Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-02-05
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, Feb. 2.--Butter has shown
very little improvement only the
choicest fresh made bringing full quo
tatlons, Receipts are slightly larger
and the cheaper grades show some ac-
emulation. Extra creamery, small
pkgs, 2S42sAc; northern fresh, round
lots, 27k6l2Sc; western, 27G27hc; east
ern, 25Q2Gc; jobbing, nc to 1c more.
Cheese is firm but the trade Is quiet
and without special feature. Round
lots, 14GI14hc; sage, 1434@15c; jobblng,
i2G2c higher.
There is an easy market for eggs with
prices lower under the influence OF mild
weather. Western fresh, 24@2Jc; stor-
age, 10Q2lc; eastern, 25a2Gc; nearby
and fancy, 2SQ3lc; jobbing, 1c to nc
higher.
Beans are quiet, but firm, both here
and in the country. Carload lots, pea,
S245Q2 so; medium, S245d2.5O; yellow
eyes, $290d3; red kidneys, SO 25@3.30;
California small white S2.G0d2O5; job
bling. 10c more.
The apple market is very quiet, but
some fancy BaldWins from cold storage
are selling above quotations. Fancy
Baldwins, $2250250; No. Baldwins.
$1.50Gt2; greetings. S1.5Od2; No. 2, all
kinds, $16l1 %; Hubbardston, 81 25G2;
pound sweets, S1.5O02; northern spies,
S1.5Od2. d; Kings, S2d3; Tolman
sweets, 81 50@250; common apples, 75c
6$125, Small lots and jobblng from
soc to 81 per Dbl more.
Cranberries are jobbing at S3.75qi
per crit and SO per Dbl.
Nuts are quiet and unchanged at:
Walnuts. 11laG14c per ID; castanas, IL
G12c; flberts, ll@l2c; Texas pecans, 10
G112c; almonds, l3d14c for hard and
I5G17c for soft shells; peanuts, No. l.
4lk6l4 3-4c; jumbOs, 606i5c.
Potatoes are steady at unchanged
quotations. Houlton Green mountains.
SOGS5c: hebrons, 73d75c per bu; York
state, Green mountains and round
white, roc; western, 65Q6Sc; sweets,
double beads, $2.50a3; Vinehnds,
$4,000.
Boston market celery Is firmer, at IS
al per long bx: Paschal S35o@5.
California cauiGower is offering at So
d3.50 per crt; Brussels sprouts, 15c per
of by the crit
Onions are unchanged at S2.75 per
bbl, with iobbers by the bushel higher;
Spanish, long crts, $3.50.
Cucumbers are selling at S12 for
fancy long green; good, Sl0dl1; me
dunn, $Jd7; No. =, S3d4.
dollhouse tomatoes are quoted at SOC
per 10, with mushrooms at $3.50 per Alb
bx Some new rhubarb is IN the market
and selling at 12ihc per 10.
Danish cabhages sell at soc per Dbl;
native, 5nc per Dbl; Savoy, Soc
Squashes are quiet and unchanged.
Marrow squash, SO per ton; Hubbards,
S2O025; turbans. S2Od25; pumpkins sell
at soc per bx.
Yellow turnips sell at 90c per Dbl:
white French, S1li1 so per Dbl; white
fat, zoe per bx; beets, 50c; carrots, soc:
parsnms, Coo; egg plants, 81 per crit
Lettuce sells ut 2JcdS15 so for long
bxs; radisheS. 2jc per doz; mint, 90c per
doz:, cresS 7jc per doz; parsley 81 for
dollhouse, per bu. satisfy, 81 per doz;
leeks, SOC T. doz,
Southern string beans sell at S2.JOH
$50 per bskt for green and wax, ac-
cordlng TO quality.
Spinach is quoted at 50 per Dbl; kale,
81 per Dbl eskro, 81 per bu; endlye, 81
per bu; romaine S1.25 per bu; arti.
choLes, S125 per bu; landelions, 1928
per bu beet green's, 81 per bu
Hay has been quiet and slow Of sale
during the past week, with only moder-
ate offerings Of good hay There is,
however. sim an over-supply of low
grades which must be sold at conces.
sions straw is quiet and unchanged;
millfeed is firm. Choice hay. S20@21;
No. ]. Sl7d19; low grade, S12Ql5 aud
up; rye straw, SlIff1J
Lard is lower, but other pork pro-
visions are steady and unchanged
FRESH beef is easy at the decline, and
though it is reported that some choice
cattle are being sold at S lac and even
higher, tie bulk Of the sales will not
20 above Sc
There has been an easy market for
muttons aud lambs, but higher prices
are predicted for this week; veals are
steady, Spring lambs sG1Oc; year
lings, j07c; muttons, sac; vcals,
lOdl1c
There is a little flrmer tone to the
poultry market, with choice western
turkeys higher than 4 week ago. The
demand, however, is still quiet, not only
for turkeys but also for fowls and
chickens. Western turkeys. 19d2lc;
northern fowls, 14@15c, western fowls,
l3Q14c; chickens, western 14616c:
northern, l7CI2Oc; ducks 16a1Sc; geese,
l2d14c.
There is still a moderate supply of
veDison, whole deer being steady at 10
G2Oc, with saddles at 25G2Sc; skins on,