Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-27
I'M HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand
Boston, March 28.-Butter 10 In rat Ter
small supply, with fresh creameries
coming forward only slowly, and the
amount Of good butter in the freezers
small. 1t is suggested that the supply
II cleaning up remarkably well. Extra
creamery, small pkgs, 20h@30c; north
ern fresh, round lots, 2sh@29hc; west
ern. 2Sk@29c; eastern, 2SQ29c; Octo.
Der extra, 24A@25hc; diaries, 230c4c'
arsts, 23h@24hc; ladies, 16019c; job
beers, Nc to 1c more.
Cheese Is in firm position, with the
supply well held. Round lots, 12@13hc;
cage, 12AQ14c; jobbing, M@1c higherN
Eggs seem to have ceased saggiug.
but they are still too high to store.
Western fresh, 16h@17c; eastern, In
01Sc; nearby and fancy, 20Q25c and up;
jobbing, 1c to Inc more.
Beans remain In quiet demand, with
prices unchanged.
Apples have been selling fairly well,
with the market held in position. Prices
are too high for an active general trade,
however, and the supply is not large
enough for such trade. Fancy Bald
WINS 81 .25G4.75; ordinary to good, 3.25
0S.75; Bed Davis, $3.75@4.50; Tolman
sweets, $3.25@4; No. 2, all varieties,
$2.75@825; mixed lots, $32bQ3.75;
very choice and jobbing lots, 50c@$1
more.
Cranberries are in fair supply for the
,, season, with the market bout steady at
$7Q10 for bbls; crates, $2.60@3.2b for
good.
Strawberries are coming along more
freely. 1t is expected that the first car
,, Of Florida strawberries Of the season
will reach Boston this week. Straw
berries sell in refrigerator lots at ESQ
! 85c, the latter the choice. They retail
ut all sorts of prices, from zoe to 4Oc, all
depending on the size Of the box and
quality Of the berries.
Some new maple sugar IL being re-
ceived that is really new, and it sells
| at 12Q14c per Id for cakes, with re-
melted old at about Toe. Syrup that is
really new sells at $1.1O@1.25 per gal;
old, 90c@$1.
| Potatoes continue to be we'll sus-
tanned, though sweets are little easier.
Green mountains, Q3@95c; Hebrons, OF
Q93c; rose, 90c; Dakotas, 78@8Oc; P.
Il. /. Chenangoes, 70@75c per blu; mag
NUNS, 1902. 10 per bg; Belgiums, 81. 80;
Jersey sweet. 1904 per Dbl; Vinelan ds,
s4@.50. New Bermuda potatoes sell
BY the jobbers at IS per Dbl.
The market on onions Is easier. Ma
tive, $S.60@4.50 for bbls; bus, $3.50
$3.50; valcncias, $3.5OQ0.75 per O.;
Havanas, $2e0Q2S5; Spanish, small
CT, $1.75.
Celery. white. is quoted at S1.5O per
dos. Spinach sells at 31.5001.7b per
Dbl. Cauliflowers are not in full sup
ply, and sell at $276 for California.
Beet greens are quoted at Toe per
BIZ; dandelions, 81; lettuce, $3.50 pei
bx; three doz to the bx. Radishes sell
1t 35c per doz bchs.
Cabbages are lower At 7bc for native
with Danish at $1.25@1.6O Red cab
bages are quoted at 81 per Dbl. Gu.
cumbers sell at $S@12 per 100, ~ to
quality. Tomatoes sell at 25c per II
for dollhouse, with southern crts .,
about 81. Peppers sell at about $3.50
per crt. Egg plants are firm At SAX
per crt.
SQuashes are even firmer than last
noted, with $110 per ton being quoted
the highest ever known. The jobbers
have to get $606.60 per 100 lbs.
J Brussels sprouts are higher at 25t
per at; satisfy, $1.25 per doz: arti
chokes scarce at s. per bx; leeks, 81 pc,
doz; Canadian yellow turnips, S1000t
per Dbl; st. Andrews, 7bQS0c per Dbl
white French, ?5c; white nat and globe
white, SIC per bu.
Beets are a little sasder at 81 per bu
carrots. 7bc@$1; par1nips, 50c per bu
mint. 60c per dos; cress, 7bc per doz
parsley, 7bc per bu.
Southern string beans sell at So pei
crt. California green peas bring $2.2'
02.50 for good.
Pork provisions are steady, will
hrmer reports on hogs from the west
The only change in this market is tn
raising Of fresh ribs Nc.
The beef market L. pretty firm, will
even higher prices noted in the ives
ON cattle. The complaint Of highe
beef is constantly heard, but the trad
and consumers must not lose sight o
the remarkably high cost Of corn AM
other cattle-feeding products. Steer
purchased last fall at the usual prices
and fed to get them ft for the market
have been fed ON corn that has cost Il
the country where fed from 4Oc to 10
per blu, against a cost Of 16c to 2Oc, o
even less, on ordinary years.
The mutton market has ruled prett
: firm, With choice, heavy muttons scare
and lambs firm, though probably ten
: porarily. Lambs, 1Oh012hc; fame
and Brightons, 11@13c; yearlings, q
o1Lc. muttons QE101Lc. fancy AO1O(