St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-03-19
BOSTON MARKETS.

| keJ is pretty wen SuSldlueu, Win New
York more steady. Extra creamery
small pkgs, 2S@2S1ac; northern fresh,
round lots, 271a@2Sc; western, pa
27ac; eastern, 27@271ac; June extra,
23@24c; diaries, 221ad234c; tirsts %
@24c; ladies, 15Q19c; jobbers, 12c to
lie more.
Cheese is firmer in the home mar
Ket, with Liverpool further advanced.
Round lots, 12@131ac; sage, 1215014c;
jobbing, h01c higher.
Eggs are very easy, with New York
off 1ac further. The decline has been
a most remarkable one, from Sc to &c
per doz; western fresh, 170L171ac; east
ern, 17@18c; nearby and fancy, 20025c
and up; jobbing, lie to 11ac more.
Beans continue dull in demand, with
prices rather easy.
The apple market has ruled rather
quiet under the effect of the trans
portation strike and the very warm
weather. But prices are pretty well
sustained, with receipts considerably
fallen off. Fancy Baldwins, $425@
4.75; ordinary to good, $3.250375;
greetings, $3.75@4.5O; Kings, $L256
$50; Tolman Sweets $3@3.75; No. 2,
all varieties, $2.75Q3.25; mixed lots.
So. 25@3.75; very choice and jobbing
lots, 50c@$1 more.
Cranberries are about steady at $70
8 for bbls; cases, $2.50@3.
Marketmen who have lately returned
from the market districts along the
coast find that so far the strawberry
crop is very late. They have sold at
30@35c in refrigerator lots here for a
few days. At retail they sell at 25@
40c. The boxes vary greatly in con-
tents.
Rhubarb is not in very full supply
and sells at 509c per ID in jobbing lots.
Vermont comb honey sells at tic, with
other grades at 150l16c.
Potatoes are well sustained, with
sweet potatoes in slack demand, though
a few choice bring full prices Green
mountains, 93@95c; Hebrons, 90d92c;
rose, SS090c; Dakotas, 7SdS0c; P. E.
I. Chenangoes, 7O@75c per bu; mag
nuns, $2d215 per Big; Belgians, $1.9O;
Jersey sweet, 81 per Dbl; Vinelands,
| 81. 5OGl5.5O.
New Bermuda potatoes sell by the
jobbers at $SdS.5O per Dbl.
Onions continue firm. Native, $3.50
as for bbls; bus, $1.5001.75 Valencias,
| $3@3.75 per cs; Hayanas, $2.S562. 80:
Spanish, small cs, $17501.S5.
Celery is i'll small supply, and sells at
wide range, $1.5003 per doz. Spinach
is more plenty and sells at wide range.
as to quality, at $1.25@2.50 per Dbl.
Caulitowers are not in very full supply,
and sell at $3.50 for California,
Beet green's are pretty plenty and are
quoted at 81 per bX; dandelions, $1.25
per bX. Lettuce is quoted at 81 per bx.
Radishes are sold ut Soc per bx. Cab
bages are quoted at $1.25@150 per Dbl
for about all varieties, though red
brings more.
Cucumbers are still at wide range, as
to quality, with quotations at $S012
per bX. Tomatoes are pretty firm at 25c
| per Id for hothouse with southern crts
at $3@350. Peppers are scarce at
S3.5OQ4 per crt. Egg plants are firmer
at about 81 per crt.
The very high position of squashes is
maintained, with the quality not the
best and very limited. They are
quoted at about 500 per ton, with
jobbers obliged to get $5.5O0G per 100
lbs to keep them from actual losses.
Brussels sprouts sell at poe per at;
satisfy, SID per dOz; articholles, scarce
at So per bX; leels, 81 per doz; Canadian
yellow turnps, S5@90c per Dbl; st.
Andrews, T50S5c per Dbl; white
French, 75c; white fiat and globe
white, Soc per bu.
Bects are firm at$1 % per bu; carrots.
75c@Sl; par>nips, 81 per Dus mint, 75c
| per d0z; cross, Toe per d0z; parsley.
| S1.25 per hu. Southern string beans
sell at about Sc per crt for wax and
green. There have been a few Cali
fornia green peas on the market Of late.
but the quality has been poor and sold
for what it would bring. Good lots
would bring S20250 per crt.
Pork quotations here are about soc
easier, with lard unchanged.
Beef is considerably firmer, with 4
better trade Sellers have rpDO1.+C of n
higher market west and that higher
prices will he urged here.
The mutton market is firm at the adj
vance. Lambs, 1O012c; fancy and
Brightons, 10AG12Ac; yearlings, Ga
915c; muttpns, 7@9hc; fancy, 71S0
1Oc; veals, 9@10c; fancy and Brightons
10Q1015c.
Poultry is easier, with trade quiet.
Western turkeys 150l17c; fresh native
chickens, 15117c; western. 12M14c:
fresh fowls, 11012c; live fowls 11M
l1Ac; capons, 1501Gc; geese nominal.
12013c; ducks, 13016c.
There is very little game on the mar
ket Pigeons are in full supply at 81. %
01.40 per doz
Hay is dull and rather easy. Straw
is easy, but unchanged. Milfeed con-
tinues easy. Hay, $11. 5O017 80; fancy
and jobbing, SIS; rye straw, S15016.50;
Oat straw, S11012.
The flour market shows no change in
the high cost Of making it. is well