News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-01-29
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

| iN"Ah5 TIC NcW IOIh uldThel, WHICH ~
higher. Here trade is quiet, but prices
are little higher. Extra creamery,
small pkgs, 24h@25c; northern fresh,
round lots, 24@25c; western, 24@241ac;
eastern, 24@24ac; diaries, 2OM21c;
firsts, 2O@221ac; ladies', 15d18c; jobbing,
12c to 1c more.
Cheese is firm, with quotations slight
ly stronger than week ago. The de-
mand Is fair. Round lots, Hall 3-4c;
sage, ia 121ac; jobbing, 1sMlc higher.
Eggs have been irregular for several
days. Atmarks, storage, 22lu24c; fresh
western, 21M2Sc; eastern, 2Sd3Oc;
nearby and fancy, 3O035c and up; job
bling, 1c to lee higher.
Beans continue easy on pea and me-.
dium, with other stock fairly sustained.
Apples have continued in quiet de-
mand. Prices are really too high for q
ready improvement, but with the supply
SO limited that they are not likely TO 60,
much lower at present. Quotations are.
steady. Fancy Baldwins, $4M45O; ordi-
nary to good, $4,000; greetings, $3.50
0425; Kings, $4.25M5.5O; Tolman
| sweets, S3M3.J0; No. 2, all varieties,
S2.50M3; mixed lots, $3M3.5O; very
choice and jobbing lots, 5Oc0Sl more.
Cranberries are a little firmer, with
bbls quoted at seas; crts, $202.75; up
per ranges for choice, in a iobbing
way.
For the week II refrigeratOrs of Flor
| ida strawberries were received same
week a year ago, II. The last sales
were at zoe in refrigerator lots, or
higher for smaller lots. AT retail they
are quoted at 40M50c for small boxes
| and at 650iS0c for full sizes
Honey holds firm, especially for,
white. Vermont is wanted at 1S020c.
Potatoes are Il little easier, with
sweets firm. Green mountains, S56lS8c;
Hebrons, S3MS5c; rose, S00S2c; Da-
| kotas, 750SOc; New York round white,
/ T6tU T5C; +. Il. 7. CHenangOGS, Toe per bu :
magnums, S202.25 per Big; Jersey sweet,
$3M350 per Dbl; Einelands, $3.7504.
Onions are pretty firm Native bbls,
| 3.T504 per bbi: per bu, 81 80; Valencia,
large crts, $2.7503; Havana, small crts,
$2.7503; Cuban, small crts, S1.ja
Celery is at wide range and Iuoted at
75cM$1.50 per doz. Spinach continues.
very firm ut 81 SOAP 80 per Dbl for Balti-
| more; Norfolk, $3.50 per bbu: native,
S.25 per hu. Beet greens are sold by
the jobbers at $3.50 per bu.
| Caulihowers are scarce at SO. 90 ) per
cs for California, with little native to be
had. Lettuce is very poor and quoted
, at 25c per doZ.
Cabbages are still plenty aud sell at
81 per Dbl, with red at about $3.50 per
/ Dbl. Cucumbers are still scarce and sell
| at $14M1G per 100 for the best dollhouse,
with seconds at half price. Tomatoes
are scarce and high at 40c per ID for
| native dollhouse. Southern crts are
quoted at $25OM3.
Squashes are still very firm at $50 per
, ton for best. BY the 100 lbs western
are quoted at $3.50, with native at So
! per Dbl.
Brussels sprouts are jobbed at 1910
! per at, with satisfy at Toe per doZ bchs.
, There are no egg plants on the market.
Leeks bring SOC per doz; artichokes,
$1.25@ 10 per bu.
Southern string beans are in small
supply and sell at seas per cs, as to.
= quality, A few California green peas.
are seen on the market, and they sell
at $1@2,50 per cs, as to quality.
Yellow turnips are a little firmer at
SO0S5c per Dbl; white French, S1.50;
! globe white and white fiat, 40050c per
bu; beets, zoe per bu; carrots, GOc; pars-
nips, I5c0$1. Mint is quoted at 81 per
doz; creSs, Toe; parsley, $3.50 per bu.
| The pork market is easier on some
cuts, with lard unchanged. Fresh ribs
are lac higher.
Beef is in good demand for choice,
which is scarce. Low and medium
grades sold better, with feeling in the
west that beef is going to he higher,
rather than lower. But the quantity
here is too large for very firm market
Lambs have been easier, under heavier
arrivals, and not very active demand.
Muttons have been only fairly sus-
tanned Veals continue firm. Lambs,
S091ac; fancy and Brightons, 0d1Oc;
yearlngs, 507ac; muttons, 56j7c: fancy
7@7hc; veals, 9@1O1kc; fancy and
BrghtOns, 1012d11Ec.
The poultry market is fairly sustained,
with alive poultry scarce aud firm.
Northern turkeys, package lots, 16M20c;
western, 800 Ice; fresh native chickens,
16020c; western, 12M15c; fresh fowls,
10013c live fowls, 11M13c: capons, Is
@17c; live chickens, 12614c: geese. Il
@13c; ducks, 13016c.
Game in small supply. with about
the only exception in the case of rah-
bits. Nenison is scarce, except in the
refrigerators of the retail dealers.
Pigeons are Il little firmer, with squads
very firm. Wild ducks are in limited
supply. Rabbits, SG12c per pair; big
jacks, $4,000 per pair; pigeons, $1,25
also per doz; squads, S2.5003 per dOz;
black ducks, $1.5Od1.75 per pair; Nal
lards. 81. 2501. 80; canvasback ducks, So
al; wild geese, $1d2 each: Brant, $1.25
also per pair; quail $3.5064 per doz;
grouse, 50. 25G3.50 per pair.
Hay is weaker, under the influence of
the decline in mill feed. Straw is quiet
and rather easy. Millfeed is dull and
lower. Hay, S11.50d1S; fancy and job
bling, $1S61S.50; rye straw, $l5Q16; cat
straw, SS@10.
The decline in wheat seems to be