St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-12-24
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

very quiet all the week, but prices show
very little change, the market closing
steady. Extra creamery, small pkgs.
2Sh@29c; northern fresh, round lots,
2S@2Shc; western, 2802Shc; eastern,
27@271zc; jobbing, 1zc to 1c more.
There is a little firmer market for
cheese, but the demand is not especially
active. Round lots, 13@14c; sage, 1874
@14kc; jobbing, k@1c higher.
Eggs are generally quiet, though
prices are steady. Choice fresh laid are
scarce and it only needs cold snap to
stiffen the market Western fresh, 81
@29c; storage, 22@25c; eastern, 30@35c;
nearby and fancy, 40@42c; jobbing, 1c
to 11Ac higher.
There is a firmer tone to the country
markets on beans, with quotations adj
vanced here. Carload lots. pea, $2.3J
@2.40; medium, 81. 1882. 40; yellow eyes,
$29O03; red kidneys, $3.25@3,30; Cali
fornia small! white, $2.60@265 jobbing,
10c more.
Fancy Baldwin apples from cold stor-
age are selling above the market, but
otherwise quotations are unchanged at:
Baldwins, $1.5O@2. %; greetings, $1.50@
2.25; No. 2, all kinds, $1@1.25; craven
stems, $2@2.50; pippins, $1@1.50; Hub
bardston, $125@2; pound sweets, $3.50
az; northern spies, $1.50@225; snow
and sweets, $1.50@2 so; common apples,
75c0$125. Small lots and jobbing
from SOC to 81 per Dbl more.
A few foreign grapes are selling at
$4.506S per Dbl.
A few pears from cold storage are
offering at: Beurre Bose, Sd; Beurre
dAnjou, $3.50; Duchess, So.
Cranberries are offering moderately,
with the market firm at $10@11 per Dbl
in jobbing way.
Nuts are in good supply and are sell.
ing at: Walnuts, 11h@14c per Id; cas-
tanas, 9@11c; filberts, 11@12c; Texas
pecans, 1G@12kc; almonds, 12@14c for
hard and 15@17c for soft shell.
Potatoes are steady, with a fair de-
mand; sweets are steady. Houlton
Green mountains, S0@93c; hebrons, 75c
per blu; York state, Green mountains
and round white, 6S@70c; western, s.
Q6Sc; New Jersey sweets, double heads,
per Dbl, $3.25@3.75.
Boston market celery is still quoted
at 1904 per long box, three doz in a bx;
Paschel, $2G3; white, So per long bx.
Caulifowers are f1rmer at $3.50 per
long bx: Brussels sprouts, f1rmer at 10
@12hc per at, by the crt.
Onions are higher at $3.50 per Dbl,
with jobbers by the bushel higher.
Spanish long crts, $2.75.
Cucumbers sell at $10012 for choice;
medium, $5G6; No. 2, $2@3.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at Is
62Oc per lb, with mushrooms at 81 per
Alb bx.
Cabbages are quoted at S5c per Dbl:
savoy, Soc per Dbl.
Marrow squashes are quoted higher
at $40 per ton; Hubbards, $40; turban,
S15Q2O per ton. Pumpkins sell Mt 25c
per bx.
Yellow turnips sell at 90c per Dbl:
white French, $1@1.50 per Dbl; white
fat, SOC per bx; beets, soc; carrots, 50c;
parsnips, Coo; egg plants, $3.50 per crt.
Lettuce sells at 60@S5c per doz;
radishes, 30c per doz; mint 81 per doz;
cress, SOC per doz; parsley, $202.5o per
blu for dollhouse; satisfy, 75c@$1 per
doz; leeks, 40c per doz.
Southern string beans sell at $2Q2.5 so
per bskt for green and wax, according
to quality.
Spinach sells at 75c0$1 per Dbl; kale
4Oc per Dbl; eskro, 81 per bu; endive, 81
per bu; romaine, 81 per bu; artichokes,
$3.50 per bu: dandelions, 75c per blu.
There is a steady market for hay.
with choice firm; straw is steady; mill
feed is firm. Choice hay, nom $20021;
No. l, S17019; low grades, $12@15 and
up; rye straw, $14@15; oat straw, $40
oil.
Pork provisions are lower in price.
with the market easy.
Fresh beef is in quiet demand, at easy
prices, except for some choice Christ
mas cattle, which have sold at or above
top quotations.
Lambs are easier and lower prices are
quoted, with full supply Spring
lambs, 7@9c; yearlings, case; muttons,
case; veals, 9@10c; fancy and Bright
ons, 10A@11c.
Poultry is very scarce and firm,
though the trade is taking hold rather
slowly. Northern turkeys, 25@27c;
western turkeys, 22024c; northern
fowls, 14115c; western fowls. 1870
14Mc; chickens, western, 15017c; north
ern. 10000; ducks. 16@1Sc; geese, Is
DISC; live fowls, 11h012c.
Venison is offering moderately, but
prices are steady. Whole deer are sell
ing at 15M20c. with saddles quoted at
25m2Sc, with skins on, and legs ut 30
035c. Moose meat is scarce and sells
at 100121ac with skins. Bear meat is
quoted at 15020c. There is fair sup
| ply Of game, prices being steady and I'M
changed Black ducks sell at $1.600
1.75 per pair: red headed ducks. $3.50;
widgeon $1@1 %; teal, $110 Philadel-
phia SQUAD are firm at $3.50I3.75 per
doz, with natives at $303,5O; quail, 81
per doz; plover, $607 per doz.
The wheat markets were steady to
! firm during most of the week. but