St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-28
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, Jan. 26.-Butter' has been
easier in sympathy with New York and
the west. Receipts are not large, but
buyers hold off and the market is
quiet. Extra creamery, small pkgs, %
0261ac; northern fresh, round lots, 27la
@2Sc; western, 27@27Ac; eastern, GAG
25c; jobbing, 3Ac to lie more.
Cheese is generally very firm, though
trade is quiet on account of the high
prices prevailing. Round lots, 1880
141Ac; sage, 14@15c; jobbing, 1s@2c
higher.
Eggs are little steadier, with slight
recovery in quotations from the lowest
point. Western fresh, 26027c; storage,
20022c; eastern, 27@2Sc; nearby and
fancy, 32Q34c and up; jobbing, 1c to
11Ac higher.
There is a fine market for beans, with
fair demand. Offerings are not large,
country markets holding steady. Car
load lot, pea, $2.45@2 so; medium, $2.45
02.50; yellow eyes, $2.90@3; red kid.
neys, So. 250330; California small white,
$2.60@2.G5; jobbmg, 10c more.
Apples are quiet, with prices holding
steady. Fancy Baldwins, $2.25@25 80;
No. 1 Baldwins, S1.50@2; greetings,
$1.50@2; No. 2, all kinds, $l01.25; Hub.
bardston, $1.25Q2; pound sweets, $3.50
az; northern spies $1.500225; Kings,
$203; Tolman sweets, $1.5O@250; com
mon apples, 75c@$125. Small lots and
jobbing from SOC to 81 per Dbl moro.
Cranberries are jobbing at $3.7504
per CRIT and S10012 per Dbl. The re-
ceipts for the week were 1G6 bbls; last
year, 6S4 bbls.
Nuts are quiet and unchanged at:
Walnuts, 1114014c per lb; castanas. II
Q12c; filberts, 11@12c; Texas pecans,
10012c; almonds, 13114c for hard and
15017c for soft hells.
The weather has been unfavoratle to
trade in potatoes and prices are quiet
and unchanged. Houlton Green noun
tains, S0QS5c: hebrons, 73t075c per bn;
York state, Green mountains and round
white, zoe; western, 6506Sc; sweets,
double heads, $25003; Vinelands,
$3.50d4.
Boston market celery is frmer at S.
@6 per long bx; Paschal, $405.
California caulifower is offering at So
"a per crt; Brussels sprouts, 15c per
at by the crt.
Onions are higher, at 1915 per Dbl,
with jobbers by the bushel higher;
Spanish long crts, $3.50.
Cucumbers are selling at $40 for fancy
long green; good, $40; medium, $506;
No. 2, $3G4.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at SOC
per lb, with mushrooms at S1.2561.5O
per Alb bX. Some new rhubarb is in
the market and selling at 15c per lb.
Danish cottages sell at Soc per Dbl:
native, soc per Dbl; Savoy, Soc.
Squashes remain quiet and IN
changed. Marrow squash, $25 per ton;
lIubbards $20Q25; turbans, $20025;
pumpkins sell at SOC per bx.
Yellow turnips sell at 90c per Dbl;
white French, $10150 per Dbl; white
fat, SOC per bX; beets, soc; carrots. SOC;
parsnips, 60c; egg plants, $3G4 per crt.
Lettuce sells at $102 for long bNs;
radishes, soc PER doz; mint. ST per doz;
cress, ST per doz; parsley. 50 for hot,
house, per bu; satisfy, 81 per doz; lecks,
40c per doz.
Southern string beans sell at S303.50
per bskt for green and wax, according
to quality.
Spinach is quoted at S10150 per Dbl;
kale, Toe per Dbl; esbro. S125 per Blu;
endive, $1.25 per bu; dandelions $3.50
per bu; beet green's. 81 per bu.
The market for pork provisions is
firm, with good demand.
Fresh beef is rather easier, though
few choice heavy cattle are still selling
at full quotations.
Muttons and lambs are firm, with a
moderate supply and a good demand.
Spring lambs, 10011c; yearlings, 7GtSc;
muttons, 70S1ac; veals, 9011c.
Poultry is in quiet demand, with
N'1oAGC NSotSlu ulhCJ , III JiUueIulp
supply. Chickens are steady. West
ern turkeys, 1S020c; northern fowls, II
015c; western fowls, 13114c; chickens,
western, 14016c; northern, f702oc;
ducks, 1G01Sc; geese, 12014c.
There is still moderate supply Of
yenisCn, whole deer being unchanged at
15020c, with saddles at 2512!Sc; skins
on, and legs at 30035c. Bear meat is
in moderate supply, at 15020c. There
is a fair supply of game, prices being
steady and unchanged. Black ducks
sell at S1,75@2 per pair; red headed
ducks, $3.50; widgeon, 81; teal, $1.10
Philadelphia SQUAD are firm at $40t50
per doz, with natives at $3.5003. Is:
quail, $4.2504.50 per doz; plover, $5MC
per doz.
There continues to be good demand
for choice hay, with full prices being
obtained on the best lots. The bulk of
the receipts are low grade and sell slow
~. Straw is in full supply and easy.
Millfeed is firm. Choice hay, $20m21:
No /, $17019; low grade, $l2M15 and up;
rye straw, $14015; oat straw, 9Ml0.
The situation in wheat is very strong,
with a constantly advancing market.
The heavy export movement is claimed
to be the supporting influence, but the
New York Evening Post says that con-
servative merchants, the leading miIlers
and big elevator men are the owners of