News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-01-15
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Extra creamery, small pkgs, 21Cd2012c;
northern fresh, round lots, 241aQ25c;
western, 24M24hc; eastern, 24d2413c;
diaries, 20M21c; firsts, 20Q22l2c; ladies,
15@1Sc; jobbing lsc to 1c more.
Cheese remains steady and I'M
changed, with fair demand. Round
lots, 11M11 3-4c; sage, 12Q121ac; job
bing, a@1c higher.
Eggs continue very firm, with fresh
in short supply. At marks, storage, p
023c; fresh western, 3Om35c; eastern,
30035c; nearby and fancy, 3504Oc and
up; jobbing. 1c to 114c higher.
Beans are in quiet demand, with little.
change in prices.
Apples are scarce and high, still the
demand is fair considering the high
prices. Quotations are 1irmer. Fancy
Baldwins, $4d450; ordinary to good,
| $303.50 greetings, S3.50M4.25; and
Kings, $4.25Gl5.5O; Tolman sweets,
| $303.50; No. 2, all varieties, $2.5O03;
mixed lots, $3M3,50; very choice and
| jobbing lots, 50c0$1 more. More APP
| plies are coming forward than would
have been thought possible month or
two ago. Evidently the high prices are.
| bringing out everything.
Cranberries are a little easier, with a
pretty full supply. Barrels, sos; crts,
| $202.5O.
| Florida stra wberries are coming for
ward very slowly, by reason of the frost
and cold weather in the early straw
berry sections. The last received were
sold at 70MS5c per bX, in refrigerator
lots. At retail they are now quoted at
4Oc for small bXs and 75dS0c for ats.
Comb honey is firm at 1501Sc per
| lb.
Potatoes are firmer and selling better.
! Green mountains, Soc; Hebrons, S30S5c;
| Dakotas. 7jGtS0c; New York round
white, 7O673c; Scotch magnums, SEA
225 per Big: p. Il. |. ChenangOes, Toe
per bu; Jersey sweet, $3@3.50 per Dbl;
Vinelands. S3.75.
Native onions are firmer t S3.35d3.75
for bbls and bgs with jobbers selling
as high as 81 for choice lots. Valencia,
large crts. So; Havana. small crts, So;
| Cuban, small crtS. 81 .5GM2.
Celery continues easy. Boston mar
ket. $50 per doz; FaSqrale, 81. Spin
ach is very firm at S1,15Gi2.25 per Dbl
for southern; native dollhouse, 81 per
| bu.
California cauliflowers are quoted at
81 per crt. Beet green's are sold at 81
| per bu. Lettuce is quoted at 10c0S1 per
doz. Radishes are sold at SOC per doZ.
Cabbages are more plenty and rather
easy at 81 per bbl with red at $50 per
! bX. Cucumbcrs are scarce and high,
with native dollhouse at S12 per 100,
and seconds at half price. Tomatoes
are scarce at 3Jc per lib for dollhouse,
with southern crtS at $3GI4.
| SQuashes are higher again at about
$50 per ton for most varieties. job
bers quote at $3.50 per Dbl for native;
western. S;Gi3.25 per 100 lbs.
| Brussels sprouts are quoted ut 1212c
per qt Satisfy is sold at 75c per doz.
Egg plants are out of market. Leeks
are quoted ut SOC per doz. Artichokes
| job at $1.25 per bu.
| Southern string beans are in small
supply and sell at S4.500G per crit for
green. with no wax beans on the mar
| ket
| Yellow tuhnipS are little changed at
750SOc per Dbl: white French, S1.50per
Dbl: globe white ana white fiat, SOC per
hu. Beets sell at 60c per bu; carrots,
Coo: parSnips, $15cM$1. Mint is quoted
at 81 per doz; cress, 6OM75c; parsley is
remarkably high at 81 per Blu.
The pork situation is little changed,
though hogs are easier. Lard is off 1-Sc
further however
The beef situation is firmer, with
choice cattle very scarce and bringing
higher prices. Sellers claim to have
sold choice sides at Toe per lb, while the
report is current that beef is to be adj
vanced.
The mutton market is steady to firm,
with lambs firm. Veals are in light re-
ceipt and firm. Lambs, 1O011c; fancy
and Brightons, neutrality-suspicious., "a
axe; muttons, 51a@71ac; fancy, 7MSc;
veals. 901O1ac; fancy and Brightons,
| 10B0111ac.
Poultry is selling well, with a pretty
steady market. Live poultry is little
firmer. Northern turkeys, package lots,
16m19c: western, 13015c; fresh native
chickens, 12015c; western, 1O012c;
fresh fowls. 1Od12c; live fowls, 0@10c;
live chickens. 91A@10hc; geese, 10413c;'
! ducks, 130l15c.
The supply of game is short, with
prices high, exception rabbits, which are
plenty and dull. VenisOn is only in the
refrigerators of the dealers, and hence
firmly held. Quail and grouse are
scarce. Rabbits, 10d15c per pair; big
| jacks, 90c@$1.50 per pair; pigeons, $1D
125 per doz; squads, S2QI2.25 per doz;
black ducks, $3Q4; wild geese, $1@2
each; Brant. S101.25 per pair; quail,
S3.5064 per doz; grouse, 81. 25@3.50 per
| pair.
Hay is very firmly held, though trade
is dull, with q feeling that under easier
millfeed hay ought to decline. Straw is
| quiet and steady. Millfeed is easier
Hay. S1261S.50; fancy and jobbing, $40
| 019.5O;rye straw, $15.50M17; oat st:aw,
| $11@12.
Flour is &c easier on spring wheat,
with winter wheats fully sustained, on
the strong position of winter wheat. 1t
might be asked why flour has not fully
| followed the decline in wheat and in
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