Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-05
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

/ Boston, June 4.-Eutter has Stll'n"u
I'D somewhat and closed firm ut full
quotations. with choice fresh cream
cries in demand. Extra creamery,
small pkgs. 24M241.c: northern fresh.
round lots. 2312M.4c; western, 2oQ
231sc; eastern, 23M23l2c; tirsts, ZIG
, 22c; renovated 2OM22l4c; jobbers, zee
to 1c more.
New cheese has been in better supply,
and prices have declined. though some
what hrmer. Round lots. l3M13hc;
new. 11Ml1lac: sage. 12i3M14c; job
bling. iac to lc higher.
All markets are trmer on eggs, with
full quotations asked for choice fresh.
Western fresh. 1112n 1Sc: eastern. $50
1Slac: nearby and fancy. 21NIo2c and up;
jobbny. It. to Acc higher
Beans are steady in price. with fair
demand Carload lots. pea. 81 SOFA 50;
medium. 81 50; yellow eyes. 2,25M2 ,30;
red Kidneys. $o.3oM2 .35; California
small white, S23oal2.35; jobbing, 10c
more; Lima. &c per 10.
Millfeed is firm, with supplies in tran
sit commanding 81 to 81 premium over
shipping prices. Hay and straw are
steady and unchanged. Hay. $14@1s;
fancy and jobbing, $1S5oM20; rye
straw $17M1S; oat straw. $11M12.
Pork provisions are lower on some
items while others are advanced
;- r1 tv,t ha
ment of hogs, and supplies marketed
continue to fall largely short of the num-
bers year ago.
The market for choice heavy beef is
slightly tirmer, but other grades are
quiet and unchanged. For the week
the arrivals of beef here were again
small, being 1877 cars for Boston and
6S cars for export.
The weather helped the trade in
muttons and lambs, and prices are
steady. with a fair demand; veals are
also steady and unchanged. Lambs,
12M121ac; fancy and Rrightons, 800
13c; spring lambs, eastern, S5@7; west
ern, l4a15c; warnings, 1OM11c; NUT
tons. 10@11c; veals. 6@1Oc; fancy and
BrlghtonS. 912M 101ac.
There is only a quiet demand for
poultry with prices easy, with quota
tons nominally unchanged. Iced tur-
keys, 15G16c; iced fowls, 12k@13c;
frozen fowls and chickens, 12M13c:
fresh native fowls, 14M15c: south shore
chickens, 20M 25c; live fowls, 1o@12kc.
Apples are in light supply and prices
are firm, with rather a quiet demand.
The quotations are: Ben Davis, sac
4.50; rpssets. $4M5; No. 2, all varieties.
$2.5o@3.25; very choice and jobbing
lots, SOC to 81 more.
New California cherries sell $3.50
$3.50 per crt.
The receipts Of Strawberries have
been large, principally from Maryland
and Delaware. Prices have ruled low
all the week, the latest quotations
being Ga 12c, with some fancy bringing
slightly better prices.
Cranberr1es are scarce and sell at 81
per crt. There are none coming for.
ward.
Potatoes have declined sharply and
prices are easy. Green mountains.
Csc; Hebrons. 90c; Dakotas, 7O075c:
Chenangoes, 75c; York state white. so
geoc; magnums, $1.75@2 per By; Ber-
mudas, $3@5 per Dbl and S1.5O0225
per bu; new southern, $4@4.5O per Dbl:
Carolina sweet, $3.50 per crt.
Bermuda onions are easier at 81 50 Der
crt, with Egyptian quoted at So per
bg. New bunch onions sell at 40 per
bx.
Truck and vegetables are in good
supply. Celery sells at 75c@$1.25 Der
bch for big punches, as to size and
quality. Spinach is very low at 561G,
per bx; dandelions, SOC; kale. 25c: beet
green's, 25c; lettuce, 5Oc@$1 for 3-dox
bx.
Asparagus is in light supply and sell.
all the way from S. to 50 per bx, as to
Size and quality. New southern cal.
bage are quoted at $2@4 per bx, as ts
quality and quantity. Tomatoes ar.
firm at 81 per crt for southern, with ma.
tive dollhouse at 35c per Id; radisheA.
25c per bx.
Summer squashes bring 50 per crt, a,
to quality. Canada yellow turnips ara
almost out of market at ST .2561 so per
Dbl. White French sell at 81 25 per Dbl.
New bunch sell at 25@5Oc per doz,
bunch beets, 75c per doz for native.
southern, SOC per doz; old carrots, 75e
per bX; new bunch, $3.50 per doz; pars.
n1ps, 81 per bx. as to quality; mint, 35c
per doz; cress, SOC; parsley, SOC per bx:
southern string beans, S1.5O. Green
peas are quoted at $50 per bskt, as to
quality and condition. Ihubarb sells
at Coo per bx.
Speculative wheat markets show de-
cided decline for the week. The prin-
cipal factor in the market has been the
Improved crop conditions prevailing.
Heavy rains have fallen over the en-
tire wheat and corn area during the past
week, and all growing crops are making
favorable progress. The rains have
been so general and copious that v lille
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