Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-29
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading Products i'm
Demand.

Demand.
Boston, Aug. 27.-Under full re-
ceipts and not very active demand, tie
butter market is quiet aud rather easy.
Still, there are not accumulations Of
best stock. Extra creamery, snail
pkgs, 210211ac; northern fresh, round
lots, 2Oh@21c; western, 2O@201ac;
eastern, 2O@ 2Okc firsts, 19019Ac; job
bers, 1ac to 1c more.
Cheese is in quiet request, with prices
unchanged. Fine stock is very firm.
Western fresh. 17@21c; eastern, 800
231ac; nearby and fancy. 22l2jc and
up: jobbing, 1c to lee higher.
Pea and medium beans have con
tinued in quiet request and rather
weak. Yellow eyes firm, with red kid
neys scarce and firm. Carload lot,
pea, 50; medium, SO; yellow eyes, S2.l5
0250; red kidneys. S2.G5d215: Cali
fornia small white. 50 2OM2.25; job
bling, 10c more; Lima. 4Gt5c per III.
Under the influence of good export
movement apples are doing unusually
well for the season of abundance of
perishable fruit, with prices we'll sus-
tanned. Astrachans, $1.75M2; Will
Jams, S2d250; pippins, s1.CCM225;
sweet bOughs, S2M2.50; gravensteins,
$250M2.75 per Dbl; bx .pples, 45cGIS1.
The crop of pears in this part of the
country is small, and at present prices
are high. with but few coming forward.
Native Bartletts are quoted at $500
S.75 per Dbl California pears are still
on the market at S1.750i2 - per bx.
Peaches have been coming along
rather slowly. with Delawares selling
at 75cM$125. California peaches at 81
! CLIO, with Georgia peaches about out
of market at S15OM1.75 for carriers.
Plums are still in pretty good supply,
with California selling ut S1.3j@2. as 10
quality and quantity. Native plums
are on the market in crates, in quart
boxes, and they have been selling by the
jobbers at &c per ut. There are still
few California prunes IN the market.
and sold by the jobbers at s1M1.JQ
per crt.
Grapes. in S-bslkt carriers, are quoted
at S1.25M15O for Concords and Wor-
dens; Niagaras, S1.5O0175; Della
wares, $25Od3-these prices from
jobbers.
I The supply Of blueberries continues
large with a wide difference in quality.
They are sold all the way from Sc to
14c per at, in crate lots. Blackberries
are not very plenty, and sell at 10G15c.
as TO quality. Raspberries are prac
tically done for the season.
Watermelons have continued in full
supply and sell at 10G15c. with few
fancy higher. Canteloupes are in full
supply and sell at 75c0iS1 % .'cr crt for
gems and Jenny Linds. Imitation
Rockyfords sell at STAT 30. But few
genuine melons of that stamp ave been
received. and sell at $3M35O per crt
Potatoes are about steady, with
sweets rather easy, on a full supply.
Hebrons and round white. 4EM5Oc per
bu; Green mountains. ;,OG55c: bar
rels, $1.G2RM1.75; yellow sweet. S2Gl
$50; red and white. 81 .5ofl17E per Dbl
Native onions are coming forward
and selling at $3.50 per Dbl. and At SUc
per bu. There are still II Cow Egyp-
tians on the market and thcy sell AZ
81. - per be-.
Celery is sold at 75cfEs1 Ter doz:
spinach. 15r per bx: lettuce. Toe ncr
doz; radshes, 25c per bx: raui;lowprs
81 p per long bX: crts. 15Gi zoe
Cahhagps are steady al about &C per
Dbl or S4GI5 per 100. Cucumbcrs con
tinue in full supply at 5Oc1i&1 per bX.
Tomatoes are plenty and very fine.
"a, y
Jerseys in crates about ont of market.
Squashes are easier at 75cGiS1 per
Dbl for marrow. Summer sQuashes are
sold at all sorts of prices. Peppers are
quoted at 5OM75c per bX. Small pick
ling onions are on the market at $2n4
per bu, according to quality. Gerkins
are on the market at 5Oc and upward.
according to quality and size of pack
age
Yellow turnips are easier ut 81 % per
Dbl, with white at 5Od zoe per bu: beets
soc per bu; carrots, 4Oc; egg plants
$1.25 per doz; leeks, 40c per doz.
Shell beans are quoted ut IJc0$1 pei
blu; string beans, 75cdS1; wax beans
75cM$1. Green peas are in smaller
supply and sell at $1M1.50 per bu
Green corn is plenty. ana almost in its
prime. 1t sells at 50dI5c per blu.
A firmer pork market has followed the
very strong market west, with prices
advanced
The beef market is hardly as firm as
noted "A week ago, under the fact oil
more small beef coming forward. The
best sides are still very scarce, will
shippers notifying the trade here that
such beef is hard to get and costing
very high. Trade continues to bC
limited, under the high cost
The mutton market has continued
steady, under the high prices of beef
and not excessive receipts. Quite &
body of fail lambs has been received
; and this has tended TO make 81 rims
lambs easier. Spring lambs. 1nm12c
fall lamb, S1am9lgc; yearling. 6M7lAc