News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-03-25
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

age butter is in fair demand. Northern
fresh, round lots, 27@28c; estern, II
Q27Rc; jobbing, 1ac to'1c more.
There is a firm market for cheese at
unchanged prices. Liverpool shows an
advance of IS for the week. Round
lots, 15015Ac; sage, 151aeQlGc; job
bling, 12Q2c higher.
There is a quiet market for eggs, but
there is Il scarcity Of fresh gathered,
and the market is firm. Western fresh,
19@191ac; eastern, 2O@21c; nearby and
fancy, 22Q23c; jobbing, 1c to 11zc
higher.
Beans are much frmer in the country
markets, which is reflected to some eX-
tent in this market. Carload lots, pea,
$2.35; medium, $2.35; yellow eyes, 81 So;
red kidneys, $3.1003.L5; California
small white, $2.60Q2.65; jobbing, 1Oc
more.
The apple market is lemoralized,
with prices down on the better grades.
Fancy Baldwins, $1.5002: No. / Bald
wins, $1@1.50; russets, $1Gl2; northern
spies, $1.5002 80; Kings, $2lu3; Tolman
sweets, $1.5Od2.50. Small lots and job
bling, 50cM$1 per Dbl more.
Cranberries are jobbing at $3.50 per
crt, and $14M15 per Dbl.
The receipts of Strawberries for the
week were so crts and 80 refrlgcra tors,
more fruit having been shipped in crts
owing to the warm weather. Prices
range at 30d35c for choice.
New maple syrup is in the market and
sells at 90c@$1 per gal can; new sugar,
1G017c per ID for small cakes; bricks,
14@15c; pals, 10012c.
Nuts are steady and unchanged.
Walnuts, 11M15c per Id; castanas, l2c;
filberts, 11@12c; Texas pecans, 1O014c;
almonds, 13015c for hard and 14016c
for soft shells; peanuts, No. /, 4 3-4c;
jumbos 6061ac.
Potatoes are firm and unchanged.
Houlton Green mountains, soc; Pride
of the south, Coo; hebrons, S30S5c per
bu; York state, Green mountains and
round white, 72075c; western, G5M6Sc;
Dakota reds, Coo; sweets, S303.5O;
white sweets, $1.5002
Such vegetables as lettuce, water
cress, celery, radishes and rhubarb are
especially active. Lettuce is a shf de
tirmer The quality of romaine re-
Ceived is generally poor. Choice stock
brings as much as it did a week ago.
There is nothing but foreign chicory to
be had and that is poor. Mint is
steady and unchanged.
Native cucumbers are active and 81
per 100 higher. Choice cauliflowcr is
unchanged at 81 crate, but fair to coed
stock is 25c cheaper than it us Il week
ago.
Asparagus is in limited supply ard
steady.
Boston market celery is firm at 81
per long bX; California, $3.50.
Brussels sprouts are quoted st 15c
per at by the crt.
Onions are easier and very much de-
moralized at Toe per Dbl, with jobbers
by the bushel higher; Spanish long crts,
$275.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at 35c
per ID; southern, S2.5OM35O per CRIT
with mushrooms at 50 per Dx. Rhu-
barb sell at &c per ID.
Cabbages sell at 50040c for native
and Toe for Savoy.
SQuashes are quoted at $40 per ton
for Hubbard.
Yellow turnips sell at 90c per Dbl;
white French, $3.50 per Dbl: white, fat,
35c per bX; beets, 25c; carrots, 25c;
parsnips, 25C; egg plant, So per crt.
Lettuce sells at 50M75c per doz; rad
ishes, 40c per doz: mint. Zoe per doz:
cress, Coo per doz; parsley, $15O for
dollhouse, per bu; satisfy, 75c per doz:
leeks, Toe per doz.
Southern string beans sell at So. 506
$50 per bskt for green.
Spinach is quoted at $3.50 per Dbl;
kale, Toe per Dbl; artichokes, 81 per bu;
dandelions, 75c per bu; beet green's, 81
per bu; chiyes, SOC per bx.
Bermuda potatoes job at $3.50 per
Dbl: Florida potatoes, $3.50; horse rad
ish, Sc per Dbl; peppers, So per crt.
There has been some fuctua ton in
lard, but the net changes are small.
There is an easy market for fresh
beef, with very few cattle selling at
over &c.
United States cattle sold at II 3-4@
1870 pound, sheep at 1G 3-4@17 1-4c
and lambs at 100, estimated dressed
weight, at the London and Liverpool
markets last week.
Muttons and lambs are firm but quiet;
veals are steady; Spring lambs, 100
lie; yearlings, SQ9c; muttons, 9010c;
veals, 101A@11c.
There is only a quiet demand for
poultry, and prices are easier, especially
on western stock. Western turkeys,
fresh killed, 17@1Sc; frozen, Ice to 1Sc;
northern fowls, 14015c; western fowls,
12k0131kc; chickens, western, 13015c;
northern, 1SG22c; spring broilers, 81
per pair; capons, 1Sd20c; geese, 12d14c.
There'i is still small supply of veni-
son offering from cold storage and sell
ing at high prices. Game is in moderate
supply and sells slowly at unchanged
prices. Mallard ducks sell at $1.5O per
pair; red headed ducks, S3I3.50;
widgeon, 81; Philadelphia squad are
firm at S47450 per doz, with natives
at SO. 5063.75; quail, $4.25If,50 per
doz; plover, $5d6 per doz.
Millfeed shows material decline,
amounting to about $3.50 per ton on