Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-14
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, May 11.-There mas been 4
check to the downward turn Of prlces
on butter though receipts are stiIl in.
creasing. The demand has Improved
somewhat Northern fresh, round lots,
&c; western, 22e; Vermont dairy, lSa
zoe; renovated butter, 17Q1s]Ac; lob.
bling, h@1c more.
Old cheese Is cleaning up Won at firm
prices. Receipts Of new are increasing,
but as yet the quality is not entirely
satisfactory. Round lots, 14NGl15c;
new cheese, 13918nc; jobblng, Ha2c
higher. !.
Eggs show very llttla change. Re-
csipts are liberal but prices Are well
sustained with a good 'lemand. West.
ern fresh, 16917c; storage packed, iThc:
eastern, 17@19c; jobblng, lc to 1Ac
higher
Beans are quiet In demand with
prices fairly steady. Carload lots, pea.
S2.aOd2,35; medium, 81. 3O02.35; vel.
low eyes, $2.7Oa2.75; red kidneys, 1910
43.15; California small white, s2.6S61
2.6o; Jobbing, Toe more.
Apples are in steady demand, with
prices firm on choice stock. Baldwin,
from cold storage, S2,a5d275; fancy
Baldwins, S2d215; No. 1 Baldwins,
$l.5oQ2; No. 2, $1.25a71 80: greetings.
$1.50G2.25; russets, S2d2 IS; northern
spies, S2Q3; Maine Ben Davis, $1,000
2.25. Small lots and Jobblng, 5OcQSJ
per Dbl more
Strawberries were In heavy re-
ceipt with prices lower. Later, how.
ever, the market was poorly sup.
piled, prices advancing, the quotations
being 15G1Sc.
Potatoes are rather quiet, with prices
easier. Houlton Green mountains, IS
@S5c; hebrons, 75qISc per bu; York
state, Green mountains, G5d70c; west.
ern white, 60d65c; Dakota reds, E5SR
soc; New Floridas S45Ol75 per Dbl;
Jersey sweets, bskts. SIG1.25; south
ern white sweets, S1.JOGI2.
A little bunch celery Is Offering at
75c,GS1.25 per bch.
Onions are firm at; Egyptian, lgs,
So; Bermudas, $1TJ per crit
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted 1t 35c
per lb; southern, 50 JOm3,5O per crt.
with mushrooms at 80 per bx. Rhubarb
sells at &c per Id for native.
Cucumbers sell at $2.j0GI5 per bx for
dollhouse, all sizes.
Yellow turnlps sell Mt 81 per Dbl;
white French, $3.50 per hbl; white Dat,
81 per bx; beets, 5Ot7i Jc; carrots. 90
@75c; parsnips, 5Oa75c; egg liant. 50
per crit
Cabbages, new southern, sell at 20
Clio for large erts; Norfolk. Ibis, S1.25.
Squashes are quoted at $40 Der ton
for Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 506lSJc per doz; rad
ishes, 30c per doz; ulnf, Sc or doz;
cross, 35d50c per dOI; satisfy, $3.50
per doZ; leeks, 75c per doI.
New string beans sell at S3,J074 per
Crt for wax and S2.75Gt3 for green.
Asparagus is quoted at S3d5 for
southern large punches, and Rl.5Od2. so
per doz for native
Spinach is quoted at 81 per bbl for
southern, and S5c per TX for native:
kale, 15c per bx for native: artlchol,es,
$3.50 per bu; parsley, dollhouse, $3.50
per b1; dtndelions, soc per bu; beet
greens, 40a50c per bu; new native bets,
$3.50 per doz bchs bunch onions soc
per bx.
Bermuda potatoes job at $3.50 per
hbl; Florida potatoes. S4.J06f5; horse
radish, So per Dbl; peppers, SO per crt.
Pork provisions are easier. with
lower prices quoted on some cuts.
There is a firmer marxrt for fresh
beef and higher prices are expected.
The receipts for the week were total
Df 1874 cars.
There is a very irm market for |
lambs, with some Brighton stock sell.
Ing at 14c and above; mutfons and vtalS |
are steady and unchanged Spring
lambs, 12d13c, with some fancy |
higher; yearlings, 9dloc; muttons. ga |
Toe; yeals, 9G10c, with some fancy
higher
There is a very quiet mar6rt ferpoul.
ny, with prices steady az quoted: |
Western turkeys, frozen, isu20t; iced,
Ice; western fowls, iced, 13hdI4c;
'rozen western fowls, 13d1Slsc; western
frozen chickens, 14G1Gc; fresh killed /
lorthern chickens. 14dtGc: fresh
killed northern fowls, l5Gi l0,.; broilers,
'0@35c; SQUAD brolers, per pair, 20
J90c; spring ducks, 2513nc
Hay has been a little more active,
With the best grades selling readily;
DOOR grades are slow aud hard to move:
nillfeed is firmer and was marked w
gain. Choice hay. SGT; No. l, S17d19;
ow grades, S13d15 and up; rye straw,
i169l7; oat straw, S90l0
Speculative wheat shows slight de.
line for the week, and scare over pos
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