the
demand fair. Liverpool has lost Sd for
the week. Round lots, 10h@11c; sage,
10 3-4@11hc; jobbing, A@1c higher.
Eggs continue firm and inclined to
stronger prices. The feeling in the
trade is that the season of cheap eggs
is over. Western fresh, 1S@22c; east
ern, 23025c; nearby and fancy, 25t@30c
and up; jobbing, 1c to 112c higher
Beans are very steady for pea and
medium, with yellow eyes and red kid
neys advanced. Carload lots, pea, 81:
medium, So; yellow eyes, $2.45@250;
red kidneys, $275d2.SO; California
small white, $220Q2.25; jobbing, 10c
more; Lima, 405c per ID. .s...........
Themarket on apples is in rather bet
ter shape, with prices better sustained,
although the receipts are still large.
Quotations are steady. Astrachans,
75c@$1; Williams, $1@2; pippins, $1@
$50; sweet boughs, $1@125; craven
stems, $2@225 per Dbl; common ap-
pies, 50c@$1; box apples 25@75c.
Pears are scarce and high. No yarie-
ties, except Bartletts, have come for.
ward yet, and dealers believe that other
varieties are especially short Bart
let's sell at $3@5 per Dbl, as to quality.
By the bushel they are quoted at $175
as, as to quality. California pears are
still on the generally in cold
storage-at $202.75 per bx.
Peaches are not In excessive supply,
with Delawares getting near to the end
of the season. Delawares are quoted at
$1@1.50 per bskt, with fancy more.
Connecticuts, Jerseys and natives sell
at $1.5002, with small at $1M1.50
Michigans, in bushel bskts, are quoted
at $2@2.75.
Plums are still in fair supply, with
CALIFORNIA; sold by the jobbers at 81
| @1.75 for 4-bskt crts. Prunes sell at
about the same prices, with the supply
running short. Native plums sell at
7@Sc per at, in crt lots, with damsons
and cages at 50M75c for 10-lb bskts.
Cranberries are in full supply for the
| time of year, with crts quoted at $1.25
@2.25; bbls, $506.
Blueberries are still on the market
and are pretty firm at 10@16c, as to
quality.
Grapes are in fair supply, but are not
nearly as abundant as year ago. They
are quoted at 20@25c for Delaware
ponies; Concords and other varieties,
13@15c; carriers, $1@1.50, as to
variety and quality. California To
kays are on the market at $2.25G2.75
per CRIT of four bskts.
Celery is in full supply and quoted al
40@50c per doz; spinach, 121ac per bu
lettuce, 20025c per doZ; radishes, 25C
per bx; caulifowers, 20025c for shor1
bxs; long, 40060c.
Native onions are quoted at Toe pei
bu, and at So. 2502.50 per Dbl. Spanish
onions are sold at $1@1.25 for short
crates; long, $2.25@2.50.
Cabbages are plenty and easy at $50
"A per 100. Cucumbers are easy a
$1.50M2 for No. 1; No. 2, 75cM$1 per bx
Squashes are easier at 75c0$1 pc
Dbl. for marrow; Tlrban, $150@1 rs
Bay State, S15001,75. Summe
squashes are about done for the season
though there are still a few offering.
Yellow turnips are sold at $101.2I
per Dbl; white, fiat SOC per bu; beets
40050c per bu: carrots, 40050c; leeks
40c per doz; parsnips, 75c per bu; mint
30035c per doz; cress 25030c; parsley
121ac per bu. Egg plants sell at 50@75
per doz; peppers 50d60c per bx. Sinai
onions for picking are at wide range
$15002.50 per bX. Gerkins are not i
full supply, and sell at all the way fror
So to SIS a pkg, according to qualit
and size CT the pkg.
, Potatoes are steady. Green mouI
tains, 55@5Sc bu; hebrons and Ion
white, 4S050c; Virginia sweets, SIT
) @2.25; Jersey double heads, $250@2.7
per Dbl.
String beans are steady at 5067s
per bu; lima beans, 75cM$1; improve,
| $3.50; sieva beans, $1.2501.50; gree
t peas are sold at 75c@$1.50 as to qua
ity. Green corn is very plenty at
assoc per bX, as to quality and cond
7, ton.
Hay is still in fairly strong positio
with offerings of good to best not e
cessive. Rye straw continues rath
quiet and unchanged. Millfeed is u
!, changed. Best hay, $1,000; No. 1, S.
= 018; low grades, $13 and up; rye stray
:. $15@16; oat straw, $10011.
The pork and lard markets a
= stronger following the advance
/ hogs. Hogs in Chicago were quoted
y $500 per 100, while the highest poi
since 1892, reached a few weeks as
4 was but $S.25, only zoe below the hig
e est point for many years. Here quot
= tons are firmer.